Maxim Vengerov (05.04.2012 - Live - London) FLAC

  Maxim Vengerov - Bach, Handel, Beethoven
      
Recorded at Wigmore Hall, London
     
Violinist Maxim Vengerov accompanied by pianist Itamar Golan
performs in his first London recital for four years with
music by Bach, Handel and Beethoven.

   
After a sabbatical in which he turned his primary focus to
conducting, the Siberian-born violinist makes a hugely
anticipated return to the violin and Wigmore Hall with a
concert that displays his passion for the Baroque and
Romantic repertoire. Starting with his beloved Bach and the
unaccompanied D minor Partita - with it's legendary
Chaconne, the recital continues through a Handel Sonata, and
ends with Beethoven's A major Sonata - known as the
'Kreutzer' because Beethoven dedicated it to violinist
Rudolphe Kreutzer. Interestingly, in this concert Vengerov
plays the 'Kreutzer' Stradivarius violin which once belonged
to the famous soloist, though Kreutzer never played
Beethoven's Sonata - considering it "outrageously
unintelligible" - Vengerov however does understand the piece
and performs it with his trademark brilliance and strength.
    
J.S. Bach: Partita for solo violin in D minor BWV.1004
Handel: Sonata in D op.1 no.13
Beethoven: Sonata no.9 in A Major op.47 'The Kreutzer'
Brahms
21 Hungarian dances, arr. Joachim for violin and piano
[orig. for piano duet] - no.1 in G minor
Wieniawski
Scherzo-tarantelle in G minor Op.16 for violin and piano
   
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Itamar Golan (piano).