Recorded: 1 May, 1993, Royal Albert Hall London
Extra:
Documentary
Total Timing: 90 min concert, 28 min documentary
The Berlin Philharmonic opened its Europe Concert 1993 in the impressive setting of the Royal Albert Hall with Tchaikovsky's fantasy overture to Romeo and Juliet.
Playing and interpreting Mozart is an incomparable challenge for every musician, but the present recording demonstrates masterful interpretation and playing by the world-renowned violinist Zimmermann. The Violin Concerto No. 3, K.216, with its fully balanced dialogue between solo instrument and orchestra, represents - compared to its two predecessors - a quantum leap. Alfred Einstein called this violin concerto "a miracle". Only a musician who has total sway over his instrument and is able to interpret the freshness of the invention and the elegance of the melody can achieve a finished performance.
Under Haitink's baton, the Berlin Philharmonic have demonstrated here their possibilities in the reduced classical instrumentation, before the full orchestra put on a show after the interval with Stravinsky's "Rite". |
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