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For most listeners, the great thing here will be the 1952 recording of Sibelius' Violin Concerto with soloist Camilla Wicks accompanied by Sixten Ehrling leading the Stockholm Radio Symphony. An American born in Long Beach, CA, of Norwegian stock, the young Wicks was so deeply, passionately, and completely under the skin of the concerto that a more sympathetic and exciting performance of the work is hard to imagine. For some listeners, though, the great thing here will be Wicks' performance of Fartein Valen's Violin Concerto recorded in 1949 with Oivin Fjeldstad conducting the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. In what was in all likelihood the brief single-movement work's world-premiere recording -- the notes make no note of it -- Wicks turns in a performance of fearless confidence and fierce concentration, a performance that may even convince at least some of the unconverted as to the virtues of Valen's austere yet lyrical atonal counterpoint. As a bonus for any listeners, Biddulph has included Wicks solo HMV recordings made between 1949 and 1951 with Ehrling at the piano -- her soulful Nigun by Bloch, her searing Improvisation by Kabalevsky, her hilarious March from The Love of Three Oranges by Prokofiev, and her dreamy performances of arrangements of four of Shostakovich's early Opus 34 Preludes, plus his Polka from his ballet The Age of Gold -- along with her five unissued Columbia recordings from 1951 with an unidentified accompanist -- including a tremendous Malagueña by Sarasate and a droll but delightful Pastorale by Stravinsky. Offered here in Biddulph's manifestly antique but clear enough for seasoned listeners sound, these performances belong on the shelf of any fan of twentieth century violinists, especially twentieth century American women violinists.
© TiVo
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Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 (Jean Sibelius)
Jean Sibelius, Composer - Sixten Ehrling, Conductor, MainArtist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist - Symphony Orchestra of Radio Stockholm, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
Jean Sibelius, Composer - Sixten Ehrling, Conductor, MainArtist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist - Symphony Orchestra of Radio Stockholm, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
Jean Sibelius, Composer - Sixten Ehrling, Conductor, MainArtist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist - Symphony Orchestra of Radio Stockholm, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
Violin Concerto, Op. 37 (Fartein Valen)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Fartein Valen, Composer - Øivin Fjeldstad, Conductor, MainArtist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Fartein Valen, Composer - Øivin Fjeldstad, Conductor, MainArtist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
Baal Shem, B. 47 (Ernest Bloch)
Ernest Bloch, Composer - Sixten Ehrling, Artist, MainArtist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
Improvisation for Violin & Piano, Op. 21 (Dmitri Kabalevsky)
Dmitri Kabalevsky, Composer - Sixten Ehrling, Artist, MainArtist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33bis (Sergei Prokofiev)
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Sixten Ehrling, Artist, MainArtist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
The Golden Age, Op. 22a (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Sixten Ehrling, Artist, MainArtist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Excerpts Arr. D. Tsyganov for Violin & Piano) (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Sixten Ehrling, Artist, MainArtist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Sixten Ehrling, Artist, MainArtist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Sixten Ehrling, Artist, MainArtist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Sixten Ehrling, Artist, MainArtist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
Spanish Dances, Op. 21 (Pablo de Sarasate)
Pablo de Sarasate, Composer - Unknown Artist, Artist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
Huella, Op. 49 (Arr. J. Heifetz for Violin & Piano) (Julian Aguirre)
Unknown Artist, Artist - Julian Aguirre, Composer - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
26 Preludios (Flausino Vale)
Unknown Artist, Artist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist - Flausino Vale, Composer
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
From San Domingo (Version for Violin & Piano) (Arthur Benjamin)
Unknown Artist, Artist - Arthur Benjamin, Composer - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
Pastorale (Version for Violin & Piano) (Igor Stravinsky)
Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Unknown Artist, Artist - Camilla Wicks, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
Album review
For most listeners, the great thing here will be the 1952 recording of Sibelius' Violin Concerto with soloist Camilla Wicks accompanied by Sixten Ehrling leading the Stockholm Radio Symphony. An American born in Long Beach, CA, of Norwegian stock, the young Wicks was so deeply, passionately, and completely under the skin of the concerto that a more sympathetic and exciting performance of the work is hard to imagine. For some listeners, though, the great thing here will be Wicks' performance of Fartein Valen's Violin Concerto recorded in 1949 with Oivin Fjeldstad conducting the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. In what was in all likelihood the brief single-movement work's world-premiere recording -- the notes make no note of it -- Wicks turns in a performance of fearless confidence and fierce concentration, a performance that may even convince at least some of the unconverted as to the virtues of Valen's austere yet lyrical atonal counterpoint. As a bonus for any listeners, Biddulph has included Wicks solo HMV recordings made between 1949 and 1951 with Ehrling at the piano -- her soulful Nigun by Bloch, her searing Improvisation by Kabalevsky, her hilarious March from The Love of Three Oranges by Prokofiev, and her dreamy performances of arrangements of four of Shostakovich's early Opus 34 Preludes, plus his Polka from his ballet The Age of Gold -- along with her five unissued Columbia recordings from 1951 with an unidentified accompanist -- including a tremendous Malagueña by Sarasate and a droll but delightful Pastorale by Stravinsky. Offered here in Biddulph's manifestly antique but clear enough for seasoned listeners sound, these performances belong on the shelf of any fan of twentieth century violinists, especially twentieth century American women violinists.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:08
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Camilla Wicks Symphony Orchestra of Radio Stockholm Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Unknown Artist Sixten Ehrling Oivin Fjeldstad
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Biddulph Recordings
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2006 Biddulph Recordings (P) 2006 Biddulph Recordings
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