1939: Walton, Hartmann, Bartók

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Perfectly judged performances, with superb precision throughout. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 7th Jun 2019
Catalogue No: SM308
Label: Solo Musica
Length: 91 minutes

International Classical Music Awards

2019

Nominee - Concerto

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Walton: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B minor

Work length32:09

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Fabiola Kim
Münchner Symphoniker
Kevin John Edusei

Violin Concerto in B Minor: I. Andante tranquillo

Track length11:37

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Violin Concerto in B Minor: II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana

Track length6:38

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Violin Concerto in B Minor: III. Vivace

Track length13:54

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Hartmann, K: Concerto funèbre (Funereal Concerto) for Violin & String orchestra

Work length21:00

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Fabiola Kim
Münchner Symphoniker
Kevin John Edusei

Concerto funebre: I. Introduktion. Largo

Track length1:21

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Concerto funebre: II. Adagio

Track length7:20

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Concerto funebre: III. Allegro di molto

Track length8:12

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Concerto funebre: IV. Choral. Langsamer Marsch

Track length4:07

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Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112

Work length38:22

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Fabiola Kim
Münchner Symphoniker
Kevin John Edusei

Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Major, Sz. 112: I. Allegro non troppo

Track length16:42

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Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Major, Sz. 112: II. Andante tranquillo

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Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Major, Sz. 112: III. Allegro molto

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1939"" Europe on the eve of Armageddon. Some still do not want to believe that it will happen, some guessed it and some are fatalistic or even euphoric. Nowadays, barely a little over 70 years later, hardly anybody in the younger generation can imagine that such a catastrophe is possible or could be possible again. On the basis of three violin concertos by Bartók, Hartmann and Walton, which were created this year, these moods of the various composers should be audible on a CD together with the Munich Symphony Orchestra as well as a kind of time machine. The album of the violinist Fabiola Kim under the direction of Kevin John Edusei will be released in June 2019.

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September 2019

Perfectly judged performances, with superb precision throughout.

January/February 2020

As throughout, the clarity of the recorded sound, combined with Edusei’s attention to orchestral sonorities, provides continual insights into the ingenuity of Walton’s way with instrumental sound. [Hartmann] Kim is lyrical and, at times, deeply moving in the slow movements, and fierce in her declamation in the central Allegro di molto and its cadenza. In the concluding chorale, as in the opening one, her intense expressivity and the searing beauty of her become nearly overwhelming.

Awards Issue 2019

A consummate while never mindless technician, she identifies the essential trait in each – whether Walton’s modifying of the late-Romantic archetype, Hartmann’s revitalising of the baroque model or Bartok’s harnessing of a Classical formal poise with a modernist expressive range…That said, these readings are not the whole story.

August 2019

A splendid introduction to three important works and composers who were active at a time of great crisis.

November 2019

Kim gives a heartfelt performance that taps its emotions as much as it exploits its unashamed playfulness, and again there’s vigorous, characterful orchestral support. This, then, is a highly satisfying concerto collection, all in excellently recorded sound.

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