Christian Tezlaff: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto online
Violinist Christian Tetzlaff has entered the digital world by exclusively releasing his rendition of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto online as part of a new series by Deutsche Grammophon. Entitled “DG Concerts”, these web-albums will present the public with fresh live performances by some of the label’s top notch artists: Christian Tetzlaff, for example, performed the Tchaikovsky as recently as December of 2007 at Birmingham. Joined by the City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Edward Gardner for the Concerto, Tezlaff then goes on to offer the “Gavotte en Rondeau” from Bach’s “Partita for Violin Solo No.3 in E, BWV 1006”, before allowing the orchestra to bring things to a triumphant close with Mahler’s first Symphony. The album makes perfect use of the digital medium, capturing a program which could otherwhise only be made available as an expensive 2CD set. At 20 Euros (approximately $31), the release is now more than reasonably priced. After spending a four month stint as an iTunes exclusive, it will become available at Webstores worldwide afterwards.
For fans of Christian Tetzlaff it might also be interesting to note that there is an interesting extensive podcast available from broadcaster “Deutsche Welle”. Interviewed by Breandáin O'Shea speaks out about his stance towards playing music(“The moment you have to convince somebody of some differences [in an interpretation], I’m not interested.”), composers he enjoys (“I always thought Ligeti was, after Bartok, one of the great composers”) as well as the reasons why he loves Brahms so much (“only because he comes from my hometown”).
The release of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto comes just moments before Christian Tetzlaff embarks on one of his busiest schedules this year, leading him from Italy to Salzburg and to Copenhagen.
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