Schoenberg Violin Concerto Op.36/Sibelius Violin Concerto Op.47
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Free Music Review: {~~}==# HILARY HAHN - SCHOENBERG & SIBELIUS in dramatical seriousness and a singing Violin Voice
Hit: 5 Stars
HILARY HAHN brings out these two great, dramatic and ensouled pieces of the violin literature in her beautiful, crystally clear violin tone and intonation and with her outstanding musical understanding of these pieces, while the orchestra interacts perfectly and in full harmony with her violin play. Unmistakably, HILARY HAHN'S unique and very beautiful violin tone becomes audible in this recording remarkably, the tone of her playing which is so fine and almost so precise one may think such a precision is too good to be true, and as of which one is able to distinguish her violin tone and playing from the one of her violinist colleagues.
Of course, everyone should have their very own opinion on HILARY HAHN'S wonderful interpretations of these two great musical pieces as recorded on this CD. However, I'm really convinced that HILARY HAHN has proceeded with her violin play and musicality in this recording, and has again tied in with her previous recording, the Paganini/Spohr CD, fabulously the quality of her musicality which she has, in my opinion, even exceeded with this recording, which seeks comparison. Last year I had heard HILARY HAHN perform the Schoenberg violin concerto live on stage, and therefore, I do feel that my superb impressions I got from her playing this concerto in that concert and the special charm of her interpretation are true, and I am very happy about this recording of hers. I find that the whole arrangement of HILARY HAHN'S interpretation in this recording suits really fine; the wonderful colours of her violin tone, which is in marvelous harmony and cleverness with her unique technique, and the orchestral part harmonise fully with her interpretation, the interpretation of the conductor interact in a finely structurised musical unification with HILARY HAHN'S violin play. HILARY HAHN and the conductor manage in this recording to raise these two phantastic pieces to their challenging technical and musical level and beyond.
My personal favourite of this recording is the Sibelius violin concerto, whose beautifulness I may only describe as follows: In a manner of making her violin sing and making its voice shine brightly and with passion throughout these beautiful pieces HILARY HAHN attracts the listener to her very finest and most ensouled tones, so you might feel you stick with each note. HILARY HAHN GETS VOCAL again - not only in her previous album, the Louis Spohr and Nicol? Paganini violin concertos HILARY HAHN achieved such a "singing" violin voice and tone. I'm sure there is also something of her previous recording that she has transferred also into this one! But, please, everyone find out this for themselves!
For those of you who are interested, please also take a look at HILARY HAHN'S promo video which was recently posted on YouTube.
My very most enthusiastic recommendations again also for this first-class album of HILARY HAHN! Mazal tov to the magnificent and lovely HILARY HAHN!
Finally, also my great congratulations to the photographer for the beautiful photos, especially for this superb cover photo and for the photo of enthusiastically smiling HILARY HAHN which appears when opening the CD! This is a truly modern, imaginative CD design - please Deutsche Grammophon continue also such modern CD designs!
Free Music Review: Most will come for the Sibelius, but the Schoenberg is spectacular
Hit: 5 Stars
Most listeners will approach the Schoenberg Violin Cto. in the mood of "take your medicine, it's good for you," so I'm glad that Hilary Hahn makes a point of placing it first on the program. Her reading sweeps the field. It is amazingly enthusiastic and exciting, and with Salonen as the ideal partner, I could hear the work not as a modernist puzzle but as a satisfying emotional experience. Colors are vivid; the soloist is placed very close to the mike. Everything, in other words, is done to heighten visceral impact. I still couldn't follow Schoenberg's intellectual convolutions, but that hardly mattered since I was enjoying myself. Another big step in trying to hear Schoenberg's atonalism the way we hear Mahler and Strauss.
Salonen had already made a first-rate Sibelius concerto recorded with Cho-Liang Lin. It was musuclar and colorful and quickly became a top choice among critics. However, recorded sound has made advances since the 90's, and Hilary Hahn's version, also musuclar and colorful, gives us more detail and naturalness in both the violin and orchestra. I'm struck by how much more forceful a player she has become. The opening bars are intense rather than floating and mysterious. Which means a certain sacrifice of atmosphere -- by comparison Joshua Bell seems philosophical and muted.
