Renaud Capuçon (vl.) Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Tugan Sokhiev. Recorded during a live concert on XXIV.II.2012 at La Halle aux grains.
I live in Toulouse and I was here when this concert took place. I am going to tell you a paradox: what amazes me the most is the writing of the orchestra. It never covers the soloist and however is complex and rather dense. This work is absolutely awsome.
That reminds me of a comment I once heard concerning Das Lied von der Erde: that Mahler's rich orchestration never covers the voice of the soloists, which according to the commentator shows Mahler's great technical mastery.
Just saw a sponsored link on my Facebook sidebar to France Musique: "Henri Dutilleux, le doyen et le plus grand compositeur français du XXe siècle, est mort aujourd'hui, à Paris, à 97 ans." R.I.P., M. Dutilleux. One of my favorite composers of the 20th century. :-(
+Window Trimmer You are sooooo right.... From the 20th century's great violin concertos, we will probably remember Bartok, Prokofiev, Berg, Schnittke and... Dutilleux. Regards from France
J'ai assisté à ce concert, bien placé, à la Halle aux grains située près de chez moi. Était-ce en février 2012, sans doute, puisque le vidéoposteur l'indique. Ce qui m'a frappé en premier lieu, c'est l'homogénéité stylistique de l'œuvre, avec des contrastes coulés dans cette homogénéité. Merci à Justin Geplaveid.
La musique de Dutilleux me donne l'impression de goûter, dans un superbe jardin touffu, à toutes sortes de plantes, des plus savoureuses aux plus indigestes, voire toxiques
It is called cimbalom and comes from Central Europe: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimbalom It seems Dutilleux wanted to recreate a sort of carrillon sound to separate the differente sections fo the work as well as a reminder of Douai's carillon, which sound he always loved.
Eh bien, parfois des decades sont nécessaires pour "entendre" la musique d´un certain maître. Bartok, Mahler, Sibelius, Walton, Richard Strauss, Maessien, et bien d´autres... Essayez Houvaghiem par exemple. Maintenant on écoute, aime et on sait que sa musique s´écrit avec une M. Laissez le temps s´écouler...chers collégues audiopholes.
upon first hearing - eh. there's some pretty pictures there, but it's not really the best use of a solo violin. i mean, the soloist could have hit 100 wrong notes, and no one would know the difference.
This is like a badly written version of the Walton concerto. Didn't feel a thing. I'm sure it will take its place among the "played-once-in-a-million-years-just-for-educational-purposes" violin concertos category. Well "played" though.
It's more like I don't "feel" anything, you know, isn't that the purpose of making music? And Walton (which I like, especially the 2nd mov.) was the first one I thought, I can't explain... All of these concertos bring out a taste and a colour and a feeling in me.
ekhangel Well, I'd expect nothing more from a person who actually has no point to make, other than offering the opinion opposite to the one that I just made.
