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Teenage violinist Christian Li has thus far recorded mostly well-trodden repertory, and the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, certainly falls into that category. It is the centerpiece of Discovering Mendelssohn, but the program is filled out with a variety of materials that trace the cosmopolitan Mendelssohn's travels and also revive the 19th century type of concert, with orchestral and violin-and-piano pieces cheek by jowl, as well as a few audience-friendly arrangements of songs with and without words that include Yinuo Mu's harp and Xuefei Yang's guitar (in the charming concluding Venetian Gondola Song). This shows growth on Li's part, as does his confident rapport with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis, but really, the key to the album's success is that Li's performance of the Violin Concerto stands out from the crowd. He gets but does not overdo the sentiment in the big tunes, and he has an attractive precision in the high notes. Li places proper emphasis on the unusually placed cadenza in the concerto's first movement, loosening up and giving it improvisatory flair. He includes pieces by Mozart, Bach, and Schubert, all of which have more or less definite connections to Mendelssohn; this, too, supports the effort to create the atmosphere of a concert of Mendelssohn's time. An exciting young player takes a definite step forward with this enjoyable release. This album landed on classical best-seller charts in the summer of 2023.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Simon Parkin, Arranger, Work Arranger - Stephen Snelleman, Producer, Recording Producer - Alex Stinson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Richard Girvan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Li, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Stephen Snelleman, Producer, Recording Producer - Alex Stinson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Abram Yampolsky, Arranger, Work Arranger - Christian Li, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Matheson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Stephen Snelleman, Producer, Recording Producer - Alex Stinson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Abram Yampolsky, Arranger, Work Arranger - Christian Li, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Matheson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Franz Schubert, Composer - Mischa Elman, Arranger, Work Arranger - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Stephen Snelleman, Producer, Recording Producer - Alex Stinson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Christian Li, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Matheson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Producer, Recording Producer - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - James Baillieu, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emil Kross, Arranger, Work Arranger - Christian Li, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Stephen Snelleman, Producer, Recording Producer - Alex Stinson, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Li, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Stephen Snelleman, Producer, Recording Producer - Alex Stinson, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Li, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Stephen Snelleman, Producer, Recording Producer - Alex Stinson, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Li, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Author - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Simon Parkin, Arranger, Work Arranger - Stephen Snelleman, Producer, Recording Producer - Alex Stinson, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Berlin, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Girvan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Li, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Violin Sonata No. 21 in E Minor, K. 304 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - James Baillieu, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Li, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - James Baillieu, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Li, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ian Watson, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - James Baillieu, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Li, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Watson, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Xuefei Yang, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Lewis, Producer, Executive Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Parkin, Arranger, Work Arranger - Christian Li, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Albumbeschreibung
Teenage violinist Christian Li has thus far recorded mostly well-trodden repertory, and the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, certainly falls into that category. It is the centerpiece of Discovering Mendelssohn, but the program is filled out with a variety of materials that trace the cosmopolitan Mendelssohn's travels and also revive the 19th century type of concert, with orchestral and violin-and-piano pieces cheek by jowl, as well as a few audience-friendly arrangements of songs with and without words that include Yinuo Mu's harp and Xuefei Yang's guitar (in the charming concluding Venetian Gondola Song). This shows growth on Li's part, as does his confident rapport with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis, but really, the key to the album's success is that Li's performance of the Violin Concerto stands out from the crowd. He gets but does not overdo the sentiment in the big tunes, and he has an attractive precision in the high notes. Li places proper emphasis on the unusually placed cadenza in the concerto's first movement, loosening up and giving it improvisatory flair. He includes pieces by Mozart, Bach, and Schubert, all of which have more or less definite connections to Mendelssohn; this, too, supports the effort to create the atmosphere of a concert of Mendelssohn's time. An exciting young player takes a definite step forward with this enjoyable release. This album landed on classical best-seller charts in the summer of 2023.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:31
- Main artists: Christian Li
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
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