Lalo: Violin Concertos, Op. 20 & Op. 29. "Concerto Russe" Dmitry Smirnov, Kammerorchester Basel & Heinz Holliger

• Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933): L’invitation au voyage:
• 1Duparc: L’invitation au voyage04:48
• Édouard Lalo (1823 - 1892): Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in F Major, Op. 20:
• 2Lalo: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in F Major, Op. 20: I. Andante - Allegro15:28
• 3Lalo: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in F Major, Op. 20: II. Andantino06:05
• 4Lalo: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in F Major, Op. 20: III. Allegro con fuoco06:17
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921): Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28:
• 5Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28: I. Introduction: Andante Malinconico01:52
• 6Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28: II. Rondo Capriccoso. Allegro ma non troppo – Più allegro07:38
• Édouard Lalo: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 4, Op. 29 “Concerto russe”:
• 7Lalo: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 4, Op. 29 “Concerto russe”: I. Prelude. Allegro15:40
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908): Collection of One Hundred Russian Folksongs, Op. 24:
• 8Rimsky-Korsakov: Collection of One Hundred Russian Folksongs, Op. 24: No. 72, Chants russes. Zvon Kolokol v Evlascheve Sele (Arr. for string orchestra by Dmitry Smirnov)00:41
• Édouard Lalo: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 4, Op. 29 “Concerto russe”:
• 9Lalo: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 4, Op. 29 “Concerto russe”: II. Lento (Chants russes)04:51
• 10Lalo: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 4, Op. 29 “Concerto russe”: III. Intermezzo04:37
• 11Lalo: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 4, Op. 29 “Concerto russe”: IV. Introduction - Vivace (Chants russes)08:09
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Collection of One Hundred Russian Folksongs, Op. 24:
• 12Rimsky-Korsakov: Collection of One Hundred Russian Folksongs, Op. 24: No. 71, Chants russes. Zvonili zvoni v Novgorode (Arr. for violin and chamber ensemble by Dmitry Smirnov)00:31
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881): Svetik Savishna (Arr. for violin and chamber ensemble by Dmitry Smirnov):
• 13Mussorgsky: Svetik Savishna (Arr. for violin and chamber ensemble by Dmitry Smirnov)01:37
• Total Runtime01:18:14

Info for Lalo: Violin Concertos, Op. 20 & Op. 29. "Concerto Russe"

The new album of the Basel Chamber Orchestra brings an interesting compilation and shows references between French and Russian music in the late 19th century. Violinist Dmitry Smirnov interprets the 1st and 4th violin concertos by Édouard Lalo. The latter work is called the “Concerto russe” because Lalo used songs from Rimsky-Korsakov’s collection of folk songs Opus 24. The soloist took up these songs used here and arranged them himself for chamber orchestra, or for violin and chamber orchestra. Presented in this way in the context of Lalo’s “Concert russe”, these new creations add an extremely interesting new note to the musical bridge between East and West. A note that immediately met with the interest of Heinz Holliger, who is always open to new and unusual things and who could be won over as conductor and “spiritus rector” for this unusual project.

Dmitry Smirnov, violin
Kammerorchester Basel
Heinz Holliger, conductor

Dmitry Smirnov
was born in St. Petersburg in 1994 in a musical family. He began to study music at the age of four. Graduated from the Middle Special School of Music of the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire (classes of Elena Zaitseva and Anastasia Milka). Currently a student at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne (class of Pavel Vernikov) and the Musik-Akademie Basel.

Prize-winner at the Moscow International David Oistrakh Violin Competition (2006, 1st prize), the Gartow Stiftung International Competition in St Petersburg (2007, 1st prize), the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists in Cardiff (2008, 2nd prize), the International Tibor Varga Violin Competition in Sion (2015, 1st prize and Audience Award) and the International Contest of Music Interpretations in Lausanne (2017, 1st prize). Winner of the Rotary Excellence Prize International Violin Competition in Lugano. In 2018 he was awarded the 3rd prize at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition.

In 2007 he made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York, and in 2009 he appeared at Wigmore Hall in London. Has taken part in the Salzburg Festival, the international festivals Crescendo, Musical Olympus, Moscow Greets its Friends, L'estate musicale (Italy), Popkomm (Germany) and Inverno musicale (Brazil). Has appeared with the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St Petersburg Philharmonic (Honoured Ensemble of Russia), the State Academic Symphonic Cappella of Russia, the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow State Philharmonic, the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, the Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra and the chamber ensembles Moscow Virtuosi and Moscovia.

Engagements for the 2018-2019 season include performances at the St Petersburg House of Music, the Zaradye Hall and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow as well as the Brucknerhaus in Linz.

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