Silver Violin
Benedetti Nicola Bournemouth Symphony
Silver Violin
Benedetti Nicola Bournemouth Symphony
Best-selling Scottish virtuoso Nicola Benedetti moves\ndramatically from the 18th-century world of Italia to the\n20th-century world of cinema.
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As a long-time champion of the lush Violin Concerto by the great\nstage and screen composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Nicola Benedetti\nhas chosen to build a programme around his late Romantic concerto\nmasterpiece.
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This unique collection of violin classics, written specifically\nfor the movies, includes the poignant lament from Schindler’s\nList.
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Dmitri Shostakovich, recognised as the Soviet Union’s greatest\nfilm composer, is represented by the beloved Gadfly Romance, as\nwell as the similarly lyrical Andante from the film The\nCounterplan
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The contemporary British cinema is represented by the haunting\nmain theme and specially-composed Fantasy for Violin &\nOrchestra from the 2004 hit Ladies in Lavender
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Nicola Benedetti (violin)
\nBournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
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Review
Phil Richards
In this new recordingfrom the world oftwentieth-century filmmusic, the dazzlingviolinist Nicola Benedettiis superb once again. Thecentrepiece of this recording is the violinconcerto from the great stage and screencomposer Erich Wolfgang Korngold.Benedetti’s love and understanding of thework is evident and, as a result, shedelivers a sublime reading. The SilverViolin also includes a beautiful performanceof the poignant lament from Schindler’sList, Romance from Shostakovich’s TheGadfly plus the Andante from the film TheCounterplan. Also featured are works byCarlos Gardel, Howard Shore and NigelHess. PR
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