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Ilya Kaler is a near ideal interpreter of these works and the delightful Nocturne and Tarantella which serve as makeweight. His playing certainly has the requisite passion, but he also has a... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Apr 2007
Catalogue No: 8557981
Label: Naxos
Length: 60 minutes

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Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35

Work length26:14

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Ilya Kaler
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit

Vivace assai -

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Tempo comodo - Andantino -

Track length5:59

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Vivace scherzando -

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Poco meno - Allegretto -

Track length6:52

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Vivace (Tempo I)

Track length5:45

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Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61

Work length22:14

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Ilya Kaler
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit

Moderato - Molto tranquillo -

Track length6:02

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Andantino sostenuto -

Track length6:34

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Allegramente - Molto energico -

Track length4:01

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Andantino - Molto tranquillo

Track length5:37

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Szymanowski: Nocturne

Work length5:36

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Ilya Kaler
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit

Lento assai (Arr. G. Fitelberg for orchestra)

Track length5:36

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Szymanowski: Nocturne & Tarantella, Op. 28

Work length6:02

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Ilya Kaler
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit

Tarantella. Presto appassionato (Arr. G. Fitelberg for orchestra)

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August 2007

Ilya Kaler is a near ideal interpreter of these works and the delightful Nocturne and Tarantella which serve as makeweight. His playing certainly has the requisite passion, but he also has a strong sense of line.

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Naxos offers an exceptionally clear recording of these three concertante works by Szymanowski, not just the two violin concertos but an orchestrated version of the Nocturne and Tarantella.
Ilya Kaler, as on his other Naxos discs, gives pure, clear readings with flawless intonation and careful use of vibrato. Having a Polish conductor and orchestra as his accompanists adds to the idiomatic feel of each, with the magical orchestral sounds beautifully conjured up, particularly in No 1, the more radical of the two works.
Kaler is a degree warmer with a shade more vibrato than some interpreters, and the Naxos recording brings out the fantasy of the composer's orchestration, particularly in No 1, with wonderful clarity. In the more openly lyrical Second Concerto, Kaler adopts more flowing speeds with lighter results.
Kaler then plays the relatively brief Nocturneand Tarantella just as sympathetically, with the Tarantella a flamboyant virtuoso vehicle making a splendid climax to an excellent disc. The point which trumps all competition inevitably is that the Naxos issue, beautifully and idiomatically played and brilliantly recorded, comes at such a reasonable price.

A wonderfully compelling disc from Ilya Kaler…in the sense that you never want to stop listening to it…as on his other Naxos discs [Ilya Kaler] gives pure, clear readings with flawless intonation and careful use of vibrato…beautifully and idiomatically played.

Szymanowski - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

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