Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Julia Fischer & Russian National Orchestra

• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
• 1 I. Allegro moderato 18:05
• 2 II. Canzonetta: Andante 06:44
• 3 III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo 10:04
• Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26 for violin and orchestra
• 4 Serenade melancolique, Op. 26 09:27
• Valse – Scherzo, Op. 34 for violin and orchestra
• 5 Valse - Scherzo, Op. 34 07:46
• Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42 for violin and piano
• 6 No. 1. Meditation 09:17
• 7 No. 2. Scherzo 03:15
• 8 No. 3. Melodie 03:22
• Total Runtime 01:08:00

Info for Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

The Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto suffers no shortage of recordings. But this new one from German violinist Julia Fischer, still in her early 20s, is an ear-opener. There's a refreshing forthrightness to her playing, a welcome unwillingness to sentimentalize music quite able to speak for itself. And her virtuosity in the finale sounds utterly effortless.

“Fischer always knows when to lighten the mood, or how best to judge the tension and release of a musical paragraph, and in this she is supported to the hilt by a personable but never too overbearing Russian National Orchestra under the baton of Yakov Kreizberg... In the Concerto's vivacious finale and the headlong Valse-Scherzo, Fischer makes light of the technical difficulties with spot-on pitching throughout; there isn't an aspect of any of these works in which this world-class virtuoso fails to excel.” (BBC Music Magazine)

Julia Fischer, Violin
Russian National Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, Conductor