James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Violin Concerto, Orchestral Works (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Violin Concerto, Orchestral Works (2024)
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One of the foremost musicians of his generation, James Ehnes continues to dazzle audiences around the world. Here he joins the BBC Philharmonic and Sir Andrew Davis in a recording of Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto. Written for the Polish virtuoso Samuel Dushkin, the four-movement work takes the music of Bach as its inspiration, and is built around a chord of the notes D, E, and A, which Stravinsky described as his ‘passport to the concerto’ and with which the solo violin part opens each movement. Dushkin gave the première, conducted by Stravinsky, in Berlin in 1932. Apollon musagète, a ballet in two parts for string orchestra, was written in 1927 – 28, and demonstrates the composer’s complete rejection of the Russian folk music and idioms that had been so instrumental in his previous ballets (The Firebird, Petrushka). They are replaced by a concentration on ‘pure form’, which became known as his neo-classical style. The album is completed by his two orchestral suites – light-hearted music arranged from piano duets he had written in the 1910s – and Scherzo à la russe, a showpiece for the Paul Whiteman band that he composed in the early 1940s when newly arrived in California.

Tracklist:
1. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, K. 053: I. Toccata. Tempo crotchet = 96 (05:56)
2. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, K. 053: II. Aria I. Tempo crotchet = 116 – Più mosso – Più lento (04:21)
3. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, K. 053: III. Aria II. Tempo quaver = 48 – Poco più mosso (05:46)
4. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, K. 053: IV. Capriccio. Tempo quaver = 120 – Poco più tranquillo (06:21)
5. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Scherzo à la russe, K. 070 (04:06)
6. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Suite No.1, K. 045: I. Andante. Crotchet = 86 – 92 (01:23)
7. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Suite No.1, K. 045: II. Napolitana. Dotted crotchet = 144 (01:21)
8. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Suite No.1, K. 045: III. Española. Dotted crotchet = 54 (01:09)
9. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Suite No.1, K. 045: IV. Balalaïka. Crotchet = 144 – 132 (01:11)
10. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Suite No.2, K. 038: I. Marche. Crotchet = 80 (01:19)
11. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Suite No.2, K. 038: II. Valse. Dotted minim = 66 – [Trio I] (02:22)
12. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Suite No.2, K. 038: III. Polka. Crotchet = 96 (01:09)
13. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Suite No.2, K. 038: IV. Galop. Crotchet = 126 – Trio (02:26)
14. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, K. 048: I. Naissance d’Apollon (05:21)
15. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, K. 048: II. Variation d’Apollon (03:08)
16. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, K. 048: III. Pas d’Action (04:25)
17. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, K. 048: IV. Variation de Calliope (01:28)
18. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, K. 048: V. Variation de Polymnie (01:20)
19. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, K. 048: VI. Variation de Terpsichore (01:35)
20. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, K. 048: VII. Variation d’Apollon (02:23)
21. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, K. 048: VIII. Pas de Deux (04:20)
22. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, K. 048: IX. Coda (Apollon et les Muses) (03:20)
23. James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic & Andrew Davis – Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, K. 048: X. Apothéose (03:36)

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