Rachel Podger-Pavlo Beznosiuk - Haydn-Mozart Violin Concertos - Channel Classics CCSSA 29309 (2009) SACD rip via PS3 to iso (3.61GB) | FLAC 24bit/88.2kHZ | 2ch DR15 (+3.49dB gain) 1.15GB | MCH (+4.04dB gain) 2.76GB | PDF | Classical DSD Recording :) Mozart Violin Concerti, Sinfonia Concertante - Podger, Rachel Beznosiuk, Pavlo - conductor - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ---------------------------------------------------------------- Two rarely recorded Haydn violin concertos frame Rachel Podger’s performance of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E flat on this disc. The Haydn works date from the mid 1760s when the composer was in the service of the Esterházy family. The Concerto in C major was certainly written for Luigi Tomasini the concertmaster of the court orchestra and a composer in his own right. It is probable that the other concerto in G major was too, as Haydn was greatly impressed by the style and virtuosity of Tomasini’s playing and wrote a total of four violin concertos during this period. Both concertos have only string accompaniment, here provided by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and a discreet harpsichord (the player’s name unaccountably omitted from the list of the orchestra personnel in the accompanying booklet). Rachel Podger has chosen to play both concertos on her own Pesarinius violin (1739) that she feels is most suited to the style of these works and few would disagree with her choice. Her agile and spirited playing in the outer movements is complemented by her pure cantilena in the slow movements. As is to be expected, both works are full of baroque idioms and, while neither presents Haydn at his most inventive, they make an enjoyable pairing. The C major concerto is the more interesting of the two with a beautiful slow movement in which Podger’s rapt playing over pizzicato strings is a pleasure to hear. For the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, Podger and her partner, the excellent viola player Pavlo Beznosiuk, each use Stradivari instruments both of which are gut strung and played with Classical-style bows. The opening orchestral tutti sounded somewhat stodgy with little character or individuality from the wind players of the OAE and heaviness to the sound that was not present in the Haydn works. The ornamentation applied by the soloists in this opening movement (violin at 5’40”and viola at 6’15”), though tasteful and apt, did tend to impede the flow of the movement. However, both the exchanges of melodic line between Podger and Beznosiuk in the slow movement and the blending of their two wonderful instruments in the cadenzas are quite ravishing. In spite of the fine playing of the two soloists and the period style of the performance this would not necessarily be a first choice among the many recordings of this work, but it is well worth investigating. The recording is slightly problematic. It has been transferred at a colossally high level that makes finding a suitable volume setting difficult. Even when this has been achieved satisfactorily, an excess of low frequency energy emerges from the speakers in the Mozart, so that every entry of Chi-chi Nwanoku’s double bass sounded as if the full double bass section of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra had joined her. How much of this is due to the acoustic of the recording location, All Saints’ Vicarage, East Finchley, London, I would not care to speculate,but it does not afflict the Haydn concertos that were recorded at an earlier date. A qualified recommendation is warranted as I accept that what I encountered may be system dependent. ~ Copyright © 2009 Graham Williams and HRAudio.net http://www.oae.co.uk/about/discography/ Introduction: It was a joy and an honour to record Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante – such a beautifully crafted masterpiece with those memorable, elegant and distinctive themes in the first movement and both soloists weaving in and out of symphonic textures, the remarkable poignancy of the second movement with its dramatic dialogue which is then dispersed by sheer delight and comic playfulness in the Presto. Delving into these moods was personally enriching and helped me gain a little bit more insight into Mozart's genius and being. Pavlo and I had the extreme good fortune to play a Strad each! Generously loaned to us by the Royal Academy of Music for this project, we savoured every minute of having these esteemed and valuable instruments in our hands! 