The Romantic Violin Concerto 18 - Jongen & Lazzari
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JONGEN / LAZZARI
The Romantic Violin Concerto 18 - Jongen & Lazzari
Philippe Graffin (violin) Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 20 January 2015
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The Romantic Violin Concerto series reaches Belgium and the music of Joseph Jongen, a composer more celebrated for his organ music now, but who was equally admired in his day for his orchestral and chamber works. Jongen studied at the Liège Conservatoire where he heard the great violinist Eugène Ysaÿe and composer-conductors Vincent d'Indy and Richard Strauss.
In this new album Philippe Graffin (a welcome and familiar presence in this series) collaborates with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic and Martyn Brabbins in Jongen's Violin Concerto, one of the composer's first substantial works. It was described by his contemporary Florent Schmitt as 'one of the finest violin concertos'; and he admired the 'outpouring of warm lyricism' and 'lush profusion of themes and rhythms'.
Also included are other works for violin and orchestra, and a Rapsodie for the same forces by Italian Romantic Sylvio Lazzari (1857-1944) who was influenced-as was Jongen-by the music of César Franck.
"Strongly tonal and lyrical, Jongen's chief influences seem to be Richard Strauss and Cesar Franck…[Graffin's] tender, slender tone in softer passages is one of the disc's main attractions." (Gramophone, January 2015)
Tracks:
Jongen:
Fantasia in E major, Op. 12
Adagio symphonique in B major, Op. 20
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 17
Lazzari, S:
Rapsodie in E minor
