Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Nemanja Radulović
Orchestra: Double Sens
Conductor: Nemanja Radulović
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 5419774339
Release: 2023
Size: 1.41 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
01. I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. II. Larghetto
03. III. Rondo. Allegro
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ (Arranged by Radulović for Violin and Orchestra)
04. I. Adagio sostenuto
05. II. Andante con variazioni
06. III. Finale. Presto
“This album presents the core of the violin repertoire – Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Kreutzer Sonata,” says Nemanja Radulović. While these Beethoven masterpieces have been recorded countless times, Radulović’s approach to each of them has an element of innovation. For the concerto, he has expanded Double Sens, the chamber ensemble he founded in 2008. “I wanted to retain the special character of Double Sens as an ensemble which plays without a conductor and explores new ways of interpretation… In our recording of the concerto, we wanted to convey a range of emotions – courage, risk, joy, love, rage, sadness, nostalgia, and magical serenity and tenderness.” Rather than playing the grandly scaled Kreutzer Sonata in partnership with a pianist, he performs it here in his own arrangement for solo violin and five-part string ensemble. “While remaining faithful to Beethoven, I allowed myself to exercise my imagination.”