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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Nicola Benedetti album)

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Released
  
15 May 2006

Artist
  
Nicola Benedetti

Genre
  
Classical music

Length
  
55:57

Release date
  
15 May 2006

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (2006)
  
Vaughan Williams and Tavener (2007)

Label
  
Universal Classics and Jazz

Nominations
  
Classic Brit Award for Album of the Year, Classic Brit Award for Instrumentalist of the Year

Similar
  
Vaughan Williams and Tave, The Silver Violin, Fantasie, Szymanowski: Violin Concerto, Homecoming: A Scottish Fantasy

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto is the second studio album by Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti.

Contents

Album information

Benedetti's second album, recorded with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, was released on 15 May 2006. Works include Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor, Mozart's Adagio for Violin and Orchestra, Schubert's Serenade and Ave Maria, and James MacMillan's From Ayrshire, which was written especially for her.

Track listing

  1. "Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64"
    1. I. "Allegro molto appassionato" - 13:01
    2. II. "Andante" - 8:35
    3. III. "Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace" - 5:55
  2. "Adagio in E" – 6:43
  3. "Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C" – 5:26
  4. "Serenade: Standchen No. 4 from Schwanengesang" – 4:07
  5. "Ave Maria" – 5:01
  6. "From "Ayrshire" - Largo, molto rubato" - 5:32
  7. "From "Ayrshire" - Like a Very Fast Reel" – 1:37

References

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Nicola Benedetti album) Wikipedia