BRITTEN: PIANO & VIOLIN CONCERTOS - SERVADEI, AZIZIAN, VANSKA

Britten: Piano & Violin Concertos

Annette Servadei, piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Joseph Giunta
Sergej Azizian, violin
Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra,
Osmo Vänskä

“with good well-balanced recording Servadei gives a strong dedicated muscular performance…..particularly impressive in the hushed and sustained passacaglia, entitled Impromptu (3rd mvt) which provided Walton with the theme for his Variations on a theme of Benjamin Britten.” “(Azizian) His is a superb technique, marked by flawless intonation and a wide tonal range. …in the Britten he adopts a manner at once lighter in the quicksilver bravura passages and more intimate and poetic in the lyrical writing, ending in a deeply felt account of the closing pages, one of Britten’s deepest inspirations” (Penguin Guide 3 stars)


Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.15 (1939, revised 1950)
[1] Moderato con moto 9:17
[2] Vivace 8:23
[3] Passacaglia: Andante lento 13:51

Piano Concerto D major, Op.13 (1938, revised 1945)
[4] Toccata (Allegro molto e con brio) 13:32
[5] Waltz (Allegretto) 5:21
[6] Impromptu (Andante lento) 9:18
[7] March (Allegro moderato – sempre alla marcia) 8:58