Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Rococo Variations Nemanja Radulovic, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel and Double Sens

• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
• 1Concerto For Violin And Orchestra In D Major, Op. 35, TH 59: 1. Allegro moderato18:45
• 2Concerto For Violin And Orchestra In D Major, Op. 35, TH 59: 2. Canzonetta. Andante06:32
• 3Concerto For Violin And Orchestra In D Major, Op. 35, TH 59: 3. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo09:55
• 4Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33, TH.57 - Arr. By Yvan Cassar: Moderato quasi Andante00:50
• 5Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33, TH.57 - Arr. By Yvan Cassar: Tema. Moderato semplice01:22
• 6Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33, TH.57 - Arr. By Yvan Cassar: Var. I. Tempo del Tema00:44
• 7Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33, TH.57 - Arr. By Yvan Cassar: Var. II. Tempo del Tema01:05
• 8Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33, TH.57 - Arr. By Yvan Cassar: Var. III. Andante sostenuto03:34
• 9Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33, TH.57 - Arr. By Yvan Cassar: Var. IV. Andante grazioso01:52
• 10Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33, TH.57 - Arr. By Yvan Cassar: Var. V. Allegro moderato03:14
• 11Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33, TH.57 - Arr. By Yvan Cassar: Var. VI. Andante02:21
• 12Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33, TH.57 - Arr. By Yvan Cassar: Var. VII. Allegro vivo01:54
• Total Runtime52:08

Info for Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Rococo Variations

Was könnte einen heutigen Interpreten dazu bewegen, ein Album mit so bekannten und häufig eingespielten Werken des romantischen Repertoires wie Tschaikowskys Violinkonzert oder seine Variationen über ein Rokokothema aufzunehmen?

Für Nemanja Radulovic ist jedenfalls klar: Eine neue Einspielung erfordert einen ganz persönlichen Zugang zu dem Werk.

Dies erklärt auch seinen Wunsch, Tschaikowskys zwei bedeutendste Werke für Streicher und Orchester auf ein Album zu bannen und die Variationen – in Erinnerung an seine Kindheit – auf der Bratsche einzuspielen, begleitet von seinem Ensemble Double Sens. Das Ergebnis ist absolut überzeugend – die Kombination von Bratsche und verkleinertem Begleitensemble verleiht dem Werk eine Leichtigkeit und Energie, die perfekt zum neoklassizistischen Geist von Tschaikowskys Stück passt.

Mit Tschaikowskys Violinkonzert setzte sich Radulovic dagegen mit einem der virtuosesten Werke für Violine auseinander; Radulovic experimentiert hier mit häufigen Stimmungswechseln und verändert zudem einige Phrasierungen am Ende des ersten Satzes: Für ihn steht die durchgängige Frische des Werks im Vordergrund, von den "spitzesten" bis zu den "rundesten" Klängen.

Nemanja Radulovic wurde 2015 mit einem ECHO Klassik ausgezeichnet.

Nemanja Radulović, Violine
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Sascha Goetzel, Dirigent

Nemanja Radulovic
Serbian-French violinist Nemanja Radulović champions the power of music to bring people together with his unique energy and candour, thrilling virtuosity, depth of expression, and adventurous programming. His hotly-anticipated, ‘magical’ (Barry Creasy, musicOMH) BBC Proms debut in 2019 with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits featured a Barber Violin Concerto whose ‘lyric delicacy and last-movement super-virtuosity were caught to near perfection’ (The Times).

Winner of the 2015 Echo Klassik Award for Newcomer of the Year, Radulović is an artist who seeks to broaden the boundaries of classical music and has amassed a legion of loyal fans around the world who have enjoyed his performances with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the Munich Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony in Tokyo, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orquesta Nacional de España, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hanover, WDR Sinfonieorchester in Cologne, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Belgian National Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI in Turin, Orchestra della Toscana, Tampere Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Copenhagen Phil, Geneva Camerata, Queensland Symphony, Macao Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic, and the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa.

Signed as an exclusive recording artist to Warner Classics in 2021, Radulović’s recent and forthcoming highlights include an extensive European tour with the Russian State Academic Symphony and Andrey Boreyko; sold-out performances with his ensemble Double Sens at such celebrated festivals as the Folle Journée de Nantes and the Chorégies d’Orange; debut engagements with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, Dusseldorf Symphony, RTE National Symphony in Dublin, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg; the season opening of the Jeunesse Musicale series at the Vienna Konzerthaus; a play/direct performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Munich Chamber Orchestra (resulting in an immediate re-invitation and on-going relationship with the ensemble); and a special collaboration with clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer, accordionist Ksenija Sidorova, and pianist Laure Favre-Kahn, performing to audiences at festivals across Germany, Switzerland and France.

Radulović has an equal passion for the intimacy of chamber music, and is an increasingly active recitalist on the international circuit. He has performed at such notable venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonie, both the Salle Pleyel and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Athens Megaron, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and the Melbourne Recital Centre in Australia. His many recital partners include Marielle Nordmann, Laure Favre-Kahn, and Susan Manoff, the latter with whom he has also recorded a disc of Beethoven Sonatas released on the Decca/Universal Music label.

Radulović also regularly undertakes a play/direct role with his infectious, high-energy ensemble The Devil’s Trills – noted for their ‘immense purity, artistic force, passion, intimacy, and exquisite dynamic choices, leaving the audience in complete astonishment’ (Johannes Seifert, Augsburger Allgemeine) – and his chamber orchestra, Double Sens, which was recently celebrated for their recordings of Bach and Rimsky-Korsakov, as well as The 5 Seasons, a piece that combines Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with a new composition, Spring in Japan, by Aleksandar Sedlar and dedicated to the Japanese tsunami victims in 2011. Their other recent recordings include Paganini Fantasy (2013), Journey East (2014), BACH (2016), Tchaikovsky (2017), and most recently Baïka (2018).

Radulović’s recognition for his work in classical music includes International Revelation of the Year by the Victoires de la musique classique in 2005, an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Arts in Niš, Serbia, and an ELLE Style Award for Musician of the Year in 2015. He is the winner of several international violin competitions, such as Joseph Joachim in Hanover, George Enescu in Bucharest, and Stradivarius in Cremona.

Born in Serbia in 1985, Nemanja Radulović studied at the Faculty of Arts and Music in Belgrade, the Saarlandes Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Saarbrücken, the Stauffer Academy in Cremona with Salvatore Accardo, and the world-renowned Conservatoire de Paris with Patrice Fontanarosa.

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