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Maria Duenas

Beethoven and Beyond

Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: May 5, 2023

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1 Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 / I. Allegro ma non troppo (Cadenza: Dueñas)  
2 II. Larghetto (Cadenza: Dueñas)  
3 III. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza: Dueñas)  
4 Spohr: Concertante in G Major for Violin and Harp, WoO 13: Adagio  
5 Ysaÿe: Berceuse Op. 20  
6 Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83  
7 Wieniawski: Légende in G minor, Op. 17  
8 Kreisler: Liebesleid  
9 Spohr: Cadenza (to Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo)  
10 Ysaÿe: Cadenza (to Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo)  
11 Saint-Saëns: Cadenza (to Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo)  
12 Wieniawski: Cadenza (to Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo)  
13 Kreisler: Cadenza (to Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo)  
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“You can’t rely on virtuosity in Beethoven’s concerto; you have to reveal yourself,” says María Dueñas. And that can only be done through sound.” The supremely talented Spanish violinist will launch her Deutsche Grammophon career in bold fashion by delivering an intriguingly individual interpretation of the Beethoven Violin Concerto, one of the most musically demanding and emotionally profound works in the repertoire. The concerto was recorded live during a recent run of three acclaimed performances at Vienna’s Musikverein with the Wiener Symphoniker and Manfred Honeck. It is now the opening work on her DG debut album, Beethoven and Beyond. Featuring her own newly written cadenzas for each movement, the recording reveals María Dueñas as both performer and composer. 

The album also includes a series of both popular and lesser-known showpieces for violin and orchestra by Kreisler, Saint-Saëns, Spohr, Wieniawski and Ysaÿe. To complement these works and the concerto, Dueñas has recorded a companion disc of cadenzas written for the first movement of the Beethoven by those same five composers. Beethoven and Beyond is scheduled for release on 5 May 2023.

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