Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 & Berg: Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" (Live)
9/2/2022, 5 Tracks, 1:02:25
Featuring
Robin Ticciati
Christian Tetzlaff
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Johannes Brahms
Alban Berg
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Interpretation
Violinist Christian Tetzlaff has played both the Brahms and Berg violin concertos featured on this album over 300 times combined in his 40-year career.
Recording & Production
The Brahms Violin Concerto on this album was recorded live at the Philharmonie Berlin in March 2022, while the Berg concerto was recorded in Studio Nalepastrasse Berlin in September 2021.
Composer Biography
Alban Berg's Violin Concerto, subtitled 'To the Memory of an Angel', is interpreted by Christian Tetzlaff as a reflection on Berg's entire life, including his secret love for Hanna Fuchs and his daughter Albine.
Compositional Technique
The Alban Berg Violin Concerto contains 230 measures, a number derived from multiplying 10 (significant for Hanna Fuchs) and 23 (significant for Alban Berg), reflecting esoteric ideas prevalent in Vienna.
Composer's Artistic Vision
For Christian Tetzlaff, the Brahms Violin Concerto addresses "dangerous, abysmal, and profound states of the soul," linking it to Alban Berg's concerto.
Performer Biography
Christian Tetzlaff, the violinist on this recording, was awarded an OBE for services to music in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2019.
Compositional Technique
Alban Berg's Violin Concerto incorporates a Carinthian folk song about 'Mizzi unter'm Zwetschgenbaum' in its scherzo, referencing a domestic servant with whom Berg fathered a child at age seventeen.
