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 it's 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 premiere, conducted by Stravinsky, in Berlin in 1932. Apollon musagete, 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 Ã la russe, a showpiece for the Paul Whiteman band that he composed in the early 1940s when newly arrived in California.

Tracklist:

Concerto, K 053 in D major for Violin and Orchestra~I. Toccata. Tempo Quarter Note = 96
Concerto, K 053 in D major for Violin and Orchestra~II. Aria I. Tempo Quarter Note = 116 - PiÃ¹ mosso - PiÃ¹ lento - Tempo I - [
Concerto, K 053 in D major for Violin and Orchestra~III. Aria II. Tempo Eighth Note = 48 - Poco piÃ¹ mosso - Tempo I
Concerto, K 053 in D major for Violin and Orchestra~IV. Capriccio.Tempo Eighth Note = 120 - Poco piÃ¹ tranquillo - Subito piÃ¹ m
Suite No. 1, K 045 for Small Orchestra~I. Andante. Quarter Note = 86 - 92
Suite No. 1, K 045 for Small Orchestra~II. Napolitana. Dotted Quarter Note = 144
Suite No. 1, K 045 for Small Orchestra~III. EspaÃ±ola. Dotted Quarter Note = 54
Suite No. 1, K 045 for Small Orchestra~IV. BalalaÃ¯ka. Quarter Note = 144 - 132
Suite No. 2, K 038 for Small Orchestra~I. Marche. Quarter Note = 80
Suite No. 2, K 038 for Small Orchestra~II. Valse. Dotted Half Note = 66 - [Trio I] - [Valse] - [Trio II.] Rubato - Tempo - Rubat
Suite No. 2, K 038 for Small Orchestra~III. Polka. Half Note = 96
Suite No. 2, K 038 for Small Orchestra~IV. Galop. Half Note = 126 - Trio - [Galop da capo]
Apollon musagÃ¨te, K 048 for String Orchestra~Premier Tableau (prologue). Naissance d'Apollon. Largo - [Rideau] - [Apollon vient
Apollon musagÃ¨te, K 048 for String Orchestra~Second Tableau. Variation d'Apollon (Apollon et les Muses) Quarter Note = 66 - L'i
Apollon musagÃ¨te, K 048 for String Orchestra~Pas d'Action. Apollon et les trois Muses: Calliope, Polymnie et Terpsichore. Moder
Apollon musagÃ¨te, K 048 for String Orchestra~Variation de Calliope (l'Alexandrin). Allegretto - Poco meno mosso -
Apollon musagÃ¨te, K 048 for String Orchestra~Variation de Polymnie. Allegro -
Apollon musagÃ¨te, K 048 for String Orchestra~Variation de Terpsichore. Allegretto -
Apollon musagÃ¨te, K 048 for String Orchestra~Variation d'Apollon. Lento -
Apollon musagÃ¨te, K 048 for String Orchestra~Pas de Deux. Apollon et Terpsichore. Adagio -
Apollon musagÃ¨te, K 048 for String Orchestra~Coda (Apollon et les Muses). Vivo - Tempo sostenuto - Agitato -

UPC: 095115534021
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 1.5.24
Format: CD

Stravinsky / Ehnes / Bbc Philharmonic - Violin Concerto Scherzo A La Russe Apollon Musaget (CD)