The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) was founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet and is known for its historic recordings and interpretations of 20th-century French and Russian repertoires.
Instruments
Violinist Arabella Steinbacher plays the Booth Stradivari (1716), which is generously provided to her by the Nippon Music Foundation.
Composition History
Tchaikovsky composed his Violin Concerto in Switzerland in the spring of 1878, immediately after completing his Symphony No. 4 and his opera Eugene Onegin, to find inner peace after a failed marriage.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor is described as an elegant 'thoroughbred' because the composer subtly guides the soloist, alternating virtuoso and skillful passages.
Performer Biography
Charles Dutoit, the conductor, has received numerous awards and distinctions, including two Grammys and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Classical Music Awards in 2014.
Performer Biography
Arabella Steinbacher, a violinist, began studying the violin at age three and became the youngest violin student of Ana Chumachenko at the Munich Academy of Music at age nine.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in September 2014 at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, Switzerland.
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