Violinist Silvia Marcovici - album release
Violinist Silvia Marcovici - album release
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the Legendary Treasures collection, the Canadian record label
DOREMI has released an album containing recordings from violinist
Silvia Marcovici's concerts. The album contains two CDs with Concertos
in D major by P.I. Tchaikovsky (with the Freiburg SWR Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Cristian Mandeal), J. Brahms (Stuttgart Radio Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Luis Antonio García Navarro), L. van Beethoven
(Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eliahu Inbal), Concerto
No. 3 in B minor by C. Saint Saens (Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Marcello Viotti) and Symphonie Espagnole by E. Lalo (Bucharest
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Cristian Mandeal),
Concerto No.1 in G minor by M. Bruch (Bucharest George Enescu
Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Horia Andreescu) and Concerto
No.2 by Béla Bartók (Budapest Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted
by Erich Bergel).
The album contains two CDs with four of the most important violin
concertos and a DVD with three concertante works. How did the selection
take place?
It was a collaboration between the parties involved, according to
everyone's availability. All the recordings collected on this album
are from my concerts.
Tchaikovsky's concerto and Lalo's Spanish Symphony were recorded
under Cristian Mandeal's baton, and you performed Max Bruch's Concerto
No. 1 under maestro Horia Andreescu's baton. What memories do you
have of these two important Romanian chief conductors?
I permanently keep in touch with Cristian Mandeal. My admiration for
him knows no bounds. I have performed with him very often and I hope
our collaboration will continue. He is a remarkable musician and an
unparalleled technician-conductor. My son, the pianist Aimo Pagin,
has recently performed with him and it has been a revelation to see
him yet again. The emotion was doubled by the fact that he was performing
with my son. I have a very good relationship with Horia Andreescu.
Unfortunately, I have not had the chance to perform with him these
past years, either abroad or here in Romania. It would be a pleasure
to be with him on stage again. He is an extremely talented conductor,
though his style differs completely from Cristian Mandeal's.
Your latest album is the first in a series. Can you tell us what is
going to be next?
Yes. DOREMI is bound to take an interest in my recordings with Valentin
Gheorghiu, probably Beethoven's sonatas. I am very sorry that Electrecord
did not do anything in order to complete this series of Beethoven's
sonatas with me and Valentin Gheorghiu. We do not have the third and
the sixth sonatas.
Is the album already in the shops?
In America and Canada it is already on sale, and it will soon be in
Europe too.
What other projects do you have?
In June I am performing with the National Radio Orchestra. I will
be at the Montpellier Festival, where I will be performing works by
Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky, on July 14th, along with Evgeny Kissin
(piano). I am currently teaching in Lausanne. I go back and forth
from Graz to Lausanne. In autumn, I am going on tour with Eliahu Inbal;
however, lately, my main activities have been teaching and chamber
music.
Author: Monica Isacescu
Translated by Martin Potter and Alina-Olimpia
Miron
MA Students, MTTLC, Bucharest University