Leonidas kavakos plays mozart violin concerto in a 22. Leonidas kavakos signed an exclusive recording contract with sony classical in june 2018. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Violinist leonidas kavakos performed mozart s turkish violin concerto in a major with the dallas symphony orchestra at the morton h. The accompaniments are perhaps the stumbling block. Leonidas kavakos mozart violin concertos mozart violin. He begins the concerts with mendelssohns violin concerto. Wolfgang amadeus mozart 17561791 complete piano concertos except nos. Wolfgang amadeus mozart, violin concertos 1, 3, 4 et al. In 2020, leonidas kavakos pays tribute to the genius of beethoven through read more played with such empathy as if he has not done anything else in his life praise for beethoven violin concerto leonidas has received critical acclaim following the release of his latest album read more. Wolfgang amadeus mozart, camerata salzburg, leonidas kavakos. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Brahms the piano trios emanuel ax, leonidas kavakos, yoyo ma 2017, flac 2496 torrent.
Kavakos was named gramophone artist of the year 2014. The 168 best classical music recordings the telegraph. The first part of the playlist is dedicated to mozart himself. The greek violinist leonidas kavakos has been signed to the sony classical label and his first uk release is an outstanding one. New to youtube leonidas kavakos beethoven violin concerto. His first piece of that last era was the violin concerto, concocted from several of his big movie themes, cleverly combined and modernized. This success led to his recording the original sibelius violin concerto 19031904the first recording of the work in history, which won the gramophone concerto of the year award in 1991. Performed with the finnish radio symphony orchestra and conductor jukkapekka saraste. Kavakos plays mozart like mitsuko uchida plays mozart mozart.
Rendering with dynamic exuberance manze provides his own chilling cadenzas to each concerto, while the english concert play with marvelous detail. Official website for the acclaimed violinist and conductor, leonidas kavakos, winner of the leonie sonning music prize 2017. This video features an excerpt from his beethoven performance. Who better to render this midcentury hybrid than l. Athens 214172006 a critic several generations ago described szymon goldbergs approach to mozart as walking on eggs, a phrase he used to single out that violinists performances for. He will now be replaced by ny phil concertmaster frank huang in mozart s fifth violin concerto on 22 july and by daniil trifonov in chopins first piano concerto on 23 july. Your first note is a threenote chord, then the phrase winds its way down and back up, questionandanswer, in the sunny key of g major. As a violinist, he has won prizes at several international violin competitions, including the sibelius. Piano trios recorded 30 august to 2 september 2008 in the athens concert hall megaron recording centre at the chamber music hall. His recordings for the label include the mendelssohn violin concerto, and mozart s violin concertos, playconducting with the camerata salzburg. Leonidas kavakos signs exclusive contract with sony classical. Brahms the piano trios emanuel ax, leonidas kavakos, yo. This signifies a welcome return to the label as kavakos previously recorded the mendelssohn violin concerto, and mozart s violin concertos, conducting and playing with camerata salzburg.
August 20 leonidas kavakos and yuja wang play johannes brahms leonidas kavakos. Leonidas kavakos is recognized as a violinist and artist of rare quality, known for his virtuosity, musicianship, and integrity of his playing. The main part of the set in terms of sheer time, of course, is taken up by the five concertos. Mozarts five violin concertos were all written before his 20th birthday, and although they never reach the genius of his mature piano concertos, they are wonderfully assured pieces, particularly numbers 35. Find leonidas kavakos discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. Leonidas takes up the conductors baton this month for a series of performances across europe with the wiener symphoniker, starting with a pair of concerts at viennas konzerthaus on 6 and 7 june 2019. He plays the willemotte stradivarius violin of 1734 and owns modern violins made by f. Pages in category violin concertos by wolfgang amadeus mozart the following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. If leonidas kavakoss readings of mozarts violin concertos, in which he doubled as conductor, make readers wonder what hes like as a nonsoloist conductor, his version of mozarts titanic symphony no. When the variationform second andante turns to its dark minor side, we sense the storm clouds are still with us, and from its opening fortissimo chord, the finale is a worthy summing up. By the age of twentyone, leonidas kavakos had already won three major competitions the sibelius competition in 1985, and the paganini and naumburg competitions in 1988. The top ten violin concertos of all time the culture club. This concerto is scored for violin solo, 2 oboes, 2 horns and strings, and was composed in salzburg on april 14, 1773 or 1775. Leonidas kavakos, mozart, camerata salzburg violin concertos.
