Kolja Blacher & Mahler Chamber Orchestra - Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9, 'Kreutzer'; Eichberg: Endor [CD]

Cat. no: PHIL06022
Format: CD
Barcode: 4250317416223
Release Date: 21 Oct 2022
Genre: World Music

There are 'Kreutzer Sonatas' for violin and piano (Beethoven), as a novella (by Tolstoy) and as string quartet (by Janacek), to name just three

Herewe have a new arrangement of Beethoven's opus by Richard Tognetti, violinist, composer and Artistic Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra,for solo violin and strings.Soren Nils Eichberg's 'Endorphin', a MCO commission, is dedicated to Kolja Blacher who takes on the roles of solo violin, frst violin in the quartet, andconductor, Eichberg is currently composer in residence at the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra but lives and works in Berlin.

Tracks: Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, 'Kreutzer' (arr. R. Tognetti for violin and string orchestra) - I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto / Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, 'Kreutzer' (arr. R. Tognetti for violin and string orchestra) - II. Andante con variazioni / Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, 'Kreutzer' (arr. R. Tognetti for violin and string orchestra) - Variation 1 / Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, 'Kreutzer' (arr. R. Tognetti for violin and string orchestra) - Variation 2 / Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, 'Kreutzer' (arr. R. Tognetti for violin and string orchestra) - Variation 3 / Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, 'Kreutzer' (arr. R. Tognetti for violin and string orchestra) - Variation 4 / Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, 'Kreutzer' (arr. R. Tognetti for violin and string orchestra) - III. Finale. Presto / Soren Nils Eichberg: Endorphin - Concerto Grosso fur Streichquartett und Kammerorcheste