News
NEWS
2021 - Release of "Impressions" - Radio Romania
2021 - Release of Eugène Ysaÿe - "Violin Discoveries" - divine art
2019 - H.W.ERNST - Complete works for violin- volume 6
2017 - Release of George Enescu - "Caprice Roumain" - GRAFOART
2017 - Release of Theodor Grigoriu - The four seasons - Casa Radio
2016 - Release of H.W.Ernst - vol. no.5 - Toccata Classics
New release
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Complete Music, Volume Four
Catalogue Number: TOCC0189
Sherban Lupu, violin
Simfonia de Camera
Ian Hobson, conductor
Ciompi String Quartet
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812-65) was one of the leading musicians of his day, a friend of Berlioz, Chopin, Liszt and Mendelssohn, and for Joseph Joachim 'the greatest violinist I ever heard'. But the popular encore pieces by which Ernst is remembered today represent only a fraction of his output. This fourth CD - in a series of seven presenting all his compositions for the first time - contains some of his most important compositions: an early Concertino with a melancholy slow movement and charming waltz finale; the fiendishly difficult Concerto that had a deep influence not only on Liszt's Piano Sonata but also the Brahms and Sibelius violin concertos; and the late String Quartet, with echoes of Beethoven and Mendelssohn and an inwardness, charm and energy all of its own.
Artists:
|
|
|
| Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer | Sherban Lupu, violin | Ian Hobson, piano |
Musicweb review - click here
Latest Post
News Blog
Post?ri recente
Testimoniale
but Lupu himself, a unifying presence ... gives some remarkable performances
stunning performances of works both familiar and unfamiliar by violinist Sherban Lupu
Lupu’s vibrato widens and intensifies for the ‘pathetic’ sensibility
Sherban Lupu, in whom Ernst’s music finds a dedicated and brilliant exponent
with his lithe tone and sparkling, relatively small-scale sound, Sherban Lupu
it’s clearly a labour of love for the Romanian fiddle player
more intuitive way of making his acquaintance, by listening to the uniformly excellent performances of his music
ein feines Karacho, ein Säbeln und Rasseln, plötzliche Exotismen und Vogelgezwitscher
interpretata stralucitor,pasionant, de violonistul Sherban Lupu
Sherban Lupu....is as much at home with the fiendish finger-breaker.
Lupu demonstrates a splendid command of both its more static legato moments and its increasingly virtuosic demands
Superbly done all around
Lupu, ... astonishes and bewitches in equal measure
Sherban Lupu epouse a merveille l" esprit cabotin du compositeur dans ces deux premieres volumes,riches de nombreux inedits
the coruscating spiccato figurations are every bit as dazzling as the left-hand pyrotechnics
that sense seeps through every measure of Lupu’s performance
Songlines
Somehow Lupu has the spirit, dash and verve
The New Gazette
and this suite offered challenges to Lupu s fine virtuosity
Musikzeitung
Violin playing of enormous competence
Diabolical indeed is the adjective that best describes this recital of Sherban Lupu
Independent
a superb violinist whose playing style is remarkably
Ginta Latina
le poseda in cel mai inalt grad
Gramophon
Lupu and Gheorghiu are truly exceptional
Actualitatea Muzicala
The response from the public was gratifying
Its impulsive declamatory phrases, clipped gruppetti and affecting portamentos were all played with an impeccable sense of style
