Joshua Bell – Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 / Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Joshua Bell – Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 / Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:43 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Classical
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While Max Bruch’s First Concerto was recorded, re-recorded and over-recorded to the nth degree, we can’t say the same of Bruch’s very elegant Scottish Fantasy Enter Joshua Bell, the new artistic director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, both playing the violin and heading up an ensemble to offer us both the Concerto – which he had recorded about thirty years ago with Marriner – and the Fantasy, a discographic first for him. This Fantasy, written in 1880 after the Second Concerto, was Sarasate but first performed by Joachim. The composer weaves it together from an infinitely elegant tissue of themes, and melodic impressions of Scotland, real or imagined. Joshua Bell, of Scottish descent himself, swims like a wild salmon through the clear waters of lochs and highland torrents, while the orchestra, clearly rapt, offers him a beautiful foil.

Tracklist:

1-01. Joshua Bell – Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46 : I. Introduction: Grave, Adagio cantabile (08:50)
1-02. Joshua Bell – Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46 : II. Scherzo: Allegro (06:32)
1-03. Joshua Bell – Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46 : III. Andante sostenuto (06:37)
1-04. Joshua Bell – Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46 : IV. Finale: Allegro guerriero (08:38)
1-05. Joshua Bell – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 : I. Vorspiel: Allegro moderato (08:46)
1-06. Joshua Bell – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 : II. Adagio (08:43)
1-07. Joshua Bell – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 : III. Finale: Allegro energico (07:33)

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