![]() ![]() The interpretations presented here cover a small, but probably representative fractions of what is available.Ī partial list of cadenzas is shown in the Wikipedia entry to the concerto here’s a list of cadenzas for which I either have the sheet music, and/or which are played by the artists in this comparison: Beethoven’s Cadenzas for the Piano Transcription (op.61a) A large number of violinists and composers have written cadenzas for this concerto. There, he has indeed written cadenzas, among them a very long one for the first movement, interestingly with participation of the timpani. But he has transcribed the concerto for piano and orchestra (op.61a). ![]() Beethoven has not composed any cadenzas for the violin concerto. 8 – 10 minutes) is a Rondo of 360 bars a fermata in bar 279 is marked “ Solo Cadenza“ the piano transcription also features a short cadenza in bar 92, before the Rondo theme returns for the first time.Īll movements offer opportunities for cadenzas: a big one in the first movement (bar 511), one at the end of the second movement (bar 91), leading into the final movement, and one (possibly two) cadenzas in the last movement (bar 279, possibly also at bar 92), see the discussion below. 8 – 12 minutes) is 91 bars and ends in a cadenza ( ad lib.), followed immediately by the last movement: III. Allegro ma non troppo, 4/4įor Beethoven’s time, the first movement in this concerto is very long: 535 bars, excluding the cadenza Fritz Kreisler’s cadenza (as a typical / representative example) adds another 65 bars, adding up to a total of 22 – 25 minutes. I’m not posting score samples in the text below. The violin concerto follows the “classic” path by featuring three movements, along the scheme fast - slow - fast. The work is so well-known that I’ll refer to Wikipedia and literature for further information. That’s something hardly imaginable today, in a time where everybody expects perfection down to the tiniest of details. The work was allegedly premiered with the soloist (Franz Clement) sight-reading his part, because the composer was late in finishing the composition. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) wrote his Violin Concerto in D major, op.61 in 1806. Several of these were also present in my LP collection, additional recordings were added as CDs or digital downloads, in order to have more recent interpretations for comparison. My listening sequence is neither alphabetic nor chronological. In the discussion below, I deal with the recordings in alphabetic order. ![]()
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