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From the world’s most famous musical city, Viennese violinist Benjamin Schmid is the ideal guide to its hidden gems: opulently Romantic Korngold; quirky postmodern HK Gruber; enthralling Schubert; and the other Waltz King, Lanner. Schmid’s mastery gives him the freedom to play with Viennese traditions, to improvise, to swing waltzes as Grappelli might have done as the night goes on.
Of Schmid's Bach, Gramophone magazine said: “Performances with more interest per bar than most can manage for an entire sonata.”
REPERTOIRE:
BACH Concerto for two violins, BWV1043
SCHUBERT Rondo in A, D438
KORNGOLD Lento religioso (from Symphonic Serenade)
HK GRUBER Violin Concerto, “Nebelsteinmusik” (Australian Premiere)
LANNER Die Werber
BREINSCHMID Musette pour Elisabeth & Wien Bleibt Krk (Australian Premiere)
ARTISTS:
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Schmid Guest Director and Lead Violin
Helena Rathbone Violin
REVIEWS/QUOTES:
"(Schmid is) a genius on his way to becoming Austria's most important violinist since Fritz Kreisler." Wiener Zeitung
“The ACO took the breath away. Such supple phrasing and dynamics! Such a gorgeous tone. Such freshness, passion, and commitment! This group must be the best chamber orchestra on earth.” The Times
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