Romantic Violin Concerto Vol. 18

[FBerwald]

Hyperion has announced an amazing release for the new year Vol 18 of the Romantic Violin Concerto series - Joseph Jongen & Sylvio Lazzari



http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68005&vw=dc

Joseph Jongen -    
Fantasia in E Major, Op. 12
Adagio symphonique in B Major, Op. 20
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 17
Sylvio Lazzari -
Rapsodie in E minor

Something to look forward to.

[izdawiz]

   oooh now that's what I'm talking about! 

[Aramiarz]

Excellent!  I think that the violin concert by Jongen it's first time recorded! It's dedicated to Ysaye.
All his concertant works are recording! Cello, Harp, piano, organ..

I like very much Lazzari works, this Rapsodie is one Excellent rescue
Thank You FBerwald

[Mark Thomas]

This is much more like it! After a string of not-so-unsung works we at last have a release in the RVC series which is as mouth-watering as many in the RPC series. Hooray for Hyperion. I do hope that it's the start of a trend.

[Alan Howe]

Great spot. Definitely one for the must-have list.

[DennisS]

I rate the music of Jongen very highly indeed and this forthcoming release caught my eye immediately! I have just been listening to the Hyperion sound bites and can't wait to purchase the CD. Pity it's not available to 5 Jan. A must buy for certain!

[FBerwald]

Seems there is no worklist of Jongen. Surprising since his output is vast. Do we have any Jongen specialists in the house ? perhaps Hyperion might pick up his Piano concerto as well.

[Gareth Vaughan]

The only available recording of Jongen's PC is old and the sound not at all good. A new modern recording would be most welcome.

[mjkFendrich]

The French wikipedia article on Jongen is/contains a quite impressive - but not complete - worklist.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jongen

Unfortunately, the forthcoming CD omits his Poème héroïque pour violon et orchestre Op. 62 (1919)
in favour of Lazzari's Rapsodie of approximately the same duration.
(Of course, I am quite happy to get this Lazzari piece as well :-).

[vicharris]

Wow! Did somebody have an originality of inspiration transplant in the Series planning department?  Looking forward to this a lot.

[Mark Thomas]

A quick Google Images search confirms that the portrait photo of Jongen on the CD booklet cover is in fact that of Alexandre Guilmant. I've emailed Hyperion with the good news....

[Alan Howe]

Your reward should be to get to suggest the next volume in the series. How about Gernsheim VC1 and Draeseke VC (orch. Müller-Steinbach)?

[minacciosa]

It is curious that they didn't include the Poeme Heroique and the Epithalme et Scherzo, which would not only have made for a complete edition, but a wonderful stylistic contrast as well. All of the Jongen works on this cd are very early, and they show no hint of the amazing stylistic growth to come. The Epithalme is a transitional work, whereas the Poeme is written in the composer's fully formed mature style. That just means i still have to do an integrale.

[poem_of_ecstasy]

Or how about the Gustav Hollaender VC? http://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto,_Op.52_%28Hollaender,_Gustav%29
or the Nicolaas Gerharz VC? http://www.muziekschatten.nl/action/work?id=1227
or, or...

[eschiss1]

There's actually a thread somewhere on just such (violin concertos you'd like to see revived, etc.) - I think- but we (that'd be us- I'm not an admin here- though it is admin policy) recommend always that one provide something more than a name and a link- say, reasons why you think the work deserves a violinist's and other musicians' attention, etc.

Even among violin concertos one's heard (especially if one has access to this forum, YouTube, radio tapes, etc) there'll be those one believes deserves wider circulation (and it's easier to give reasons if one's heard a piece, though of course not impossible even if one hasn't, otherwise practically nothing would get off the ground past maybe a first performance by a violinist-composer or a violinist who knew the composer well... or... but actual revivals would be impossible, I agree. I'll point you to the upload on this site of Bortkiewicz's violin concerto e.g. ... not commercially available, but maybe it should be... or Erich Wolff's... in the meanwhile, a hurrah for Jongen is entirely appropriate, and Lazzari who we were speaking of in another context here just very recently anyway