Henri Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 19, Hrachya Avanesyan

[@Amourtendresse]

Waouh ça commence fort...qu'est- ce que c'est beau ❣️Intensité et douceur, et le violon solo quel charme ! Quel génie ce compositeur, une richesse mélodique incroyable, on ne peut qu'être touché à chaque instant !..La couturière haute couture compare cela à la Haute couture de la musique ❤️ J'adore 🎶💓🎶✨✨

[@sibarit101]

Je suis très contente que cela vous ait plu!

[@RobHersh-st7rh]

This man is a extraordinary incredible very talented genius.!

[@sibarit101]

Thank you for listening and appreciation, I agree with you!

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

This has to be one of the most dramatic openings to a Violin Concerto ever written, and sets the scene for an equally dramatic display of virtuosity. This is indeed a wonderful concerto, a tour de force of violin composition, that only the strong-willed would attempt to play in public.

[@AHM95]

Also check out Paganini's 5th violin concerto for dramatic opening and closing of the 1st movement.

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

@@AHM95 Good call Amir. I do think that overall Vieuxtemps' orchestration is a tad better than Paganini's. What do you think?

[@AHM95]

​@@DavidA-ps1qr They sure are, but as for the baroque era, I love the opera feelings I get from Paganini's concertos without anything but orchestral instruments. I hear them separately knowing that each one is a gem of a different color!

[@kokonssp]

masterpiece that makes the violin tone soak into our heart

[@Berlinchesmusic]

I. Allegro 00:00 II. Andante 09:00 III. Rondó: 13:20 - Cadenza 17:25

[@olafadler6497]

I am very impressed about the expressive interpretation both by the soloist and the orchestra! Here I find the passion that is unfortunately missing from many of the CDs produced today. But music does not live from perfection, but from inner participation and communication to the audience. In spite of everything: the technical quality here is also outstanding!

[@sibarit101]

Thank you very much for this comment. Among Vieuxtemps' concertos, I posted this one first because I was also impressed by the performance of this soloist, unknown to me at the time. Since then, I have only listened to his performance of Dvorak's Violin Concerto. Delightful too!

[@marie-rosebaeten8049]

Thank you to play this beautiful concerto!

[@colind18]

This was one of the first pieces of Henri Vieuxtamps that I purchased from a CD Shop, and I enjoy listening to this work from time to time.

[@sibarit101]

Thank you, I'm glad you like this concert.

[@harrydekok8949]

Brilliant !! I only discovered this composer a few days ago and can't stop listening to these beautiful concerts.

[@sibarit101]

Thank you! I understand you very well: all his concerts are real musical jewels!

[@JAMESLEVEE]

The finale is actually Rondo: Allegro - Allegretto. The Allegro is the opening tutti, but when the violin finally takes up the rondo theme the tempo switches to Allegretto.

[@francescocacciani3572]

This concert is like a Paganini 2.0 but very delicate, romantic and melodic. Deade the first time I heard it I liked it. Now I have listened very carefully and for a long time, and the change compared to the first violin concerto is abysmal because in this concert we already have the vieuxtemps label, so dramatic and beautiful, with beautiful harmonies and new passages of virtuosity. and elegance. But, without a doubt, what makes it so splendid is the great performance performed by an excellent soloist and a wonderful orchestra. Thank you for this amazing gift. Bravo !!

[@sibarit101]

I'm glad to hear it, thank you!

[@violinhunter2]

The concerto reminds me of Paganini in certain spots - highly brilliant but very melodic as well. Avanesyan possesses a really fantastic technique - totally in control. Bravo!

[@Petroschristidis]

wonderful ! Bravo !

[@lehrmandavid10]

what a delight to hear this spectacular performance of a neglected Vieuxtemps Concerto. Nos 4 & 5 are much better known. I particularly admire how Vieuxtemps writes this heart rending slow movement followed by a jaunty, joyous last movement getting ever more inventive. The last page of chromatic solo part octaves is the cherry on the top. My memory is that he wrote this before the so-called 1st concerto. It reflects his youthful exhuberance. That might explain another commenter who thought # 1 not nearly as good. I agree. Some of the techniques also are incredibly emotional. I note the bird like sounds in the first mvt. His melody that climbs an octave then chromatically descends is heart rending and technical-not always an easy combination. Then, it's true that like Paganini he alternates poignant lyricism with technical display, but I know he was heavily influenced by Paganini and in this, my favorite of his 6 concerti, I think he really outdid himself. Thank you for highlighting this unfamiliar but wonderful violinist, and an old friend of a concerto, I have lived with for nearly 70 years.

[@sibarit101]

Thank you very much for this nice and emotional comment.

[@ronaldbwoodall2628]

Vieuxtemps' 1st, 3rd, and now the 2nd, are my favorites of his concerti I've heard so far, then the 4th in that wonderful performance by Hilary Hahn. I enjoyed Avanesyan's performance here more than I have Misha Keylin's in others; he seems to project the spirit and vitality of the music more effectively, although the more lifelike (closely-miked?) recorded sound here may have helped to give that impression.

[@sibarit101]

Thank you for your comment, I'm so glad you like Vieuxtemps concerts!

[@JAMESLEVEE]

The movements are: I. Allegro II. Andante III. Rondo: Allegro - Allegretto

[@100crowns6]

Vieuxtemps,Paganini,Wieniawski,Ole Bull,Ernst,to name only a few. What would we give to hear them play?

[@ingedoerfler5073]

100crowns paganini

[@valeriykhasyanov9011]

Нежная скрипка 🌹

[@moltzer]

Alexander Markov also performed this concerto, but, unfortunately, the recording didn't do justice.

[@ostromogilskaiamaria5268]

2:37

[@Лалала-щ6г]

02:10

[@mariabernadeteperius8811]

3:45 sounds like a bird

[@rogernortman9219]

Maybe some Vieuxtemps concerti are reminiscent of Paganini, but Vieuxtemps s a MUCH better composer!

[@debwagner7505]

Roger Nortman Later in time does not equate to "better." Paganini inherited Viotti's orchestra and saw no need to revise it forward to any great extent -- nor did anyone at the time find fault with it. Only in retrospect des it seem limited. But if that's the case, then so was Rossini. And no one complains about him . . .

[@chayka2277]

2:13