Bruch: Scottish Fantasy - Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
2/1/2014, 7 Tracks, 1:11:01
Featuring
Yang Yang
Ning Feng
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Max Bruch
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Historical Context
The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO Berlin) was founded in 1946 as the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester in the American sector of Berlin, symbolizing Germany's post-WWII renewal.
Performer Biography
Yang Yang, the conductor, won first prize in the Dimitri Mitropoulos Conducting Competition in 2006, the only Chinese conductor to receive this honor.
Performer Biography
Ning Feng, the violinist on this album, was the first student at the Royal Academy of Music, London, to be awarded 100% for his final recital.
Instruments
Ning Feng plays a 2007 Stefan-Peter Greiner violin on this recording.
Critical Reception
Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto was initially rejected as 'unplayable' by violinist Leopold Auer and was booed at its 1881 premiere, with critic Eduard Hanslick claiming he could 'hear the music stink'.
Performer Biography
Ning Feng won first prize in the 2006 International Paganini Competition.
Composition History
Tchaikovsky was inspired to write his Violin Concerto after discovering Edouard Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole.
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