Gramophone Editor's Choice, BBC Music Magazine Choice
Featuring
Hilary Hahn
Mikko Franck
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Ernest Chausson
Sergei Prokofiev
Einojuhani Rautavaara
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Interpretation
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France exemplifies a uniquely French interpretive style, combining individualism and ease, where notes flow like words in a conversation.
Composition History
Einojuhani Rautavaara's "Deux Sérénades" was a near-complete manuscript discovered after his death, which Mikko Franck, the conductor, realized was intended for Hilary Hahn and the OPRF.
Recording & Production
This album captures the unique spirit of artistic collaboration between Hilary Hahn and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, who have worked together for decades.
Composition History
The orchestration for the second half of Rautavaara's "Deux Sérénades" was completed by Kalevi Aho, a prominent Finnish composer and Rautavaara's former student.
Composer Biography
Ernest Chausson, a Paris-born composer, turned to music after earning a doctorate in law and studied with Massenet and Franck at the Paris Conservatoire.
Performer Biography
Hilary Hahn's violin was made in Paris in 1865 by the famed luthier Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, whose shop address is inside the instrument.
Composition History
Chausson's "Poème" for violin and orchestra, dedicated to the great Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe, is linked to Ivan Turgenev's short story 'The Song of Triumphant Love'.
