Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D Minor
1/1/2002, 7 Tracks, 1:05:01
Featuring
Marco Boni
Vesko Eschkenazy
Concertgebouw Kamerorkest
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Franz Schubert
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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Performer Biography
Since January 2000, Vesko Eschkenazy, the violinist, has served as the concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Performer Biography
Vesko Eschkenazy, the violinist on this recording, was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1970 and has won prizes in several violin competitions, including the Polish Wieniawski competition.
Recording & Production
Polyhymnia International, the recording company, was founded in 1998 by key personnel from the former Philips Classics Recording Center.
Compositional Technique
The rondeau finale of Mozart's "Turkish" Concerto features a "noisy" third episode in the fashionable alla turca style, with cellos and basses instructed to play with the wood of their bows.
Composition History
Four of Mozart's five authenticated violin concertos were composed within an eight-month period in 1775, likely to gain favor with his employer, the Archbishop of Salzburg.
Performer Biography
Marco Boni, the conductor, began his career as a solo cellist at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna before increasingly focusing on conducting.
Composer Biography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's father, Leopold Mozart, published one of the most influential violin methods, "The School of Violin Playing," in the year of Mozart's birth.