Winner of both the sibelius and paganini violin competitions, kavakos is established as one of the worlds leading violinists. Sound quality here is less clear and precise as it was in. A new recording of mendelssohns violin concerto classic fm. His earlier discography includes recordings for bis, ecm, and subsequently, on sony classical, mendelssohn violin concerto echo klassik best concerto recording and mozart s violin concertos, conducting and playing with camerata salzburg. Find leonidas kavakos discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Leonidas kavakos is a greek violinist and conductor. Mozart violin concertos by leonidas kavakos on amazon. Leonidas kavakos shines in brahms violin concerto classics. Frequently seen as the poor relations of the piano concertos, these pieces all completed before december 1775 do benefit from an approach of conviction such as grumiaux brings. Its an impressive performance that cant be accused of not adding anything to the dialogue surrounding these works. On this remarkable audiophile recording, distinguished soloist andrew manze is joined by the english concert as they perform the multifaceted violin concertos by mozart. List of compositions by wolfgang amadeus mozart wikipedia.
Felix mendelssohn bartholdy, leonidas kavakos violin. Impressive as leonidas kavakos and enrico pace are in that taut, stormy drama, theirs is a much more integrated, consistent account. In mozarts day, before the artist became obsessed with the preciousness of his own creativity, composers composed in quantity, bulk, if you like. They are notable for the beauty of their melodies and the skillful use of the expressive and technical characteristics of the instrument, though mozart likely never went through all the violin possibilities that others e. He has also recorded for record labels such as sonybmg and bis. Camerata salzburg the most impressive performance here is of the late symphony no. As a violinist, he has won prizes at several international violin competitions, including the sibelius, paganini, naumburg, and indianapolis competitions. Leonidas kavakos beethoven violin concerto in d major. Violin concertos mozart simple english wikipedia, the.
This is an extraordinary set, for the historically informed performances, the polished sound of the group, the almost palpable presence of. Sergei prokofiev 18911953 the violin concertos violin concerto no. The greatest of all violin concertos, beethovens long work needs the breadth of vision that perlman is. Besides his 22 operas, 41 symphonies, 27 piano concertos and 23 string quartets, not to mention dozens of cassations, divertimenti, sonatas and masses, mozart wrote five violin concertos. Disc 2 branches outside of the literature for solo violin and delves into chamber music. But he presents the myriad doublestops, compoundchords, and wide leaps with such clarity and vividness that your ear is drawn to these effects more than usual.
In 2017, he joined yoyo ma and emanuel ax for a recording of brahms trios, and in fall 2019, he releases a new album of beethovens violin. Having developed out of the baroque concept of concerto grosso, the concerto genre was fully established in the eighteenth century, and many works dating from this period are still a key. Sibelius withdrew the version of the concerto premiered in 1904 shortened it, tightened it and focused it and premiered a second version in 1905. Kavakos recently signed an exclusive contract with sony classical, for whom he has previously recorded the mendelssohn violin concerto, and mozart s violin concertos playconducting with the camerata salzburg. On the heels of his successful recording of the five mozart violin concertos, violinist and conductor leonidas kavakos returns with the works of a composer with whom mozart shared many life circumstances. Leonidas kavakos tackles a pillar of the violin repertoire in a disc that establishes him as a concerto soloist for decca classics. A standard which is to say twominutelong mozart tutti, ending with a twobar and now, all the way from lexington, kentucky, mr. The violin solo movements from various serenades are not included yet. In fall 2017, he joined yoyo ma and emanuel ax for a highly successful recording of brahms trios for the label. Kavakos is joined by cellist patrick demenga and pianist enrico pace.
The violinist was set to perform with the new york philharmonic at the bravo. In fall 2017, he joined yoyo ma and emanuel ax for a recording of brahms trios for the label. Leonidas kavakos withdraws from forthcoming performances. Leonidas kavakos, mozart, camerata salzburg violin. As a conductor, he was an artistic director of the camerata. Classical leonidas kavakos, mozart, camerata salzburg violin concertos 2006, cd discogs. Written while the composer was still a teenager, they can hardly be considered among his deepest music the string concerto masterpiece is, of course, the magnificent sinfonia concertante of 1779 80, yet they maintain all the galant. Mozarts violin concertos are never far from the centre of any violinists repertoire. Most later composers were happy to let their reputations.
