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Scots violinist Nicola Benedetti has achieved phenomenal popularity not only in her native Britain, but increasingly beyond. And she has done so, not by aiming at the large crossover market from the start, but with a series of major concerto releases. She's not on the level of Anne-Sophie Mutter as yet, but she's certainly a significant talent who has earned the right to a crowd-pleaser, and that's what she offers here. She accomplishes her goal in an original way, to boot. The Silver Violin title, and the associated graphics, refer to the silver screen, and what Benedetti offers here is a group of film music excerpts. The whole is put together in a nicely unified way; even though the subject matter of, say, Schindler's List, might be miles removed from that of the 2004 British weeper Ladies in Lavender, an extravagant romantic mood links the sections Benedetti plays. She reaches beyond film music for several tracks by Erich Korngold, whose music, to be sure, led directly to a Hollywood career, and Korngold's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, expertly executed by Benedetti, was a fine choice to break up the sequence of single moods without straying too far from them. Another noteworthy feature is the presence of several excerpts from Shostakovich's film scores. Written under duress to please Soviet cultural authorities, these works haven't been treated kindly by history, but Benedetti locates some pure melodic gems in them. The Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor, although a piece of bona fide film music (it appeared in the psychological thriller Shutter Island), fits less well with the program than the rest of the music; the sudden appearance of chamber music doesn't quite work (the tango by Gardel, track 3, works better in this regard). But in general Benedetti has her violin play a variety of roles effectively and delivers a satisfyingly lush concept album.
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John Williams, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kirill Karabits, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Die tote Stadt (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, ComposerLyricist - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kirill Karabits, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Korngold, Author - Franz Willms, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Lenehan, Arranger, Work Arranger - Carlos Gardel, Composer - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ksenija Sidorova, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Elschenbroich, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexei Grynyuk, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
The Gadfly, Op. 97 (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kirill Karabits, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kirill Karabits, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kirill Karabits, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kirill Karabits, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kirill Karabits, Conductor, MainArtist - Nigel Hess, Composer
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
The Counterplan, Op. 33 (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kirill Karabits, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dario Marianelli, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kirill Karabits, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexei Grynyuk, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Concertino from "Eastern Promises" (Howard Shore)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Shore, Composer - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Knowles, Cimbalom, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kirill Karabits, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Shore, Composer - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Knowles, Cimbalom, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kirill Karabits, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Piano Quartet in A Minor (Gustav Mahler)
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Elschenbroich, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexei Grynyuk, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Dunn, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
5 Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
Levon Atovmyan, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexei Grynyuk, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Die tote Stadt, Act I (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, ComposerLyricist - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Clements, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Walton, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Benedetti, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kirill Karabits, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Korngold, Author
℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
Scots violinist Nicola Benedetti has achieved phenomenal popularity not only in her native Britain, but increasingly beyond. And she has done so, not by aiming at the large crossover market from the start, but with a series of major concerto releases. She's not on the level of Anne-Sophie Mutter as yet, but she's certainly a significant talent who has earned the right to a crowd-pleaser, and that's what she offers here. She accomplishes her goal in an original way, to boot. The Silver Violin title, and the associated graphics, refer to the silver screen, and what Benedetti offers here is a group of film music excerpts. The whole is put together in a nicely unified way; even though the subject matter of, say, Schindler's List, might be miles removed from that of the 2004 British weeper Ladies in Lavender, an extravagant romantic mood links the sections Benedetti plays. She reaches beyond film music for several tracks by Erich Korngold, whose music, to be sure, led directly to a Hollywood career, and Korngold's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, expertly executed by Benedetti, was a fine choice to break up the sequence of single moods without straying too far from them. Another noteworthy feature is the presence of several excerpts from Shostakovich's film scores. Written under duress to please Soviet cultural authorities, these works haven't been treated kindly by history, but Benedetti locates some pure melodic gems in them. The Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor, although a piece of bona fide film music (it appeared in the psychological thriller Shutter Island), fits less well with the program than the rest of the music; the sudden appearance of chamber music doesn't quite work (the tango by Gardel, track 3, works better in this regard). But in general Benedetti has her violin play a variety of roles effectively and delivers a satisfyingly lush concept album.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:17
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Nicola Benedetti Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kirill Karabits
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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