Title: Concertos from the Caucasus, Vol. 1 - Three Violin Concertos Artist: Karen Bentley Pollick Label: Toccata Next Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 5060640070387 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2025-07-18 Number of Discs: 1
In the early years of the twentieth century a first wave of composers in the Caucasus laid down the basis of their national schools by grafting the outlines of western classical music onto local folk traditions. By mid-century a second generation took up the challenge more thoroughly, their compositions confidently handling the large forms of the concert hall, though still drawing on regional idioms. The Soviet orthodoxy of the day expected it's composers to abide by the rules, but the three composers heard here - two Azeris and a Georgian, all young men when they wrote the violin concertos on this album - brought something fresh and individual to the task, marrying east and west, form and freedom, tradition and originality.
Tracks: 1.1 Violin Concerto in D minor~I. Allegro 1.2 Violin Concerto in D minor~II. Andante sostenuto 1.3 Violin Concerto in D minor~III. Allegro vivo 1.4 Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor~I. Allegretto 1.5 Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor~II. Largo 1.6 Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor~III. Allegro 1.7 Violin Concerto in D minor~I. Allegro 1.8 Violin Concerto in D minor~II. Andante sostenuto 1.9 Violin Concerto in D minor~III. Allegro con brio
