Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings in C major, op.48 (Mozartwoche 2000)
“Hallmarks of this chamber ensemble are its youthful liveliness and enthusiastic commitment to expressing the composer’s intentions as vividly as possible” wrote the leading German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about the “Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie”. Founded in 1990, this ensemble consists of young musicians who devote themselves above all to non-repertoire works, contemporary music and imaginative musical projects. This special concert recorded at the Mozartwoche 2000 reflects the ensemble’s interest in showcasing not only the talent of gifted young soloists, but also the rare and unique instruments on which they are playing. Under the distinguished American conductor Philip Greenberg, the ensemble performs Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings op. 48 in a concert recorded at the Mozarteum Salzburg in 2000.
Mozart, Divertimento for Strings, K.136, Part II Presto (Mozartwoche 2000)
“Hallmarks of this chamber ensemble are its youthful liveliness and enthusiastic commitment to expressing the composer’s intentions as vividly as possible” wrote the leading German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about the “Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie”. Founded in 1990, this ensemble consists of young musicians who devote themselves above all to non-repertoire works, contemporary music and imaginative musical projects. This special concert recorded at the Mozartwoche 2000 reflects the ensemble’s interest in showcasing not only the talent of gifted young soloists, but also the rare and unique instruments on which they are playing. Under the distinguished American conductor Philip Greenberg, the ensemble performs the third movement (Presto) from Mozart’s early Divertimento for Strings K. 136 in a concert recorded at the Mozarteum Salzburg in 2000.
Bach, Concerto for three Violins and Orchestra (Mozartwoche 2000)
“Hallmarks of this chamber ensemble are its youthful liveliness and enthusiastic commitment to expressing the composer’s intentions as vividly as possible” wrote the leading German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about the “Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie”. Founded in 1990, this ensemble consists of young musicians who devote themselves above all to non-repertoire works, contemporary music and imaginative musical projects. This special concert recorded at the Mozartwoche 2000 reflects the ensemble’s interest in showcasing not only the talent of gifted young soloists, but also the rare and unique instruments on which they are playing. Under the distinguished American conductor Philip Greenberg, the ensemble performs J.S. Bach’s Concerto for three violins and orchestra with Dmitri Makhtin, Igor Malinovsky and the widely noted young French violinist and winner of the “European Cultural Award” David Grimal as soloists on priceless violins dating from the early 18th century. Grimal plays the Antonio Stradivari “ex Roederer”, Cremona, 1710; Makhtin the Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, “Lord Coke”, Cremona, 1744; Malinovsky the Carlo Bergonzi, Cremona, 1732.
Boccherini, Cello Concerto in B flat major (Mozartwoche 2000)
“Hallmarks of this chamber ensemble are its youthful liveliness and enthusiastic commitment to expressing the composer’s intentions as vividly as possible” wrote the leading German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about the “Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie”. Founded in 1990, this ensemble consists of young musicians who devote themselves above all to non-repertoire works, contemporary music and imaginative musical projects. This special concert recorded at the Mozartwoche 2000 reflects the ensemble’s interest in showcasing not only the talent of gifted young soloists, but also the rare and unique instruments on which they are playing. Under the distinguished American conductor Philip Greenberg, the ensemble performs the Boccherini Cello Concerto with soloist Xavier Philipps on a Matteo Goffriller instrument of 1710. Born in Paris in 1971, Xavier Phillips began playing the cello at the age of six. He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique and perfected himself under Paul Tortelier and Mstislav Rostropovich. He won several international music competitions in 1990, after which he began his career as soloist and chamber musician.
Haydn, Violin Concerto in C major, Hob.VIIa:1
Joseph Haydn’s Concerto in C major for violin and orchestra Hob. VIIA,1 is performed by soloist Federico Agostini and the Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra. In the autograph manuscript of the concerto, Haydn inscribed the words “Fatto per il Luigi”, referring to Luigi Tomasini, the concertmaster of Prince Paul Anton Esterházy, for whom both musicians worked. Haydn wrote three other concertos for his friend and colleague who, judging from the extraordinary technical demands of the piece, must have been a truly gifted violinist. Federico Agostini, who comes from a noted musical family and who studied with Salvatore Accardo, is known above all as the concertmaster and soloist of “I Musici di Roma”. He plays the ex-Busch-Guadagnini violin of 1783.
Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K.364
Playing the ex-Roederer Stradivarius of 1710, Solo violinist David Grimal teams up with his teacher Régis Pasquier on the Mantegazza viola. Mozart composed this work, his last concerto for string instruments, in 1779, shortly before he left Salzburg for Vienna. Its urbane elegance seems to anticipate the style that was to characterize Mozart’s first Viennese symphonies. Pasquier, who masters both the violin and viola, is a world-renowned soloist who has been called “le star du violon français” by the Paris daily Le Monde and was appointed an “Officier des Arts et des Lettres” by the President of France. David Grimal, who graduated from Paris’ Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique with the First Prize in violin and chamber music, has gone on to win several other prestigious awards as well, including the European Cultural Award. His active international career has taken him to most of the world’s great musical venues, where he has concertized with ensembles such as the English Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lyon and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo. The French music magazine Diapason wrote of Grimal: “A truly inspired musician, a stylist conscious of his artistry, has risen to take his place in the otherwise empty firmament of French violin playing of the nineties.”
Bach, Concerto for three violins in D major, BWV 1064
The French violinist David Grimal plays the ex-Roederer Stradivarius of 1710. He performs here together with his former teacher Régis Pasquier, in whose class at the Paris Conservatoire he was accepted at the age of 16. Pasquier plays the Helvetika Stradivarius of 1686. The Italian violinist Federico Agostini is known as the long-standing concertmaster and soloist of the ensemble “I Musici di Roma.” He plays the ex-Busch-Guadagnini of 1783.