Title: Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Symphony No.6 'Pastoral'
Release year: 2015
Genre: Classical
Director: Torben Schmidt Jacobsen
Conducted by: Bernard Haitink
Artist: Isabelle Faust (violin), Berliner Philharmoniker

Description:

Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink and the Berliner Philharmoniker meet at this year's Easter Festival in Baden-Baden. Haitink is considered as an authority, especially on the music of Beethoven. In this production he conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, the "Pastoral". For the Violin Concerto multi-reward Isabelle Faust is taken to the stage with him. Since her recordings with Claudio Abbado, she is the first choice when it comes to this masterpiece.

Isabelle Faust has been one of the leading violinists in the world for years: "her sound has passion, grit and electricity," the New York Times wrote, "but also a disarming warmth and sweetness that can unveil the music's hidden strains of lyricism. Sleeping Beauty "Stradivarius from 1704 likes the most:" If I had to choose an ideal piece, it would be the Beethoven Violin Concerto. " Music that is fleet of foot, radiantly shining, nothing that sounds too earthy. On its best days this violin has an unbelievable brightness, very silvery-golden. The very bright Beethoven sound also suits me very well: it is compatible with my nature and my emotions. "

As guest performer with the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Bernard Haitink, Isabelle Faust will present on her "Sleeping Beauty" (known as such because it was first forgotten in an attic for 150 years, and then disappeared again in a vault for a long time before Being re-discovered) the "ideal piece": Beethoven's Violin Concerto. The program follows with the most popular Beethoven symphonies, namely the Pastorale with its famous birdcalls in the second movement; The birds' names can be found in the manuscript: nightingale (flute), quail (oboe) and cuckoo (clarinet). In purely musical terms this is a freely executed cadenza for three solo instruments; For a short time, the symphony takes on the character of a concertante.

Recorded live April 2015, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.

Tracklist
1. Opening
  Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
  Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
2. I. Allegro ma non troppo
3. II. Larghetto
4. III. Rondo: Allegro
  Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
5. I. Allegro ma non troppo
6. II. Andante molto mosso
7. III. Allegro
8. IV. Allegro
9. V. Allegretto
10. Applause & End Credits


Issued: United States | EUROARTS
Duration: 1:30:29