In tempus praesens, written in 2007, is Sofia Gubaidulina's second violin concerto. She wrote her first, Offertorium, in the 1980s for Gidon Kremer, one of her most ardent supporters, whose advocacy brought her to wide prominence in the West, and it remains the work for which she is best known. This 30-minute concerto, made up of five sections in a single movement, was written for Anne-Sofie Mutter, who recorded it with Valery Gergiev. Like so many of the composer's works, its themes are religious and its construction is ...
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In tempus praesens, written in 2007, is Sofia Gubaidulina's second violin concerto. She wrote her first, Offertorium, in the 1980s for Gidon Kremer, one of her most ardent supporters, whose advocacy brought her to wide prominence in the West, and it remains the work for which she is best known. This 30-minute concerto, made up of five sections in a single movement, was written for Anne-Sofie Mutter, who recorded it with Valery Gergiev. Like so many of the composer's works, its themes are religious and its construction is informed by Christian symbolism. While it is thoroughly dramatic in its musical arc, its orchestration throughout is predominantly luminous with a throbbing radiance, and it culminates in an ecstatic outburst. The high-lying virtuoso solo part, with its many sections of cadenza-like effusions shimmers like a halo around the glowing orchestral core. Violinist Vadim Gluzman plays with complete assurance and beautifully conveys the music's ethereality and sense of mystery. Jonathan Nott...
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