German-American violinist Augustin Hadelich made the most of a substitute appearance for Christian Tetzlaff at Disney Hall in Los Angeles in 2014 and has emerged as a growing young star. It's easy to hear why in this 2015 release, combining a pair of well-worn repertory concertos, but offering new insights into each. Hadelich is well supported by conductor Miguel Harth Bedoya and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, who obviously took the time to figure out what the soloist was doing in readings that present unorthodox ...
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German-American violinist Augustin Hadelich made the most of a substitute appearance for Christian Tetzlaff at Disney Hall in Los Angeles in 2014 and has emerged as a growing young star. It's easy to hear why in this 2015 release, combining a pair of well-worn repertory concertos, but offering new insights into each. Hadelich is well supported by conductor Miguel Harth Bedoya and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, who obviously took the time to figure out what the soloist was doing in readings that present unorthodox interpretations of both concertos. Efforts to run counter to type may achieve nothing more than quirkiness, but Hadelich's performances have logic as well as originality. The Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, is especially effective: Hadelich cuts way back on the vibrato in the outer movements and in general delivers a dry performance of a work that is generally synonymous with Romantic lyricism. The outer movements have an episodic quality with lots of local detail, and they...
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Add this copy of Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2, Mendelssohn: Violin to cart. $33.94, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2015 by Avie.