Hilary Hahn new CD: Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4 - Violin Concertos with The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under the baton of Paavo Järvi for Deutsche Grammophon, released on March 31 of 2015.
"Without a doubt, she is the most complete, perfect, and intelligent interpreter of her instrument so far in the 21st century." - El Mundo
Hilary Hahn's newest album, Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4 - Violin Concertos, is her first recording with The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Paavo Järvi, after performing and touring with the ensemble and conductor for many years. The disc released on March 31 of 2015.
After more than three decades of violin playing, Mozart 5 and Vieuxtemps 4 are two concertos that have been part of her repertoire since she was ten years old. Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No.4 was the last large piece she learned with Klara Berkovich, her teacher from age's five to ten. Several months later, Mozart 5 was the first concerto that Jascha Brodsky taught her at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Hahn writes about Mozart, "It is fun to delve into his ingenuity and emotional directness, his writing speaking directly to listeners while performers delight in his myriad clever phrases. As a result, Mozart improves moods; when I look around the stage at people playing his works, I always see smiles." On this recording, Hahn plays the cadenzas by Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim.
About Vieuxtemps Concerto No.4, Hahn explains "This concerto is operatically lyrical and demands flexibility, panache, focus, a flair for drama, and chamber-music-style unity even in its most symphonic dimensions."
