The Silver Violin

Nicola Benedetti - The Silver Violin

Nicola Benedetti (violin)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits

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Best-selling Scottish virtuoso Nicola Benedetti moves dramatically from the 18th-century world of Italia to the 20th-century world of cinema.

As a long-time champion of the lush Violin Concerto by the great stage and screen composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Nicola Benedetti has chosen to build a programme around his late Romantic concerto masterpiece.

This unique collection of violin classics, written specifically for the movies, includes the poignant lament from Schindler’s List.

Dmitri Shostakovich, recognised as the Soviet Union’s greatest film composer, is represented by the beloved Gadfly Romance, as well as the similarly lyrical Andante from the film The Counterplan.

The contemporary British cinema is represented by the haunting main theme and specially-composed Fantasy for Violin & Orchestra from the 2004 hit Ladies in Lavender.

Contents:

Gardel: Por Una Cabeza
Hess, N: Ladies in Lavender – main theme
Korngold: Glück, das mir verbleib 'Marietta's Lied' (from Die Tote Stadt)
Korngold: Tanzlied des Pierrot from Die tote Stadt, Op. 12
Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Mahler: Piano Quartet (in one movement) in A minor
Marianelli: My Edward & I
Shostakovich: Five Pieces for Two Violins & Piano
Shostakovich: Romance (from The Gadfly)
Shostakovich: The Gadfly, Op. 97
Shostakovich: Vstrechniy (Counterplan), Op. 33
Williams, John: Schindler's List: Theme