Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (with Stravinsky - Les Noces)
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (with Stravinsky - Les Noces)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Nadine Koutcher (soprano) / MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis
[ Sony Classical / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 20 March 2016
Testament to the versatility and musical command that Teodor Currentzis and his unique orchestra and choir possess, this new album brings together two diverse masterworks from two titans of Russian music. Although they have been acquainted for a long time prior, this recording represents the first musical collaboration between Teodor Currentzis and the exceptional violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. The instant artistic rapport (an "artistic wedding" of sorts) between these two maverick musicians can be heard in this dynamic new recording of Tchaikovsky's Violin concerto - one of the most popular works in the violin repertory. Currentzis' authentic approach to the folk influences in Stravinsky's music (as revealed in Le Sacre du Printemps) is again very present in his interpretation of Les Noces. This work for percussion, pianists, chorus, and vocal soloists - originally composed as ballet music - is probably one of Stravinsky's most rarely recorded works. The work is based on a Russian peasant wedding, which the cover artwork references. Exceptional to this new recording is that the MusicAeterna choir members are all native-Russian speakers who bring another level of understanding and authenticity to the work. After her prominent participation in the "Rameau - The Sound of Light" recording, Nadine Koutcher - freshly crowned "2015 Cardiff Singer of the Year" - returns to sing the leading soprano solo part in Les Noces.
"[Les Noces] is gritty and intelligent and greatly enhanced by having an all-Russian cast of singers, chorus and players." (Guardian)
"Teodor Currentzis and his Perm orchestra MusicAeterna are on pungent form in the Stravinsky, a worthy successor to their terrific Rite of Spring." (Gramophone)
"The force of personality, conviction and unanimity of intention with which the musical argument is projected completely bowled me over" (BBC Music Magazine Disc of the month March 2016)
"Traditionalists will no doubt be outraged at what seems on paper to be a deliberately wilful, perverse and mannered approach to an old favourite. Yet such is the force of personality, conviction and unanimity of intention with which Kopatchinskaja and Teodor Currentzis project the musical argument that I was completely bowled over. The whole performance reminds us of the daring originality of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, and that in the late 19th century it had the capacity to shock conservative musicians. After hearing the Vienna premiere, the critic Eduard Hanslick famously suggested that Tchaikovsky had written music that 'stinks to the ear'." 5/5 Classical-Music
Tracks:
Stravinsky:
Les Noces
with Nadine Koutcher (soprano), Natalya Buklaga, Vasiliy Korostelev, Stanislav Leontieff, MusicAeterna
Tchaikovsky:
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
