Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Tomaso Antonio Vitali
Performer: Gioconda de Vito, Michael Raucheisen
Orchestra: RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester
Conductor: Georg Ludwig Jochum
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE95621
Release: 2015
Size: 235 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
01. I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. II. Larghetto
03. III. Rondo
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 100
04. I. Allegro amabile
05. II. Andante tranquillo
06. III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante)
Vitali: Chaconne in G minor
07. Chaconne in G Minor
Gioconda de Vito (1907-1994) was one of the few female violinists able to establish themselves as soloists on the concert platform during the first half of the 20th century. Born in the South Italian region of Puglia, the artist studied in Pesaro and Rome, accepting her first professorship at the tender age of seventeen. De Vito built an international career which took her as far afield as Argentina and Australia. In Germany she was especially highly regarded during the 1930s and 40s. Bach, Beethoven and Brahms represented the main pillars of her repertoire which, however, largely eschewed more modern music. De Vito cultivated a sumptuously romantic tone and never sought superficial violinistic brilliance.
In 1961, aged only fifty-four, she retired from the concert stage. De Vito never recorded the Beethoven Violin Concerto in the studio: this sole live recording from 1954 with the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester under the baton of Georg Ludwig Jochum presented here is therefore of particular documentary value.