Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Alina Ibragimova
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Release: 2012
Size: 0.99 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64
01. 1 Allegro molto appassionato
02. 2 Andante
03. 3 Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace
04. The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), Op 26
Violin Concerto in D minor
05. 1 Allegro
06. 2 Andante
07. 3 Allegro
The young violinist Alina Ibragimova is already established as an admired recording artist, standing alongside great artists of the past and present with her versions of Bach and Beethoven’s violin works. She appears on this latest release with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Vladimir Jurowski (in his Hyperion premiere) in a programme which includes a classic of the concerto repertoire: Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64. Ibragimova’s is a glittering, knife-edge performance, her playing a portrayal in itself of the music’s passion held in control through exquisite craft. The Violin Concerto in D minor—an unusual and welcome pairing—is an early work, written when the composer was only thirteen. As with Mendelssohn’s other juvenile works it is extraordinarily accomplished and exceedingly charming.