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Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
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This recording brings Viktoria Mullova together with John Eliot Gardiner and his Orchestre R関olutionnaire et Romantique for a programme which couples two of the greatest violin concertos in the repertory: those by Beethoven and Mendelssohn.
Beethoven s Violin Concerto is his only concerto for a solo string instrument and is one of the cornerstones of the violin repertory. It is conceived on a huge scale and must have presented an enormous challenge to the violinist who first performed the work on 23 December 1806, Franz Clement, who essentially had to play the work at sight.
Mendelssohn was a violinist himself and the E minor Concerto is an integral part of the violin repertory. The concerto was given its first performance on 13 March 1845 when Ferdinand David was soloist. Mendelssohn had agonised over minute details of the work with David yet the final result is one of a piece of seeming great spontaneity and youthful freshness. The concerto was immediately recognised as a masterpiece and has remained so ever since.
Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Blu-ray, Video Quality
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Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Blu-ray, Audio Quality
Featuring John Eliot Gardiner and his Orchestre R関olutionnaire et Romantique - and Presented in DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 at a 24/96 kHz bit and sample rate, the sound on this disc is awe-inspiring. The 7.1 palette gives a recording engineer the opportunity to map acoustically the orchestra and hall with incredible detail, and this recording does just that. With soloist Viktoria Millova's violin dominating the center channel and the orchestra spread in a wide arc in the frontal soundstage, the sound stage is huge, laterally wide, with full height and deep depth. The balance between the soloist and the orchestra is spot on. Strings have a sweet airy high end delivered without harshness and fatigue. The lower strings have a woody full-bodied character that just blooms in the room without sounding bloated and loose. Woodwinds are expertly captured, and reveal a literal potpourri of tonal color and textures. The LFE is powerful, showcasing the tympani抯 powerful fundamentals. The surround channels are heavily used, rendering the halls open and highly reverberant quality with impeccable palpability. No audiophile would be disappointed with the sound quality of this release; the audio quality is first rate.
