Beethoven: Violin Concerto

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Eberle plays these new contributions with dazzling virtuosity, and her live performance of the Concerto itself with Simon Rattle and the LSO has just the right amount of warmth and expressive... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 24th Feb 2023
Catalogue No: LSO5094
Label: LSO Live
Length: 60 minutes

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Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Work length52:38

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cadenza by Jörg Widmann
Veronika Eberle (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length26:05

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II. Larghetto

Track length14:23

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III. Rondo. Allegro

Track length12:10

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Beethoven: Violin Concerto Movement in C major, WoO 5

Work length8:19

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Veronika Eberle (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle

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For her debut concerto album, violinist Veronika Eberle revisits a work that has endured more than two centuries, and shares a fresh interpretation featuring new cadenzas by composer Jörg Widmann.

“May listeners hear the Violin Concerto - in all its stark radicalism, its brazen beauty and its love of experimentation - in a new way with these cadenzas: as contemporary music of today.” - Jörg Widmann

Not only is Beethoven’s Violin Concerto a particular favourite of Veronika, it has been central to her career to date - most notably alongside Sir Simon Rattle, who has been Veronika’s long-time supporter and collaborator. When she was just 16, Sir Simon introduced her at the 2006 Salzburg Easter Festival, where she performed this very concerto to a packed Salzburg Festpielhaus.

On this album, the pair reunite to bring this sublime masterpiece to life, and to celebrate the work that first brought Veronika to international attention.

A performance review: “Eberle and Rattle brought a numbed stillness to the Largo, into which Widmann’s uncanny, ethereal cadenza dovetailed quite naturally, developing into a dialogue with the LSO’s leader. The finale brought more war-music as well as tavern-band humour in the return of the double bass. When the LSO Live album of the concert appears, it should make for essential listening.” - Peter Quantrill, The Strad

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April 2023

Eberle plays these new contributions with dazzling virtuosity, and her live performance of the Concerto itself with Simon Rattle and the LSO has just the right amount of warmth and expressive freedom.

April 2023

She’s a resourceful player whose approach to the piece seems to fit the interpretative principles that Rattle himself favours, careering birdlike through the ether, purity and flexibility both much in evidence.

Beethoven: Violin Concerto

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