Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5

Despite the favorable impression he made as a child prodigy, as a violin virtuoso well into adulthood, and as a successful and prolific composer, Henri Vieuxtemps failed to secure the same position in the musical canon as some of his contemporaries. Not surprisingly, the vast majority of his compositional output included the violin. The concertos and other solo works keep with the popular virtuosic tradition of the time, but are also pleasingly melodic, though a bit trite at times. The early violin concertos are clearly ... Read More

Despite the favorable impression he made as a child prodigy, as a violin virtuoso well into adulthood, and as a successful and prolific composer, Henri Vieuxtemps failed to secure the same position in the musical canon as some of his contemporaries. Not surprisingly, the vast majority of his compositional output included the violin. The concertos and other solo works keep with the popular virtuosic tradition of the time, but are also pleasingly melodic, though a bit trite at times. The early violin concertos are clearly more juvenile attempts, while the Fourth and Fifth concertos, heard on this Dynamic album, demonstrate Vieuxtemps' more mature style, including his attempt at synthesizing the Italian, French, and German schools and increasing the dialogue and interplay between violin and orchestra. Performing these two technically challenging works (and conducting the Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento at the same time) is violinist Massimo Quarta. For its part, the orchestra does a nice job following... Read Less

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