On ‘An Early Evening Stroll’ we continue exploring Anton Arenski’s (1861-1906) oeuvre. The scherzo from his 1st piano trio is often performed separately, because it is so incredibly sparkly. Though the rest of this trio is also worth listening to. We will be listening to a warm-blooded elite performance by the Borodin Trio. Arenski’s violin concerto is not an everyday affair. Yet violin legend Heifetz found the fragment “Tempo di valse” so worthwhile that he made an arrangement of it to perform as an encore.
Anton Arenski: 1st Piano trio in D minor opus 32
Borodin Trio
Anton Arenski: Violin concerto in A minor, opus 54.
Ilja Gringolts, violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov
Anton Arenski: Tempo di valse (arr. Heifetz) from Violin concerto in A minor op. 54
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Emanuel Bay, piano
Anton Arenski: ‘Cadence de la harpe’ from ‘Egyptian Nights’ op. 50
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky
