Brahms: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto

Brahms: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto
Gidon Kremer / Clemens Hagan / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Teldec 13137

Contents:

    Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
  1. Allegro non troppo
  2. Adagio
  3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

    4. Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102
  4. Allegro
  5. Andante
  6. Vivace non troppo

Perfomers: Gidon Kremer (violin), Clemens Hagan (cello), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (direction)

Playing time: 69'

Recording date: March 1996 & April 1997 (Amsterdam, live)

The cadenza in Op.77 is by Enescu.

These are generally novel interpretations, and the Violin Concerto in particular remains worthwhile.

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T. M. McComb