Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonatas for Piano and Violin
Lars Vogt, piano · Christian Tetzlaff, violin
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Jörg Widmann
Violin Concerto
Antiphon · Insel der Sirenen
Christian Tetzlaff
Swedish RSO
Daniel Harding
Track listing
3 tracks · 60:00Listen to samples on selected tracks.
Jörg Widmann
- 1 Violinkonzert (2007) | Violin Concerto 28:21
- 2 Antiphon für Orchestergruppen (2007?08) | Antiphon for Orchestral Groups 19:28
- 3 Insel der Sirenen für Solo-Violine und 19 Streicher (1997) | Island of the Sirens for Solo Violin and 19 Strings 12:11
About this recording
Ondine proudly presents the first CD with works by German composer Jörg Widmann (born 1973) only. This release features his Violin Concerto (2007), Insel der Sirenen for Violin and 19 Strings (1997) and Antiphon for Orchestral Groups (2007-08).
The acclaimed violinist Christian Tetzlaff, for whom the Violin Concerto was written, plays the solo part in these works and handles their challenges with incredible perfection. He considers this Violin Concerto to be one of the greatest contemporary concertos.
Daniel Harding, one of the brightest conductors of the younger generation, is a frequent visitor for the top orchestras worldwide. In his position as Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra he has developed the orchestra to become one of the most interesting and diverse ensembles.
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, one of Europe's foremost orchestras, collaborates continuously with leading conductors, soloists and composers. Their strong commitment to contemporary music is also reflected on the present recording.
Features
Booklet with liner notes in English and German
The artists
Christian Tetzlaff
Christian Tetzlaff has been one of the most sought-after violinists and exciting musicians on the classical music scene for many years. “The greatest performance of the work I’ve ever heard,” Tim Ashley wrote in the Guardian about his interpretation of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with Daniel Harding. In the Frankfurter Rundschau Hans-Klaus Jungheinrich called it virtually a “rediscovery” of this frequently played work.
Daniel Harding
Daniel Harding is one of the brightest of a new generation of conductors. He is the Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and Music Partner of the New Japan Philharmonic. He was honoured with the lifetime title of Conductor Laureate of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He is a regular visitor to the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Vienna Philharmonic (both of which he has conducted at the Salzburg Festival), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester and the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala. Other guest conducting engagements have included the Berlin Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Orchèstre National de Lyon, Oslo Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Santa Cecilia Orchestra of Rome, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Orchestras and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées. Among the American orchestras with whom he has performed are the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
In 2005 he opened the season at La Scala, Milan, conducting a new production of Idomeneo. He is a regular guest in Milan where he has conducted productions of Salome, double bills of Bluebeard's Castle and Il Prigioniero, and Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, and Falstaff which opened La Scala's programme of Verdi celebrations in 2013. His operatic experience also includes The Turn of the Screw and Wozzeck at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and Ariadne auf Naxos, Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro at the Salzburg Festival with the Vienna Philharmonic.
Daniel Harding's extensive discography includes Mahler's Symphony No. 10 with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Orff's Carmina Burana with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Billy Budd with the London Symphony Orchestra (winner of a Grammy Award for best opera recording).
In 2002 he was awarded the title Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.
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