DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto & Serenade for Strings (CAvi) / Album / Camerata Bern, Antje Weithaas | Deutsche Grammophon

Recording on our partner label CAvi Music, violinist Antje Weithaas and the Camerata Bern release their album, on which they perform Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A Minor and his Serenade for Strings.

On the one hand, Dvořák’s violin concerto is a large-scale symphonic tapestry for soloist and orchestra; in contrast, his Serenade has a strong chamber music feel to it. Written in 1875 and premiered in 1876, the Serenade is among Dvořák’s most popular works.

On the perhaps less well-known violin concerto from 1879 Antje Weithaas comments: “It’s a gorgeous piece, but difficult to play. Tricky passages await the soloist right at the beginning. No violinist feels at ease when going onstage to play this concerto! But the musical content is magnificent, and we should all do justice to this work by rising to the challenge.”