BEETHOVEN & BERG: VIOLIN CONCERTOS - ISABELLE FAUST, ORCHESTRA MOZART, CLAUDIO ABBADO

Isabelle Faust - Violin

Orchestra Mozart - Chamber ensemble

Claudio Abbado - Conductor

‘Dialogue’ is probably the best term to describe the coupling of these two famous violin concertos. While addressing the loved one he has lost, Berg sets his final work on the threshold between tradition and revolution, between tonal music and the nascent ‘serial’ aesthetic; a century earlier, Beethoven had deconstructed formal Classicism to raise the solo violin to the status of a subject in its own right. This passionate exchange between the ‘soul’ of the violin and the ‘chorus’ of the orchestra is the fruit of an exciting meeting between two of the finest artists of our time.

Alban Berg [1885-1935]

Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel'
"À la mémoire d'un ange" / "Dem Andenken eines Engels"

1I. Andante - Allegretto 11'51
2II. Allegro - Adagio 16'07
Ludwig van Beethoven [1770-1827]

Violin Concerto in D major op.61
Ré majeur / D-Dur

3I. Allegro ma non troppo - Adagio 22'55
4II. Larghetto 9'21
5III. Rondo allegro 8'34