Itzhak Perlman - Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3, Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Orchestre De Paris, Daniel Barenboim / Deutsche Grammophon 1983 / 00289 479 1928

UPC 028947919285

The Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61, by Camille Saint-Saëns is a piece for violin and orchestra written in March 1880. Saint-Saëns dedicated the concerto to fellow composer-virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, who performed the solo part at the premiere in October 1880 in Hamburg.

Even though the third violin concerto seems to impose fewer technical demands on the soloist than its predecessors, its melodic invention and impressionistic subtlety present significant interpretive challenges. This stress is most notable in the second movement and the chorale of the finale, which is reminiscent of the conclusion of the Fourth Piano Concerto. Possibly because of this, the Sarasate concerto along with the Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28, and the Havanaise, Op. 83 have endured as the major concertante works for violin by Saint-Saëns still heard regularly today.

Tracklist:

CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921)

Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor op. 61

h-moll, en si mineur

1.  1.  Allegro non troppo   8:24

2.  2.  Andantino quasi allegretto   8:25

3.  3.  Molto moderato e mastoso - Allegro non troppo - Piu allegro   10:54

HENRYK WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880)

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor op. 22

d-moll, en re mineur

4.  1.  Allegro moderato   11:24

5.  2.  Romance. Andante non troppo   5:06

6.  3.  Allegro con fuoco - Allegro moderato (a la Zingara)   5:54

• Violin - Itzhak Perlman
• Orchestra - Orchestre de Paris
• Conducted - Daniel Barenboim