Part of this tradition is the art of violin and bowmaking, which kavakos regards as a great mystery and to this day, an undisclosed secret. For her first collaboration with the period ensemble il giardino armonico, violinist isabelle faust performs the five violin concertos of wolfgang amadeus mozart, along with three shorter concertante works. Leonidas kavakos paganini 24 caprices his ysaye solo sonatas are also stunning. Mozart is very stylized although there is freedom within that style, to play it well, mozart is deceptively difficult. Wolfgang amadeus mozart, camerata salzburg, leonidas kavakos mozart violin concertos music. Listen free to leonidas kavakos mozart violin concertos violin concerto no. Greek virtuoso leonidas kavakos performing beethoven violin concerto in d major. To hear leonidas kavakos play the brahms violin concerto is to be newly apprised of the works reputed difficulties. Leonidas kavakos on his everdeepening relationship with. While mendelssohns contributions to the violin repertoire were far fewer in number, the influence of the e minor concerto in particular cannot be understated. May 18, 2006 kavakos plays mozart like mitsuko uchida plays mozart mozart.
Berg alban violin concerto leonidas kovakos, daniel harding, 2008. Leonidas kavakos plays prokofievs violin concertos youtube. His first concerto disc for decca features the brahms violin concerto, for which he is joined by one of the world s greatest orchestras and conductors, the gewandhausorchester leipzig and riccardo chailly. Lisa batiashvili bach emanuel ax leonidas kavakos yoyo ma brahms th. Mozart s five violin concertos were written in salzburg around 1775. Since his debut in in may 2003 leonidas kavakos has appeared several times with the berliner philharmoniker.
Both because and in spite of guest conductor leonidas. In the 2012 season he was the orchestras artist in residence. Mozart violin concertos by leonidas kavakos on amazon music. Leonidas kavakos plays mozart violin concerto in a 12. Leonidas kavakos violin camerata salzburg sorry, i dont have the 2nd mov. Leonidas kavakos has withdrawn from several forthcoming performances due to a family emergency. Not that kavakos struggles with the solo partfar from it. Kavakos has an exclusive contract with sony classical, for whom he has previously recorded the mendelssohn violin concerto and mozart s violin concertos playconducting with the camerata salzburg.
His first recording for the label will be a complete set of the beethoven sonatas, with pianist enrico pace, while later releases will include the brahms violin concerto conducted by riccardo chailly and the complete solo violin music of bach. By my reckoning, rihm has now written five violin concertos of which the best. His last appearance with the berliner philharmoniker was in february 2015 under the direction of sir simon rattle, performing sibeliuss violin concerto. This ambitious doubledisc set is entirely shaped musically by the hot young violinist leonidas kavakos, who plays the violin in mozart s five concertos while conducting the camerata salzburg and also conducts the symphony no. Flashback friday leonidas kavakos, sibelius violin concerto. This success led to his recording the original sibelius violin concerto 190304, the first recording of this work in history. Leonidas kavakos plays mozart violin concerto in a 12 youtube. Check out mozart violin concertos by leonidas kavakos on amazon music. Kavakos works with the worlds greatest conductors and orchestras. This private recordings collection is owned by the osaka mozart association. Recent recordings by kavakos include a wellreceived mozart violin concerto set, with the. In celebration on mozarts birthday on january 27 and sir neville marriners 90th year, billboard charttopping violinist rachel barton pine performs the five mozart violin concertos, as well as the sinfonia concertante, with the sir neville marriner and the academy of st martin in the fields. Oct 24, 2007 above sibelius violin concerto, 1st movement, played by david oistrakh.
Leonidas kavakos, the greek violinist, has signed to decca. Dec 12, 2009 all of the mozart violin concertos are secretly very complex because to sound beautiful, they need to be played with ringing tone, as close as possible to perfect. Mozart violin concertos, an album by wolfgang amadeus mozart, leonidas kavakos on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Jean sibelius, concerto per violino e orchestra leonidas. Perhaps kavakos could have included the lesser known but equally enjoyable d minor concerto. Buy mozart violin concertos by leonidas kavakos, wolfgang amadeus mozart, camerata salzburg from amazons classical music store. Mozart complete piano concertos warner classics 9846162 rb. Adam fischer and leonidas kavakos digital concert hall.