Composer: Alban Berg, Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Arabella Steinbacher
Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Conductor: Andris Nelsons
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Orfeo
Catalogue: C778091A
Release: 2009
Size: 299 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Berg: Violin Concerto ‘To the Memory of an Angel’ (1935)
01. I. Andante: Allegretto
02. II. Allegro: Adagio
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
03. I. Allegro ma non troppo
04. II. Larghetto
05. III. Rondo: Allegro
Two milestones of the violin repertoire that could not be more different, with painful farewells and the excitement of departing for new shores.The tension and contradictions inherent here are given full expression by Arabella Steinbacher and Andris Nelsons in interpretations of immense subtlety.