Special offer. Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Järnefelt: Berceuse, Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.2, Op. 61
Lea Birringer (violin), Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, Benjamin Shwartz
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2025, Concerto Choice
What makes these recordings special is the character of Birringer’s musicianship...Birringer’s tone has a beautifully varied range of light and shade spontaneous poise, and beautifully varied...
Special offer. Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Järnefelt: Berceuse, Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.2, Op. 61
Lea Birringer (violin), Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, Benjamin Shwartz
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2025, Concerto Choice
What makes these recordings special is the character of Birringer’s musicianship...Birringer’s tone has a beautifully varied range of light and shade spontaneous poise, and beautifully varied...
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The atmospheric opening of Sibelius' violin concerto transports the listener directly to the wide open, forested landscape of Finland. While it signalled farewell to Sibelius' dream of becoming a virtuoso violinist, the concerto remains a supreme challenge to performers today.
Though simpler, the Berceuse by Sibelius' brother-in-law, Armas Järnefelt (1869–1958) is equally touching and sentimental. Inspired by the sight of his two year old daughter sleeping, it was written in 1904, around the time when Sibelius' Violin Concerto was originally completed.
Karol Szymanowski called his second violin concerto 'horribly sentimental', emblematic of the lush romantic style influenced by Richard Strauss, Stravinsky’s early ballets and of course, Polish traditional music particularly that of the Gorals in the highlands of Southern Poland. Lea Birringer's impressive musicality has been acknowledged in numerous prizes and awards, including winning the Johannes Brahms International Violin Competition and a Rodolfo Lipizer Prize.
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BBC Music MagazineJune 2025Concerto Choice
June 2025
What makes these recordings special is the character of Birringer’s musicianship...Birringer’s tone has a beautifully varied range of light and shade spontaneous poise, and beautifully varied range of light and shade which make the first movement of the Sibelius, especially, a memorable experience.
May 2025
Birringer is a fine, poetically inclined player, who conjures some ravishing playing in the quieter sections of Sibelius’s opening Allegro moderato and central Adagio di molto. She is capable of injecting considerable fire and passion into her playing, which a fully rounded interpretation of the Sibelius really needs.
