Carolin Widmann
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Type CD
- Label ECM New Series
- UPC 0028948126354
- Catalog number ECM 4812635
- Release date 26 August 2016
About the album
Violinist Carolin Widmann brings together the last major orchestral works of two German composers: Felix Mendelssohn Batholdy’s Violin Concerto op 64, celebrated from the outset as a masterpiece, and Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto WoO 23, which had to wait for so many years to find due recognition as one of the greatest compositions of the Romantic era. Widmann leads the widely-acclaimed Chamber Orchestra of Europe in these inspired performances, recorded at Baden Baden’s Festspielhaus. Her earlier ECM recording, in 2007, of the Schumann violin sonatas received the highest international praise, including a Gramophone Award nomination and each of her releases since then – with music from Schubert to Morton Feldman, Xenakis and Tüür – has emphasized her resourcefulness. In 2013 she was named Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards.
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11Concerto for violin and orchestra op. 64 Allegro molto appassionato
12:45 -
12Concerto for violin and orchestra op. 64 Andante
08:16 -
13Concerto for violin and orchestra op. 64 Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto vivace
06:09 -
14Violin Concerto WoO 23 In kräftigem, nicht zu schnellem Tempo
15:37 -
15Violin Concerto WoO 23 Langsam
06:08 -
16Violin Concerto WoO 23 Lebhaft, doch nicht schnell
10:31