Le Violon Roi

2013

Virgin Classics publishes 25 February, the day of Victories de la Musique Classique, a 3 CD digipack box, prefaced by Philippe Labro, which contains the most beautiful pages of violin on CD 1 of the most famous movement of concertos (Mendelssohn, Brahms , Beethoven, Mozart …) CD 2 tubes of chamber music (Schubert Barry Lyndon, Trout, Beethoven …) on CD 3 small pieces with piano (the Meditation from Thais, Carnival of the Animals …).

CD1 :

1. Violin concerto No. 2 in E minor Op. 64: Allegro molto appassionato
2. Concerto for violin & orchestra in D major Op.35: Romance: Andante
3. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major/D-dur/en ré majeur Op.77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
4. Violin Concerto in D minor (1853) Op. posth.: II. Langsam
5. Concerto for violin & orchestra in D major Op.61: Rondo: Allegro (D major)
6. Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano in C Major, Op.56: II. Largo
7. Double Concerto A Minor, Op.102: III. Vivace non troppo
8. Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra K.364 in E flat major: II. Andante
9. Violin Concerto No.1 K.207 in B flat major: III. Presto

CD2 :

1. Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op. 25: IV. Rondo alla Zingarese. Presto
2. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op.100: III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)
3. Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op.70 No.1 “Ghost”: II. Largo assai ed espressivo
4. Sonata for violin & piano No.5 in F major Op.24 ‘Spring’: I Allegro
5. Sonata for violin & piano No.8 in G major Op.30 No.3: III Allegro vivace
6. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op.105: I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck
7. Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op.121: II. Sehr lebhaft
8. Piano Quintet in A ‘The Trout’ D667: IV. Tema con variazioni
9. Sonate Nr.1 Op.13 in A major: IV. Allegro quasi presto
10. Sonata for Violin and Piano: III. Perpetuum mobile
11. Piano Trio No.1 in D Minor, Op.49: Scherzo : Leggiero e vivace
12. Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major D.929: II. Andante con moto

CD3 :

1. Méditation religieuse – Symphonie (from Thaïs)
2. Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune
3. Passacaille d`après Haendel [Suite No.7 en sol mineur]
4. Dance of the blessed spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)
5. Humoreske in B flat major, Op.107 No.7
6. Tzigane
7. Liebesleid
8. Marche miniature viennoise (Tempo di marcia)
9. Hora Staccato
10. Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A minor Op. 28
11. Mariettas Lied zur Laute (from Die tote Stadt)
12. Pièce Op.17 No.3
13. Berceuse, Op.16
14. Much ado about nothing – Suite, Op.11: Gartenszene
15. Valse sentimentale in F minor
16. Danse macabre in G minor Op. 40
17. Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand): No. 14- Final [Molto allegro]