Violin Concerto, Op 15 (Britten)
from Britten: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto & Lachrymae (CDA67801)
1 Moderato con moto [9'04]
2 Vivace – Cadenza – [8'40]
3 Passacaglia: Andante lento (un poco meno mosso) [12'48]
30 minutes 32 seconds 3 tracks
‘[Violin Concerto] A lithe, spiky, rhythmical performance, bristling with satire in the Shostakovich style … every phrase is highly charged … [Double Concerto] Marwood and his viola colleagu ...
‘Marwood is a vivacious soloist in the Violin Concerto and particularly compelling in its magnificent Passacaglia, which is expertly paced … we are left in no doubt about the levels of searing co ...
‘A rarity… energetic and characterful, [the Double Concerto] emerges strongly from the performance of the soloists here. But it is quite overshadowed in originality and richness by the Violin Concerto ...