Midori, Festival Strings Lucerne - Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Romances

Warner Classics

£14.67

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 0190295179205
Release Date: 16th October 2020
Genre: Classical

The violinist Midori has been a celebrated performer for more than 35 years, this recording of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, complemented by his two Romances for violin and orchestra, marks the composer’s 250th birthday in December 2020. Midori plays with the Lucerne Festival Strings in a recording made in Switzerland shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic had caused the cancellation of a planned concert performance and international tour. “Beethoven guided my colleagues and me,” says Midori, “his work focusing and inspiring us, our concentrations heightened, enveloped together in our musical efforts ... I am reminded that he was a man of strong beliefs … who took firm stands on many major issues of his day … Beethoven's determination still provides a model for humankind.”

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Violin Concerto Op. 61 in D major
1. I. Allegro ma non troppo
2. II. Larghetto
3. III. Rondo allegro

4. Romance for violin & orchestra No. 1 In G major, Op. 40
5. Romance for violin & orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50

Midori, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor

Midori - Live in Concert:
GLASGOW – 13-15 NOV 2020 – Royal Scottish, world premiere of new concerto based on the Beethoven Violin Concerto (composer Detlev Glanert)