Notes and Editorial Reviews
Mozart and Strauss were Ashkenazy's private passions - he felt a deep affection for them. In Mozart he devoted particular attention to the concertante pieces, in Strauss what fascinated him were the extreme polarities: simplicity versus great complexity, folksiness versus anarchic avant-garde sound effects, the contrast between programme music and abstract music. This presented Ashkenazy with a fascinating interpretative challenge both intellectual and musical. The programme of the Symphonia domestica depicts a day (including night and love) in the life of the Strauss family, painted on a broad symphonic canvas. However, Ashkenazy explored the work as music per se; for him the programme was of secondary importance, merely throwing a little
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light on the composer's personality. That music has meaning in its abstract configurations was obvious to him from very early on. The performance of Mozart's A major Violin Concerto K 219 reveals the full extent of the unsual strong musical chemistry between Pinchas Zukerman and Vladimir Ashkenazy: Soloist and conductor perform on the basis of a totally shared concept of the work. This is no surprise: Zukerman and Ashkenazy knew each other well, frequently playing chamber music together during the 1990s. Vladimir Ashkenazy was the chief conductor of what is now the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin from 1989 to 1999. This CD brings together live concert recordings made during the middle of his tenure and in his last season with the orchestra. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major, K 219 "Turkish" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Written: 1775
Length: 28 Minutes 39 Secs.
2.
Symphonia domestica, Op. 53 by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902-1903; Germany
Length: 43 Minutes 14 Secs.
Sound Samples
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, "Turkish": Applause
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, "Turkish": I. Allegro aperto
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, "Turkish": II. Adagio
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, "Turkish": III. Rondeau. Tempo di menuetto - Allegro
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, "Turkish": Applause
Symphonia domestica, Op. 53, TrV 209: Part I: Theme I: Bewegt - Theme II: Sehr lebhaft - Theme III: Ruhig
Symphonia domestica, Op. 53, TrV 209: Part I: Scherzo
Symphonia domestica, Op. 53, TrV 209: Part I: Adagio
Symphonia domestica, Op. 53, TrV 209: Part II: Finale
Symphonia domestica, Op. 53, TrV 209: Applause
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