德佛札克/蘇克 :小提琴協奏曲 恩碧歐.荷姆欣 小提琴 Eldbjorg Hemsing plays Dvorak and Suk

Highly acclaimed, EldbjorgHemsing'srecent recording début was an unexpected juxtaposition of a concerto by her nearly-forgotten compatriot Hjalmar Borgstromand Shostakovich's celebrated Violin Concerto No. 1 (BIS-2366). The disc that she follows this up with combines two works that make more natural bedfellows, however: the two Czech composers Antonin Dvořakand Josef Suk were particularly closely linked, in that Suk wasn't only Dvořak'sfavouritestudent, but also his son-in-law. Both had also studied the violin, which makes it somewhat surprising that Dvořak'sConcertoand Suk's Fantasyare their only large-scale concertanteworks for the instrument.

Commenting on her choice of repertoire, EldbjorgHemsingremembers how her brother used to play the Dvořakconcerto over and over again in her childhood. This awakened a curiosity about the work and its composer which later led to her discovery of Suk's music. She became fascinated by the eloquence of the Czech idiom that the two composers share, despite their many differences in expression and style. The disc closes with an arrangement for violin and orchestra of what is possibly Suk's best-known piece, Liebeslied(Love Song) for piano solo. Composed in 1893, around the time that the 19-year-old composer met his future wife, OtilieDvořak, it is an unashamedly romantic piece which has been arranged numerous times. In these warmly scored works, EldbjorgHemsingis supported by the AntwerpSymphony Orchestra(formerlyknownas the Royal Flemish Philharmonic) under Alan Buribayev.