{"id":39561,"date":"2024-02-29T15:21:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6bd335da-4cca-45dd-85ca-dab870a1ff56"},"modified":"2024-02-29T15:41:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:41:10","slug":"stravinsky-violin-concerto-etc","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/stravinsky-violin-concerto-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"Stravinsky: Violin Concerto etc"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By David Nice\n <\/p>

Published: Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 14:21 PM<\/p>

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Violin Concerto*; Scherzo \u00e0 la Russe; Apollon Musag\u00e8te; Orchestral Suites<\/p>

*James Ehnes; BBC Philharmonic\/Andrew Davis<\/p>

Chandos CHSA5340\u00a0\u00a0 69:56 mins<\/em><\/p>

Kudos to Andrew Davis, the BBC Philharmonic and Chandos for so intelligent a programme, two very different masterpieces framing a quirky divertissement. Yet where Davis so often excels is in concerto partnerships, and that\u2019s the big attraction here. His Elgar Violin Concerto with James Ehnes<\/a><\/strong> was the deepest I\u2019ve encountered in live performance, and there\u2019s perfect dialogue throughout this most concertante of works, every cue and change of colour picked up with perfect focus. <\/p>

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It helps that the sound brings the woodwind as much up front as the violinist; there are wonderful contributions from the BBC Philharmonic, bassoons especially. But when Ehnes needs to take centre stage, in the second Aria<\/em>\u00a0he does so magisterially. It depends what you want from Stravinsky<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s first ballet for Balanchine, Apollon Musag\u00e8te.<\/em> There\u2019s a not inappropriate remoteness which comes into its own for the framing beauties and the exquisite \u2018Pas de deux\u2019. <\/p>
Otherwise, for me it\u2019s a slightly faceless middle way between sprightly, very danceable chamber versions \u2013 more \u00e9lan needed in two of the variations \u2013 and the lushness of full orchestral strings. I thought for one moment we might get the luxury of Ehnes in the significant violin solo, but it\u2019s taken with similar poise by BBC Phil leader Zo\u00eb Beyers. Combinations of instruments register ideally in the shorter pieces, though I\u2019ve always found the Second Suite surplus to need.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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