Concerto for violin and string orchestra 'Distant Light' (Vasks)
from Vasks & Weill: Violin Concertos (CDA67496)
1 Andante – Cadenza 1 [7'52]
2 Cantabile [3'34]
3 Mosso – Cadenza 2 [3'59]
4 Cantabile Agitato – Cadenza 3 – Tempo di Valse [7'50]
5 Andante [7'13]
30 minutes 28 seconds 5 tracks
‘Anthony Marwood keeps a tighter grip on the structural tiller than either Kangas or Andreasson and plays with exquisite polish and intimacy of feeling; he also secures an exceptionally alert and invo ...
‘Anthony Marwood has championed the Vasks over a number of years and delivers a wonderfully moving and intense performance of the solo part. The strings of the ASMF are responsive partners … Thei ...
‘Marwood directs both performances from the violin, yet his solid command of his troops—the ASMF in fine form—does nothing to take the immediacy away from his own playing, which is gripping from start ...