Elgar: Violin Concerto

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This is a passionate, strongly argued performance, with Graffin's extrovert solo performance well supported by the RLPO and Handley. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 24th Apr 2006
Catalogue No: AV2091
Label: Avie
Length: 62 minutes

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The enterprising violinist Philippe Graffin – whose recordings for Avie span the world-premiere recording of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto to the original instrumentation of Ravel’s Tzigane and specially commissioned works by Lithuanian composer Vytautus Barkauskus – comes up with another plum: the Elgar Violin Concerto but as you’ve never heard it before. Here he offers another world-premiere recording, performing from Elgar’s original manuscript. The story goes that just as Elgar felt he had completed his composition he consulted Kreisler who was to give the world-premiere performance. The virtuoso violinist requested numerous changes to suit his own technique and temperament. Finding the original manuscript in the British Library was for Philippe a “rejuvenating experience, like opening the diary of someone you know well and discovering the reason behind their actions.” A similar story comes with Chausson’s Poème, a work that was greatly influenced by the great Belgian violinist Ysaÿe. On this recording Philippe restores a dozen or so bars that don’t appear in the final published version.

This release continues Avie’s association with the RLPO. Vernon Handley, arguably the greatest conductor of English music, was an inspired choice. His last recording of the Elgar was with a certain young man named Kennedy.

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July 2006

This is a passionate, strongly argued performance, with Graffin's extrovert solo performance well supported by the RLPO and Handley.

June 2006

…Graffin's performance with the ever-understanding backing of Vernon Handley and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic is most distinguished. I cannot remember one on disc that so magically exploits the range of pianissimo that the score asks for. The story is similar with the first version of Chausson's Poème... Here again the performance could hardly be more subtle, with Graffin maintaining the gentlest of dynamics while keeping total concentration.

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