María Dueñas - Beethoven and Beyond (LP)
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María Dueñas - Beethoven and Beyond (LP)
María Dueñas (violin) / Wiener Symphoniker, Manfred Honeck
[ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP ]
Release Date: Friday 9 June 2023
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María Dueñas presents her highly anticipated Deutsche Grammophon debut album; Beethoven and Beyond captures a towering performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto, recorded live at Vienna's Musikverein and featuring the artist's own cadenzas. The album also includes works by Kreisler, Saint-Saëns, Spohr, Wieniawski and Ysaÿe, with a companion disc of Beethoven cadenzas by the same composers.
"Dueñas's performance favours the Concerto's abundant lyrical qualities. In the magical Larghetto she combines unaffected simplicity with rich sentiment while her account of the 'Rondo' is certainly joyous, but thoughtful rather than rollicking." BBC Music
"The manner in which Dueñas acquits herself is nothing short of remarkable: every technical hurdle surmounted with assurance, no lapses in tone or intonation, the interpretation confident and persuasive...What a player, and what a way to launch a recording career." Gramophone
"As soon as she enters in Beethoven's epic Violin Concerto, you'll equally know what Dueñas sounds like: warm and robust, blessed with a sunshine gleam that grows more intense as the notes rise. The verve and confidence of this performance with the Wiener Symphoniker and conductor Manfred Honeck verge on the astonishing." The Times
Tracks:
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Spohr: Concertante in G Major for Violin and Harp, WoO 13: Adagio
Ysaÿe: Berceuse Op. 20
Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83
Wieniawski: Légende in G minor, Op. 17
Kreisler: Liebesleid
plus:
Cadenzas for the 1st Movement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto by Spohr, Ysaye. Saint-Saens, Wieniawski, and, Kreisler