Salonen is a cool-tempered modernist, and he doesn't linger anywehre; the slow movement presses forward with a steady tread where others bask in its melancholy. Conductor and soloist are single-minded in the finale, which gets punched out a bit too much for my taste but is undeniably forceful. In all, the only fault I can find with the whole performance is a lack of nuance, which may not bother others who respond more to overt excitement.
In sum, Hahn continues to be a crowd favorite, a growing talent, and well deserving of the spotlight.
Free Music Review: Every Little Thing She Does is Magic!
Hit: 5 Stars
To borrow a line from the Police, "Every Little thing She Does is Magic." I listen to many different genres of music and no other artist draws me to Classical like Hilary Hahn. I admit that I am not so familiar with Schoenberg or Sibelius, but with Ms. Hahn's incredible recording of their works I will soon know them very well. I never tire of Hilary Hahn's music (especially her recording of Paganini and Spohr) and I'm sure this CD will be no exception. God bless Hilary Hahn.Free Music Review: TOP OF HER GAME: HILARY'S BRILLIANT SCHOENBERG & INTENSE SIBELIUS CONCERTO PERFORMANCES
Hit: 5 Stars
Five AMAZING Stars!! Brilliant performances!! Grammy Award-winning violin virtuoso Hilary Hahn is caught at the absolute top of her game in this recording of the legendary, fiendishly difficult Arnold Schoenberg Violin Concerto, Opus 36 (written circa 1934 in California); and then she adds the bracing Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Opus 47 (circa 1903) for good measure. Recorded with the superb Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the redoubtable Esa-Pekka Salonen, Ms Hahn shows, beyond question, she is one of today's finest violinists. And with this recording her awesome expanding repertoire of classical composers continues to impress.
The 'pi?ce de r?sistance' is the entire beautifully intense 'futuristic' Schoenberg Concerto: a wonderous 12-tone musical mine field: Schoenberg intentionally wrote the piece to be the extreme "unplayable" part of the standard violin repertoire and yet it contains great beauty and lyricism which are clearly revealed in Ms Hahn's remarkable hands. Hilary plays with speed, power, precision, and sensitiivity, attacking the piece in phrases not strings of notes. Mr Salonen & company and Ms Hahn soar beautifully throughout this marvelous performance. Then Ms Hahn adds the difficult, darker (with bright splashes), but more lyrical Sibelius violin concerto and there is no drop-off in intensity or wonder: a perfect companion piece. Hahn plays with incredible beauty on the two blazing violin soliloquies in the first movement: the Allegro Moderato; and the final movement in 3/4 time shows Ms Hahn's great command of nuance and tone. Ms Hahn performs on an 1864 Jean-Baptist Villaume Guarneus violin. Kudos to maestro Salonen and the orchestra. Hilary Hahn is AWESOME. My Highest Recommendation! Five MESMERIZING Stars!! (This review is based on an iTunes download with digital booklet.)
Free Music Review: One CD indispensable
Hit: 5 Stars
The Concerto of Schoenberg is a rarity .There are few but fantastic recordings : Amoyal( with Boulez),Baker( with Kraft), and the first to Play it : Louis Krasner( with Mitropoulos). The difference of this magnificent record: The Orchestra and the conductor. The Orchestra is fantastic and Salonen has one enthusiasm with a work that maybe he doesn't like very much. Now lets speak of the violinist : she is amazing. She plays Schoenberg like one "normal" work. Ach , when I remember of what Heifetz said of the work.....it was impossible to him, but not for Hahn.The Sibelius has one enormous concurrence . But it is one of the best recordings that I heard, comparable with Ferras/Karajan and Kavakos/Vanka, my favorites. But what is realy important here is the Schoenberg. Finally one great record of one difficult work, to hear and to play. I would end with a word about this orchestra.By far one of the best in the moment.I want to hear more times this fantastic ensemble!!!