Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos
CHSA 5333 (Chandos Records, SACD)
Mulit-channel/Stereo
FIRST RELEASE (1 March 2024)
Playing time: 61'25"
Tracks: 6
Booklet pages: 42
℗ 2024 Chandos Records Ltd
© 2024 Chandos Records Ltd
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos published on 7 March 2024
Francesca Dego, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Bryant, leader
Dalia Stasevska, conductor
Ferruccio Busoni:
Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op 35a, K 243 (1896-7)
1 Allegro moderato - Animando - Tranquillo - Più moderato - Allegro - Quasi adagio - Tempo I - Gemessen, mit Humor - Scherzoso - Animando -
2 Quasi andante - Poco agitato - Tempo I - Più lento - Tranquillo -
3 Allegro impetuoso - Tempo - (Schnell) - (Heftig) - Moderato - Alla Marcia, pomposo umoristico - Stringendo - Più stretto - Quasi presto - Più presto
Johannes Brahms:
Violin Concerto in D, Op 77 (1878)
4 Allegro non troppo - Tranquillo - A tempo - Cadenza - Tranquillo - Animato (Cadenza by Ferruccio Busoni)
5 Adagio – Poco a poco più largamente – Tempo I
6 Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Poco più presto
Marking the one hundredth anniversary of Busoni's death, Francesca Dego is joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and their principal guest conductor Dalia Stasevska for this recording of his violin concerto, coupled with the Brahms concerto.
Recorded 4-5 July 2023 at Phoenix Concert Hall, Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK.