Dmitri Shostakovich - the Violin Concerto nº1 in A minor, op.77 (1948) 0:00 Cadenza di Passacaglia 4:46 Burlesque: Allegro con brio Munich, 2022 #LisaBatiashvili #Shostakovich #ViolinConcerto
She is a force of nature on the violin. The whole orchestra is close to tears after the end, no wonder. An outstanding performance, appropriate to an outstanding musical masterpiece.
Lisa ou la plus grande virtuosité toujours au service de la plus grande musicalité. Même si l'on craint l'usage forcené des superlatifs, ne s'approche-t-on pas ici du sublime ? Merci infiniment pour le partage.
Fantastic Violinist. Rashel no body can play like her. More 100 bravosimo for you prophisor Rashel. Excellent. I love your beautiful playing 💋👌🌱⚘👍👍👍🌹👒👒👒👒👈💋
There is some context to Shostakovitch's music, which Batiashvili understands very well, having grown up in Georgia during the Soviet era. She gives some context in this interview for her first CD 'Echoes of Time': ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FHA8xy3YVSY.html In this interview with Bing and Dennis, she gives some context to her family's trip from Georgia to Germany in 1991, just before the Georgian civil war. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HfYMzt-uQnA.html Her description of that train trip gives context to the significance of the photo on her 'Echoes of Time' CD, where she is standing on a railway track with a suitcase and violin. Lisa has described Shostakovitch's music as representative of Soviet era music in many ways. Some of his music contained deliberate dissonance - he was not alone in this. The first few movements of his 7th Symphony, also known as the Leningrad Symphony, were composed during the German siege of Leningrad. This BBC documentary gives a very good overview, including how close Shostakovitch came to getting caught up in Stalin's purges - some of Shostakovitch's music was subversive. The Leningrad Symphony was ultimately played in Leningrad, by a half-starved orchestra. While it was seen as anti-fascist, in fact It was an anti-oppression composition: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KOkBEqtGUI8.html As for Lisa, this Australian Broadcasting Corporation gives a good bio on her: www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/legends/legends/13256116 Her comment in this interview is interesting: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e-Ez1SxVnWE.html I think she is best appreciated not just by listening, but watching her face as she plays. She is in love with music and the violin, and it shows on her face. My first exposure to her was this Prokofiev violin concerto, which captivated me immediately. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KG0-2kZNcOs.html She apparently learned this piece when she was 13 years old, and has described it as a challenging piece for a 13 year-old. Damn right. I have paid attention to quite a few clips of Batiashvili playing, and interviews, and have learned more than I otherwise would. I hope this is of some help.
Fair point Dennis and soavemusica. "Sounds very Soviet Union" probably says it all. I just like Lisa Batiashvili I guess. And the sounds she gets on her 300 year old violin. I've learned a lot more than I otherwise would courtesy of her. Do you have any thoughts on her Sibelius, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Brahms, etc? Cheers
