1. Vorspiel (Allegro moderato)
2. Adagio
3. Finale (Allegro energico)
4. Romanza Op.22 No.1
5. Scherzo in C minor for violin & piano (from the FAE-Sonata)
6. Romanza Op.2, No.1
7. Hungarian Dance No.1 - arranged for Violin and Strings by Marc-Olivier Dupin
8. Notturno for Violin and Orchestra, Op.12
9. Hungarian Dance No.5 - arranged for Violin and Strings by Marc-Olivier Dupin
10. Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D.774
11. Geistliches Wiegenlied
12. Humoresque, Op.101 No.7 - arranged for Violin and Orchestra by Franz Waxman
Wholenote Discoveries - April 2011
Here Daniel Hope presents a programme of works created for and by the man whose influence dominated the violin world in the second half of the 19th century. The major work is a beautifully considered, warm and intelligent reading of the Bruch G minor concerto, with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under Sakari Oramo. The nine shorter pieces have varied accompaniment: Dvorak’s Serenade and Joachim’s own Notturno are with orchestra; Brahms’ Hungarian Dances Nos.1 and 5 are for violin and strings; Clara Schumann’s Romanze, Joachim’s piece with the same title, Brahms’ Scherzo from the F-A-E Sonata and Schubert’s Auf dem Wasser zu singen feature piano accompaniment by Sebastian Knauer. Hope switches to viola for the Brahms Geistliches Wiegenlied, where he is joined by mezzo-soprano Anne-Sofie von Otter and pianist Bengt Forsberg. For this CD, he tells us in the booklet notes, “I borrowed a viola and taught myself to play it.” Must be nice! Terry Robbins
Price: $15.98