Lena Neudauer attracted international attention when at the age of fifteen she not only spectacularly won the Leopold Mozart Competition in Augsburg but also was awarded practically all the special prizes. And Matthias Kirschnereit has long enjoyed international renown, even though he eschews the glamorous world of stardom. We have now brought together these two most highly talented musicians for a recording of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Orchestra, a work with a tradition extending from Bach and Baroque music by way of Mozart and Haydn to early romanticism. In the second early work heard on this album, the Violin Concerto in D minor, the legacy of classicism and that of Bach's highly regarded son Carl Philipp Emanuel, are clearly audible. For Mendelssohn's teacher Zelter and contemporary audiences the musical aesthetic of the late eighteenth century continued to dictate taste. Both of these early concertos attest to an authentic boy genius and an acclaimed public favorite!

Tracklist:

Violin Concerto In D Minor, Mwv O3: III. Allegro
Double Concerto For Violin & Piano In D Minor, Mwv O4: II. Adagio
Double Concerto For Violin & Piano In D Minor, Mwv O4: III. Allegro Molto
Violin Concerto In D Minor, Mwv O3: I. Allegro
Violin Concerto In D Minor, Mwv O3: II. Andante
Violin Concerto In D Minor, Mwv O3: III. Allegro

UPC: 761203519729
Label: Cpo Records
Release Date: 6.15.18
Format: CD

Bartholdy / Neudauer - Concerto for Violin Piano & String Orchestra (CD)