Number of Discs: 4
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Queen Elisabeth Competition
Catalogue: QEC2019
Release: 2019
Size: 5.2 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Canzonetta
03. III. Allegro vivacissimo
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
04. I. Allegro non troppo
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
CD 02
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, KV 219
01. I. Allegro aperto
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Rondeau
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Major, KV 207
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Presto
07. Camp: Scherzo – Bagatelle
08. Hakola: Fidl, Op. 99
CD 03
01. Schubert: Fantasy for violin and piano in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12/3
02. I. Allegro con spirito
03. II. Adagio con molt’espressione
04. III. Rondo (Allegro molto)
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45
05. I. Allegro molto ed appassionato
06. II. Allegretto espressivo alla romanza
07. III. Allegro animato
Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor
08. I. Allegro vivo
09. II. Intermède
10. III. Finale
CD 04
Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 3
01. I. Moderato malinconico
02. II. Andante sostenuto e misterioso
03. III. Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
04. I. Allegro amabile
05. II. Andante tranquillo
06. III. Allegretto grazioso
Poulenc: Sonata For Violin And Piano, FP 119
07. I. Allegro con fuoco
08. II. Intermezzo (très lent et calme)
09. III. Presto tragico
Janáček; Sonata for Violin and Piano
10. I. Con moto
11. II. Ballada
12. III. Allegretto
13. IV. Finale
The violin is undeniably the key instrument of the Queen Elisabeth Competition. Since the very first edition of the Ysaÿe Competition, won by David Oistrakh in 1937, and Leonid Kogan’s victory in the first edition of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 1951, an impressive succession of laureates has helped to shape the musical life of the last 80 years.
This 4CD box set includes highlights from the performances of the 12 laureates of the 2019 Violin Competition.
These young artists are heard in their chamber music programme of the semi-finals, in their performances of the Mozart concertos in the semi-finals with the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow, as well as in the great repertory concertos in the final with the Belgian National Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff.