Adams: Violin Concerto – Leila Josefowicz

La talentueuse violoniste Leila Josefowicz enregistre le concerto pour violon de John Adams, compositeur américain minimaliste qui a su écrire une musique facile d’accès tout en explorant divers genres de musique.

De getalenteerde violiste Leila Josefowicz maakte een opname van het vioolconcerto van John Adams, een Amerikaanse componist met roots in het minimalisme die toegankelijke muziek schrijft terwijl hij verschillende muziekgenres verkent.

   in Classical Music (May, 2018)
Leila Josefowicz is a great champion of the music of John Adams, and perhaps there is an element of her as his muse; her premiere of Adams’ 50-minute Scheherazade 2, with the LSO under the composer, was one of the highlights of the 2016/17 London season.

Here, though, we have the 1993 violin concerto. The quarter-hour first movement of the concerto never seems to let up; Adams avoids crowding the listener through a sense of unstoppable momentum. The second movement is a chaconne, ‘Body through which the dream flows,’ shot through with aching lyricism. Josefowicz is capable of the sweetest, most poignant tone; subtle dissonances unsettle the listener. Adams ensures the …