IDAGIO | Ginastera – Bernstein – Moussa: Works for Violin and Orchestra 774204892029

Featuring

Andrew Wan
Kent Nagano
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Alberto Ginastera
Leonard Bernstein
Samy Moussa

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Composition History

Samy Moussa's Violin Concerto 'Adrano' was a world premiere and an Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) commission.

Instruments

Andrew Wan performs on a 1744 Michel'Angelo Bergonzi violin, loaned from the David Sela Collection, and an 1860 Dominique Peccatte bow from Canimex.

Composition History

Leonard Bernstein's Serenade was inspired by his rereading of Plato's Symposium, a dialogue about the nature of love.

Performer Biography

Andrew Wan, the violinist on this album, has been the Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) since 2008.

Performer Biography

Kent Nagano, the conductor on this album, has been the Music Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) since 2006.

Compositional Technique

Ginastera's Violin Concerto requires seven percussionists handling about fifty instruments, with the largest number playing in the softest extended passage of the third movement.

Composition History

Alberto Ginastera's Violin Concerto was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for its opening season at Lincoln Center (1962-1963).

Glass: Violin Concerto / Rorem: Violin Concerto (1984) / Bernstein: Serenade After Plato's "Symposium" (1954) For Solo Violin, String Orchestra, Harp And Percussion