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In the notes accompanying this recording, Dejan Lazic points to the transcriptions for keyboard of Bach's and Beethoven's violin concertos as inspiration for his own piano arrangement of Brahms' Violin Concerto. It is rare that something as large as a full concerto is arranged for a different instrument, but Lazic took on the challenge for two reasons: he loves the music and Brahms was a pianist who wrote as a pianist. Lazic went back to Brahms' correspondence with the violinist for whom he wrote the concerto, Joseph Joachim, in essence to reverse-engineer the soloist's part and rebuild it for the piano. Lazic's arrangement generally works well. There is nothing missing in terms of the melodies, harmonies, and emotion; anyone who is familiar with the Violin Concerto will immediately recognize this. Looking deeper, however, it seems like the contrapuntal nature of the piano isn't used to its full advantage often enough; in other words, there are numerous times when the left hand is just a note-for-note harmony of the right's melody. The pianistic writing of Lazic's cadenza and other passages could have been used even further to make the concerto sound more native to the instrument. Another detraction is when Lazic is obviously trying to imitate the articulation of the violinist's double- and triple-stops in declamatory passages. On the piano it comes out as choppy chords. Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony tend to stay out of Lazic's way, allowing the piano to take the spotlight, and the recording's sound is good, if slightly shallow. The disc is filled out with Lazic playing the solo Rhapsodies, Op. 79, and Scherzo, Op. 4, where the sound is closer, a little richer, and captures the nuances of his playing. On the whole, this is not recommended for the purists among Brahms' lovers and pianists, but it is of interest to those who are open to sampling other possibilities.
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 (Arr. for Piano and Orchestra by Dejan Lazić) (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dejan Lazic, Arranger, Soloist, MainArtist - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Robert Spano, Conductor, MainArtist
2010 Channel Classics Records 2010 Channel Classics Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dejan Lazic, Arranger, Soloist, MainArtist - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Robert Spano, Conductor, MainArtist
2010 Channel Classics Records 2010 Channel Classics Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dejan Lazic, Arranger, Soloist, MainArtist - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Robert Spano, Conductor, MainArtist
2010 Channel Classics Records 2010 Channel Classics Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dejan Lazic, Soloist, MainArtist
2010 Channel Classics Records 2010 Channel Classics Records
2 Rhapsodies, op. 79 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dejan Lazic, Soloist, MainArtist
2010 Channel Classics Records 2010 Channel Classics Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dejan Lazic, Soloist, MainArtist
2010 Channel Classics Records 2010 Channel Classics Records
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dejan Lazic, Soloist, MainArtist
2010 Channel Classics Records 2010 Channel Classics Records
Albumbeschreibung
In the notes accompanying this recording, Dejan Lazic points to the transcriptions for keyboard of Bach's and Beethoven's violin concertos as inspiration for his own piano arrangement of Brahms' Violin Concerto. It is rare that something as large as a full concerto is arranged for a different instrument, but Lazic took on the challenge for two reasons: he loves the music and Brahms was a pianist who wrote as a pianist. Lazic went back to Brahms' correspondence with the violinist for whom he wrote the concerto, Joseph Joachim, in essence to reverse-engineer the soloist's part and rebuild it for the piano. Lazic's arrangement generally works well. There is nothing missing in terms of the melodies, harmonies, and emotion; anyone who is familiar with the Violin Concerto will immediately recognize this. Looking deeper, however, it seems like the contrapuntal nature of the piano isn't used to its full advantage often enough; in other words, there are numerous times when the left hand is just a note-for-note harmony of the right's melody. The pianistic writing of Lazic's cadenza and other passages could have been used even further to make the concerto sound more native to the instrument. Another detraction is when Lazic is obviously trying to imitate the articulation of the violinist's double- and triple-stops in declamatory passages. On the piano it comes out as choppy chords. Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony tend to stay out of Lazic's way, allowing the piano to take the spotlight, and the recording's sound is good, if slightly shallow. The disc is filled out with Lazic playing the solo Rhapsodies, Op. 79, and Scherzo, Op. 4, where the sound is closer, a little richer, and captures the nuances of his playing. On the whole, this is not recommended for the purists among Brahms' lovers and pianists, but it is of interest to those who are open to sampling other possibilities.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:05
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Dejan Lazić Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Spano
- Composer: Johannes Brahms
- Label: Channel Classics
- Genre: Klassiek
2010 Channel Classics Records 2010 Channel Classics Records
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