CLICK HERE To Get 7-15% Cash Back On All Your Online Shopping: ►► http://AventiMusic.net/Cash-Back Maxim Vengerov violin Daniel Barenboim conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 1st Movement Allegro Moderato The movement opens with divided and muted tremoloing strings and the soloist enters in the fourth bar with the first subject, a lyrical theme yet taut; an early delightful touch is the clarinets early imitation. Soloist and orchestra work upon this early material with the solo violin's music becoming more fluid, until a passage of "sixths" leads into the movement's first cadenza. This in turn leads into a rugged orchestral tutti containing the elements of the "rhapsodic" second subject which is taken up "Largemente" by the soloist yet again in sixths, its beauty enhanced by an ostinato counter melody from the lower strings. This episode is brought to an end with the theme decorated with grace notes and sustained trills leading directly into the second orchestral tutti, Allegro Molto, the movement's pithy, rugged, third theme. There is perhaps also a chill wind in this tutti evoking Finland's lakes, pine forest and tundra. As chilling winds die away, the soloist re-emerges into warmer climes with a bravado passage which leads via a re-iteration in part of the first theme (subject) which in turn leads into the movements principle cadenza based on the first subject. With the Cadenza almost exhausted, the final two bars of which are marked "ravvivando", wherefrom the spirits are revived into the movements development marked Allegro Moderato. The development commences with the first subject low in the orchestral register, with the bassoons, and a filigree of semi-quavers from the soloist above who takes over the theme. The development continues with a further orchestral tutti, and out of its climax the lyrical rhapsodic second theme emerges again low down in the orchestra to be joined by the soloist who contributes further development in the violin's upper register. With a change of key, D minor, Sibelius introduces a diminution of the third theme and, with a falling grace note enhanced passage, sustains trills over sustained orchestral chords leads into the Coda (Allegro Molto Vivace). The movement ends in a thrilling "tour de force".
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