Elgar Violin Concerto by Kyoko Takezawa and Sir Colin Davis

I have to confess I love Elgar's music, and his violin concerto in B minor is one of the most difficult in the violin repertoire. It was composed for Fritz Kreisler who performed its premiere in London in 1910 with the own Elgar conducting. Elgar's music was considered for many years out of fashion but fortunately it was at the end of the last century that it was restored to the general repertoire and actually every single violinist has recorded this beautiful concerto.

The Japanese violinist Kyoko Takezawa started his studies following the Suzuki method program. In 1989 she graduated at Juilliard. She played a Stradivarius loaned by the Nippon Music Foundation until it was sold by 3.5 million $ at auction in 2006. She possesses not merely a terrific technique but also the right temperament for Elgar. On the one hand she is not afraid of letting her imagination run away with her, and is well aware that Elgar includes virtuoso passagework for musical as well as technical reasons.

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