Alina Ibragimova/ Vladimir Jurowski - Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

Alina Ibragimova / Vladimir Jurowski — Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

"...what was the thinking behind teaming together a soloist who uses vibrato, albeit tastefully, and a string band who don't? Not that I necessarily object to the result...Ibragimova's sensitive playing wins the day, with some superlative quiet moments and at all times a loyal adherence to the composer's markings and a sure sense of the music's phrasing and architecture." — BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, 5 out of 5 stars

Young violinist Alina Ibragimova is already established as an admired recording artist, standing alongside great artists of the past and present with her versions of Bach and Beethoven's violin works. She appears on this latest release with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Vladimir Jurowski (in his Hyperion premiere) in a program that includes a classic of the concerto repertoire: Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64.

Ibragimova's is a glittering, knife-edge performance, her playing a portrayal in itself of the music's passion held in control through exquisite craft. The Violin Concerto in D minor — an unusual and welcome pairing — is an early work, written when the composer was only 13. As with Mendelssohn's other juvenile works it is extraordinarily accomplished and exceedingly charming.

Musicians:
Alina Ibragimova, violin
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski

 

1. Rameau: Suite No 2 in a Minor I. Allemande

2. Rameau: Suite No 2 in a Minor II. Courante

3. Rameau: Suite No 2 in a Minor III. Sarabande

4. Rameau: Suite No 2 in a Minor IV. Les Trois Mains

5. Rameau: Suite No 2 in a Minor V. Fanfarinette

6. Rameau: Suite No 2 in a Minor VI. La Triomphante

7. Rameau: Suite No 2 in a Minor Viia. Gavotte

8. Rameau: Suite No 2 in a Minor Viib. Double 1

9. Rameau: Suite No 2 in a Minor Viic. Double 2

10. Rameau: Suite No 2 in a Minor Viid. Double 3

11. Rameau: Suite No 2 in a Minor Viie. Double 4

12. Rameau: Suite No 2 in a Minor Viif. Double 5

13. Rameau: Suite No 2 in a Minor Viig. Double 6

14. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 I. Allegro Molto Appassionato

15. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 II. Andante

16. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 III. Allegretto Non Troppo - Allegro Molto Vivace

17. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor I. Allegro

18. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor II. Andante

19. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor III. Allegro

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