Violin Concertos

by Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn

Violin Concertos cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: Unknown
  • Length: 2:21:38
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This pairing of the Beethoven and Mendelssohn violin concertos joins the two works that anchor the Romantic violin repertoire. Both concertos have remained central tests of a soloist's technique and lyricism since the nineteenth century.

Genres

Descriptors: strings, choral, symphonic, detailed, traditional

Tracklist

  1. 1. Allegro Non Troppo (21:04)
  2. 2. Adagio (9:01)
  3. 3. Allegro Giocoso, Ma Non Troppo Vivace – Poco Più Presto (8:08)
  4. 1. Allegro Molto Appassionato (11:39)
  5. 2. Andante (7:44)
  6. 3. Allegretto Non Troppo – Allegro Molto Vivace (6:30)
  7. 1. Allegro Moderato (17:10)
  8. 2. Canzonetta: Andante (6:14)
  9. 3. Finale: Allegro Vivacissimo (9:01)
  10. 1. Allegro Ma Non Troppo (25:05)
  11. 2. Larghetto – Attacca Subito (10:18)
  12. 3. Rondo: Allegro (9:44)

Credits

  • Johannes Brahms - primary artist, composed by
  • Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - primary artist, composed by
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - primary artist, composed by
  • Ludwig van Beethoven - primary artist, composed by
  • Nathan Milstein - primary artist, violin
  • Pinchas Zukerman - primary artist, violin
  • August von Kloeber - illustration [beethoven: drawing by, 1818]
  • Ludwig Michalek - illustration [brahms: coloured drawing by, 1891]

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