Glass: Violin Concerto No.1 & Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s Symposium
Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies
If the vision of Renaud Capuçon and Dennis Russell Davies is more sombre than that of Gidon Kremer (with Dohnanyi in Vienna, DG), that suits the quality of sound of the Bruckner Orchester Linz....
Glass: Violin Concerto No.1 & Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s Symposium
Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies
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If the vision of Renaud Capuçon and Dennis Russell Davies is more sombre than that of Gidon Kremer (with Dohnanyi in Vienna, DG), that suits the quality of sound of the Bruckner Orchester Linz....
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Virtuoso Renaud Capuçon collaborates with Dennis Russell Davies and the esteemed Bruckner Orchester Linz in this new recording from Orange Mountain Music of violin concertos by two of the most popular composers of the 20th Century, Philip Glass and Leonard Bernstein.
Glass’s first violin concerto from 1987 is the composer’s most well-known work for the concert hall having been performed and recorded by violinists like Gidon Kremer and Robert McDuffie. Now thirty years after its composition it has become known as a new classic of our time.
The same can be said for Bernstein's luscious Serenade (after Plato's Symposium) for solo violin, strings, harp and percussion from 1954. A concerto in all but name, it has become one of Bernstein's best known and most loved works for the concert hall.
These two masterpieces are performed by world renowned violinist Renaud Capuçon teaming with the Bruckner Orchester Linz under the direction of Glass specialist Dennis Russell Davies.
Contents and tracklist
- Renaud Capuçon (violin)
- Bruckner Orchestra Linz
- Dennis Russell Davies
- Renaud Capuçon (violin)
- Bruckner Orchestra Linz
- Dennis Russell Davies
Awards and reviews
Diapason June 2017
If the vision of Renaud Capuçon and Dennis Russell Davies is more sombre than that of Gidon Kremer (with Dohnanyi in Vienna, DG), that suits the quality of sound of the Bruckner Orchester Linz. The sound is more immediate, but at the same time the violin is more integrated into an ensemble whose sound is both broad and generous
May 2017
Violinist Renaud Capuçon’s brilliantly judged performance is highly responsive to the work’s musical and philosophical nuances and especially powerful in conveying the emotional intensity of the fourth movement [of the Bernstein]…[in the Glass] Capuçon’s violin soars high above a descending chaconne bass in the slow middle movement, creating a beautifully glowing sonic halo
28th May 2017
Capuçon is wonderfully ethereal and pure in the slow movement [of the Glass]... [the Bernstein] offers Capuçon ideal opportunity to display his abundant gifts of precision and lyricism.
