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Francesca Dego, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Dalia Stasevska - Brahms & Busoni: Violin Concertos (2024)

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Francesca Dego, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Dalia Stasevska - Brahms & Busoni: Violin Concertos (2024)

Francesca Dego, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Dalia Stasevska - Brahms & Busoni: Violin Concertos (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 227 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 143 Mb | 01:01:25
Classical | Label: Chandos Records

The celebrated violinist Francesca Dego is joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and her regular collaborator Dalia Stasevska for this recording of the violin concertos by Brahms and Busoni. A cornerstone of the repertoire, Brahms’s Concerto dates from 1878, a year after the Second Symphony, and was composed for (and dedicated to) the virtuoso Joseph Joachim. The Concerto takes the standard three-movement form, and as in Beethoven’s Concerto (considered by many as Brahms’s inspiration for the work) the first movement is significant in its length and its complexity. Busoni’s Violin Concerto in its turn is inspired by both Brahms and Beethoven, and like both previous works it is in the key of D major. Premièred in Berlin in 1897 by the Dutch violinist Henri Petri, the Concerto is dazzlingly virtuosic.

Francesca Dego, Timothy Ridout, Laura van der Heijden & Federico Colli - Mozart: The Piano Quartets (2023)

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Francesca Dego, Timothy Ridout, Laura van der Heijden & Federico Colli - Mozart: The Piano Quartets (2023)

Francesca Dego, Timothy Ridout, Laura van der Heijden & Federico Colli - Mozart: The Piano Quartets (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 245 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 159 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:08:18
Classical | Label: Chandos Records

Following a highly successful series of concerts in the summer of 2022, Francesca Dego, Timothy Ridout, Laura van der Heijden, and Federico Colli headed into the studio to record Mozart’s Piano Quartets. Whilst he may not have been the first composer to add a viola to the popular piano trio, Mozart was certainly the first to do so with such outstanding success. In his piano quartets, the strings become an equal partner to the piano, rather than mere accompaniment – much as in his piano concertos.

Francesca Dego, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Sir Roger Norrington - Mozart: Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 (2022)

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Francesca Dego, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Sir Roger Norrington - Mozart: Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 (2022)

Francesca Dego, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Sir Roger Norrington - Mozart: Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 311 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 163 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:07:56
Classical | Label: Chandos Records

Following their critically acclaimed first volume of Mozart’s violin concertos (CHAN 20234), Francesca Dego and Sir Roger Norrington complete the set, once again with outstanding support from a reduced Royal Scottish National Orchestra. This cycle not only represents the first time Sir Roger has recorded these concertos, but the present album is also his final recording project. All five concertos were written before Mozart was twenty; nevertheless, his rapid development as a composer is evident in the progression from the first to the fifth, which has an unusual Adagio section within the first movement, an extensive slow movement, and of course the extensive ‘Turkish’ episode in the final movement (probably based on Hungarian folk music). Whilst given on modern instruments with metal strings, these are performances immersed in Norrington’s lifetime of experience in period performance practise. As The Sunday Times noted of the first album: ‘Pairing the veteran Mozartian Norrington – a pioneer of historical performance practice – with the young Italian-American soloist Dego proves inspiring in what promises to be one of the freshest of recent cycles of the Mozart concertos.’

Francesca Dego & Francesca Leonardi - Mozart: Violin Sonatas KV. 301, KV. 303, KV. 305, KV. 454 (2022)

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Francesca Dego & Francesca Leonardi - Mozart: Violin Sonatas KV. 301, KV. 303, KV. 305, KV. 454 (2022)

Francesca Dego & Francesca Leonardi - Mozart: Violin Sonatas KV. 301, KV. 303, KV. 305, KV. 454 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 295 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 165 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:10:13
Classical | Label: Chandos Records

Following her critically acclaimed recording with Sir Roger Norrington and the RSNO of violin concertos by Mozart, Francesca Dego turns to a selection of his violin sonatas with her long-term recital partner, Francesca Leonardi. Dego comments: ‘Francesca and I have been playing together for seventeen years, more than half my life and the totality of my career. To work as a duo on a regular basis means reaching common interpretative solutions, ones that sum up each player’s qualities, and creates a great sense of mutual responsibility. What you do together somehow feels naturally complete. We decided to build this album around our very favourite Sonata, KV 454 in B flat major, which we had been performing for many years and in which Mozart’s simplicity and flamboyance coexist in perfect harmony.’

Francesca Dego - Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 (2021)

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Francesca Dego - Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 (2021)

Francesca Dego, Sir Roger Norrington, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Francesca Leonardi - Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 245 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 133 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:56:25
Classical | Label: Chandos Records

The virtuoso violinist Francesca Dego joins forces with the legendary conductor and period performance pioneer Sir Roger Norrington for this recording of Mozart’s Third and Fourth Violin Concertos – the first time either soloist or conductor has recorded the works. The outstanding musicians of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra provide the accompaniment, with reduced numbers of strings and antiphonal violin seating to replicate the size and seating of the Salzburg court orchestra which gave the first performances of these works. Norrington’s attention to detail and style is enthusiastically embraced by soloist and orchestra, resulting in a beautifully fresh and captivating interpretation of these well-known works. Dego completes the album with the Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 1 No. 4, with her regular recital partner, Francesca Leonardi.

Francesca Dego & Francesca Leonardi - Il Cannone: Francesca Dego plays Paganini's violin (2021)

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Francesca Dego & Francesca Leonardi - Il Cannone: Francesca Dego plays Paganini's violin (2021)

Francesca Dego & Francesca Leonardi - Il Cannone: Francesca Dego plays Paganini's violin (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 277 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 154 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:04:03
Classical | Label: Chandos Records

Paganini’s violin, the legendary ‘il Cannone’, made by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù in 1743, is one of the most important musical instruments in the history of Western music. Paganini was the greatest virtuoso of his time, acclaimed throughout Europe and an inspiration to performers and composers alike.