Glazunov / Prokofiev: Violin Concertos (with Shchedrin - Stihira)

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GLAZUNOV / PROKOFIEV
Glazunov / Prokofiev: Violin Concertos (with Shchedrin - Stihira)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C., Mstislav Rostropovich

[ Erato Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 20 April 2015

Three highly contrasted works from 20th century Russia. Anne-Sophie Mutter is the soloist in Glazunov's richly lyrical violin concerto, first performed in 1905, and in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No 1, dating from the time of the Revolution and a work of edgy beauty. They are complemented by Rodion Shchedrin's majestic Stihira, inspired by the Orthodox liturgy music and composed in 1987 for Mstislav Rostropovich and the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C.

"Mutter is more volatile and more freely expressive than she has usually been on disc, sounding totally spontaneous, and in the Glazunov that is particularly impressive."
(Gramophone)

Tracks:

Glazunov:
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82

Prokofiev:
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19

Shchedrin:
Stihira - Hymn for the Millenary of the Christianisation of Russia