Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Violin Concerto in D major: 1. Allegro maestoso
2. Violin Concerto in D major: 2. Adagio
3. Violin Concerto in D major: 3. Rondo: Allegro

Disc 2:

1. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61: 1. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61: 2. Larghetto
3. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61: 3. Rondo

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34589 in Music
• Released on: 2008-09-09
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .27 pounds

Album Description
"Recordings don't get any better than this ... Astounding!" -- ClassicsToday [CED 68]

World premiere recording of a major classical work: the 1805 violin concerto by Franz Clement, the violinist for whom Beethoven wrote his Violin Concerto in 1806. First recording to put the Beethoven Violin Concerto into historical context features major artists putting their interpretive stamp on these important works.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful violin music and playing with Barton and Clement Violin Concerto
Rachel Barton Pine, a talented American young violinist, has done one of the best violin recordings I ever listend to, restating the forgotten Franz Clement Violin Concerto in D major (composed in 1805).
Clement was the dedicatee of Beethoven Violin Concerto, and for good!
The concerto is anterior to Beethoven's (which is of 1806) and many lines of it constituted an evident model for Beethoven score.
The last movement instead reminds us of the last movement of a famous Schubert Sonatina, composed by the way in 1816! This cast a good light on the prestige and reputation of Clement's playing and composing amidst his contemporaries now more famous than he is.
This music is particularly beautiful, and this concerto stands between the best ever written for the instrument.
I must say that also the Royal Philharmonic shows at its peak, and the direction by José Serebrier is simply masterful, in keeping a powerful though smooth sound and giving space to all the harmonic resources of both the instruments and the score.
Thank you Miss Barton for this unforgettable performance!

Beautiful Coupling
A beautiful coupling of the unknown Clement violin concerto and the justly celebrated Beethoven violin concerto. Both are expertly played and enjoyable to listen to. One can see why Beethoven was taken with Clement's ability.