拉羅:西班牙交響曲/聖桑:第三號小提琴協奏曲 詹姆士.艾尼斯 小提琴 璜侯.梅納 指揮 BBC愛樂管弦樂團 James Ehnes / Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Saint-Saens: Violin concerto No. 3

拉羅: 西班牙交響曲 / 聖桑: 第三號小提琴協奏曲 / 薩拉沙泰: 卡門幻想曲
詹姆士.艾尼斯 小提琴
璜侯.梅納 指揮
BBC愛樂管弦樂團

薩拉沙泰出生於西班牙潘普洛納(Pamplona), 在稚嫩的十二歲時就已經成為備受讚譽的小提琴演奏名家. 這位神童被送至巴黎的國立高等音樂舞蹈學院 (Paris Conservatoire)深造, 而他就在巴黎度過剩餘的一生. 身為一位在國內外非常熱門的獨奏家, 有許多作曲家重要的協奏曲都是為他而寫的, 從布魯赫(Max Bruch)到亨利克-維尼亞夫斯基(Henryk Wieniawski). 拉羅的(西班牙交響曲 Symphonie espagnole)是為薩拉沙泰而寫的, 並由他於1875年在巴黎首演此曲. 此作品分成五個樂章, 充滿了西班牙風味的主題, 旋律和影響, 是當時在法國流行的曲風. 聖桑在1880年寫的第三號小提琴協奏曲也是為薩拉沙泰創作的. 以作曲家一貫的清晰, 精緻, 近似古典的風格, 此作品是他的三首小提琴協奏曲中最常被演奏的. 這張專輯以薩拉沙泰自己寫的比才卡門幻想曲做結尾 – 是這位獨奏家技藝精湛的傑出作品, 在此由詹姆士.艾尼斯精采的演出.

Pablo de Sarasate was born in Pamplona, Spain, and became an acclaimed virtuoso of the violin by the tender age of twelve. The child prodigy was sent away to study at the Paris Conservatoire, and Sarasate spent the rest of his life in Paris. In demand nationally and internationally as a soloist, he was the dedicatee of a large number of important concertos by composers ranging from Max Bruch to Henryk Wieniawski. Lalos Symphonie espagnole was composed for Sarasate, who gave the Paris premiere, in 1875. The work is laid out in five movements and bristles with Spanish themes, rhythms, and influences, which were very much the vogue in France at that time. Also composed for Sarasate, the Third Violin Concerto of Saint-Saens was composed in 1880. Written in his usual clear, refined, almost classical style, the work has endured as the most played of his three violin concertos. The album is completed with Sarasates own fantasia on Bizets Carmen – a virtuosic tour de force for the soloist, brilliantly played here by James Ehnes.