'Mine' is a proud instrument which demands careful negotiation and warming before it will expose it's beautiful colours. An amazing experience in itself to play an instrument like this, it was even more of an event when the two Strads met and 'spoke' to each other with a feeling of being acquainted, perhaps not for the first time... ~ Rachel Podger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Sinfonia Concertante KV364 (1779) with Pavlo Beznosiuk, viola Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Violin Concerto in C Major HobVIIa1 (1761-65) Violin Concerto in A Major HobVIIa2 (1765-70) Tracks: 01 – Haydn: Violin Concerto in G Major: I. Allegro moderato 02 – Haydn: Violin Concerto in G Major: II. Adagio 03 – Haydn: Violin Concerto in G Major: III. Allegro 04 – Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante KV 364: I. Allegro maestoso 05 – Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante KV 364: II. Andante 06 – Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante KV 364: III. Presto 07 – Haydn: Violin Concerto in C major: I. Allegro moderato 08 – Haydn: Violin Concerto in C major: II. Adagio 09 – Haydn: Violin Concerto in C major: III. Presto Time: 67:43 Musicians: Rachel Podger, Pavlo Beznosiuk conducts The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Violins: Margaret Faultless Matthew Truscott Jill Samuel Roy Mowatt Alison Bury Catherine Mackintosh Catherine Weiss Andrew Roberts Violas: Nicholas Logie Jan Schlapp Martin Kelly Annette Isserlis Cellos: Jonathan Manson Susan Sheppard Bass: Chi-chi Nwanoku Oboes: Anthony Robson Richard Earle Bassoon Siona Spillett Horns: Andrew Clark Gavin Edward Recording: Producer: Jonathan Attwood Recording Engineer / Mastering: Jared Sack Microphones: Bruel & Kjaer 4006, Schoeps Digital Converters: DSD Super Audio/Meitner design AD Speakers: Audiolab, Holland Software: Pyramix Editing, Merging Technologies Mixing Board: Rens Heijnis, custom design Mastering Room:B+W 803d series speakers, Classe 5200 Amplifier Cables:Van den Hul ========================================= Checksum for iso: 7348404dfa1d0c47e677c1633634db27 *Rachel Podger, Pavlo Beznosiuk - Haydn,Mozart Violin Concertos.iso Checksums for flac tracks Mch: 58b30e1310dcae0c2c70c6ea05dd4e06 *01 - Haydn Violin Concerto in G-Allegro moderato.flac dab3f68dcedf080821a7b5301709f23a *02 - Adagio.flac 9e1847c87471d6ba829351d2932f7e3a *03 - Allegro.flac e6af27e0ff0ed8692080f4b6746ec498 *04 - Mozart Sionfonia concertante - Allegro maestoso.flac cf7e999456a0eeb9fa4598f80a62c156 *05 - Andante.flac a254227eb924fbcf4200bb7658f6faca *06 - Presto.flac 45e8b48d1b573d74442a4adca7e61865 *07 - Haydn violin Concerto in C - Allegro moderato.flac e87bf2e54ee69319290058e88a842d55 *08 - Adagio.flac 8b223f08613f2b1afdde30de77ca8a80 *09 - Presto.flac 77d526d4201e9b42f7161135c38066e0 *FolderRP2.jpg Checksums for flac tracks 2ch: fbac0f5ff321654e6ddf2309f6463c17 *01 - Haydn Violin Concerto in G-Allegro moderato.flac 1024f5dbfa70951378fc6ed1544ebe39 *02 - Adagio.flac 56ea24e6c0af03739a9c078fd89f84d6 *03 - Allegro.flac dbc45aab868af3b1f78349318b32339f *04 - Mozart Sionfonia concertante - Allegro maestoso.flac 3dbc3f222ff86e12ae964c476507d1fd *05 - Andante.flac 594262da9ea9d4f184c0cc4d5e9786b4 *06 - Presto.flac f2c96d6e733aff5b3f655e9c58da7e5e *07 - Haydn violin Concerto in C - Allegro moderato.flac 8b4e15474219c3fdd51022193f07e860 *08 - Adagio.flac 82c641a8e471b350104a4232df63e9fc *09 - Presto.flac 77d526d4201e9b42f7161135c38066e0 *FolderRP2.jpg