How much range do you want in a violinist? Do you want him/her to be able to play Berg as well as Mendelssohn? Shankar as well as Schnittke? Shostakovich as well as Mozart? If that's the case, then Daniel Hope is your violinist. Beyond his seemingly effortless virtuosity and apparently endless sensitivity, Hope has the widest range of nearly any classical-trained violinist before the public (Vanessa-Mae excepted). This 2008 Deutsche Grammophon disc demonstrates Hope's incredible expanding repertoire with his first venture ...
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How much range do you want in a violinist? Do you want him/her to be able to play Berg as well as Mendelssohn? Shankar as well as Schnittke? Shostakovich as well as Mozart? If that's the case, then Daniel Hope is your violinist. Beyond his seemingly effortless virtuosity and apparently endless sensitivity, Hope has the widest range of nearly any classical-trained violinist before the public (Vanessa-Mae excepted). This 2008 Deutsche Grammophon disc demonstrates Hope's incredible expanding repertoire with his first venture into Vivaldi. The program is a combination of three concertos, two sonatas, plus a soprano aria with violin obbligato, and as always, Hope plays a modern instrument albeit with touches here of historically informed performance practice. In his hands, Vivaldi sounds fresh, new, and vital with the combination of energy and poetry that was the Italian composer's hallmark. Though Hope and the string players of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe use little vibrato and no portimento, his...
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