ELGAR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

 

Elgar: Violin Concerto Op.61

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

 

Hilary Hahn

London Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Colin Davis

 

Hilary Hahn, established as one of the most accomplished and compelling artists of today, has chosen an all-English programme for her second release.

 

This new recording features two landmark works from the English violin repertoire: Edward Elgar´s Violin Concerto Op.61 and Ralph Vaughan-Williams - The Lark Ascending. Her English partners, the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Sir Colin Davis, guarantee an authenic, heartfelt interpretation.

 

The Lark Ascending , written shortly before the first World War, then revised, is an English equivalent to works such as Smetana`s From Bohemia`s Woods and Fields. Picture the lark in flight over a varied English landscape, mild and gentle. Then it seems to fly over a village fair, viewing the bustling humanity from above, and finally the lark flies onward into the vastness of the sunset.

 

Elgars`s Violin concerto is on the same large scale as the Brahms and Beethoven and famous for the both the extraordinarily personal nature of the Concerto and the unique combination of emotional urgency and reticence which lies at the heart of Elgar`s musical character.

 

DG Super-Audio CD 4748732