Weinberg: Violin Concerto, Sonata for Two Violins
Gidon Kremer, Madara Pētersone (violin)
Daniele Gatti / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Accentus)
(scroll down for English review)
Kremer又出一張魏恩貝格專輯，兩首作品都是1959年創作。《小提琴協奏曲》有四個樂章，特別在中間兩個都是慢板。第一樂章的跳躍節奏很容易聯想到蕭斯達高維契同一年的《第一大提琴協奏曲》，但不同在樂隊的摩打式節奏有另一種動感。第二樂章充滿無奈，第三樂章得到更大的抒發，魏恩貝格點到即止，我覺得這兩個樂章是全曲最佳。第四樂章很像意大利舞曲，例如Funiculi Funicula那種，不過我覺得這樂章太平凡，不是恰當的終曲。
《雙小提琴奏鳴曲》有三個樂章，其實我也分不清Kremer是拉第一還是第二小提琴，在這樂曲兩者不分主屬，但音樂本身仍可以分得出旋律及伴奏，只是兩人交替主屬，不過只是聽是分不出。（又是）富跳躍感第一樂章似是全曲重心，結構暗藏着一個主題變奏，兩支小提琴的互相模倣、出出入入令這樂章富有前進動力。不過我較喜歡其餘兩個樂章，第二樂章先有一個凝重的慢板引子，轉到行板便是一首輕柔的小夜曲。第三樂章指示的速度好像很快，但本質較接近一首輕快的小步舞曲，然而味道卻不怎樣巴洛克音樂，而像蕭斯達高維契那種膽怯的譏諷。
The latest CD of Kremer plays Weinberg features two works from 1959. The Violin Concerto has four movements, the middle ones are both slow movements. The jaunty rhythm of the first movement brings to mind Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, also written in 1959. But the motoric rhythm of the orchestra provides an extra layer. The second movement has a sense of powerlessness that culminates in a catharsis in the third movement, but the emotions are promptly reined in. The fourth movement sounds like a tarantella or Funiculi Funicula, it’s too banal and not really an appropriate finale.
Sonata for Two Violins has three movements, I couldn’t really tell if Kremer was playing first or second fiddle. None of the two parts is the leader but still they take turns in taking up the melody and the accompaniment. Much of the momentum of the first movement derives from the crisscrossing of the two parts. Furthermore, this movement has a jaunty (again) rhythm and is a set of variations.
I prefer the other movements, though. The second movement starts with a sustained Adagio, leading to a serenade-like Andante. The third movement has a brisk metronome marking but the music is quite light-hearted. But it isn’t a baroque minuet that is hinted, rather the timid sarcasm of Shostakovich.