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TPD1039046
Digital Release date: January 2011
Zoë
Beyers
MENDELSSOHN
South African-born star violinist, Zoe
Beyers, currently Associate Leader of the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
releases her Debut Disc on the TwoPianists
Label. She joins Luis Magalhaes (piano)
and the Stellenbosch University Camerata
for a disc of unusual Mendelssohn works.
The Concerto for Violin and Piano in D
minor is coupled with the early Concerto
in D minor and balanced with the String
Symphony no.10 in B minor, to highlight the
composer’s opulent string writing.
Where Mendelssohn wrote of his famous
octet that the players should inspire to be
a symphony, the works chosen for this
disk strives for the reverse. The Camerata
performs without conductor, resulting in an
element of intensity normally associated
with a chamber performance. Simplicity
of structure and translucence of texture
supports the exuberant virtuosity of
Mendelssohn’s writing.
Zoë Beyers made her debut at age eleven with the Scottish Chamber
Orchestra and has been in demand as soloist and chamber musician
in Europe and in her native South Africa. As Associate Leader of the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra she is one of the youngest
violinists to be appointed in this position. Zoë youth is matched to that
of Luis Magalhaes, founder of TwoPianists Records and award-winning
Portuguese pianist, as well as the recently established Stellenbosch
University Camerata. Magalhaes regularly appears in concert with
his wife, Nina Schumann, and has produced two disks to stunning
international acclaim. The Stellenbosch Camerata, consisting of staff
and students from Stellenbosch University in South Africa, burst onto
the international scene with their first disk of the Vivaldi and Piazzolla
Four Seasons, stunningly lead by Daniel Rowland.
The combination of works on this all-Mendelssohn disk carries not only
the simplicity of structure and translucence of texture of Mendelssohn’s
works, but brings the element of virtuosity endemic to an ensemble
performing without conductor. On offer is a youthful composer in his
String Symphony no.10, the beautiful Violin Concerto in D minor and
the tour-de-force Concerto for Violin and Piano in D minor.
This disk is distributed under the TwoPianists Debut label that aims to
provide a platform for young international musicians of excellence.
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CONCERTO IN D MINOR FOR VIOLINAND
STRING ORCHESTRA (1822)
EDITED BY YEHUDI MENUHIN
1 - Allegro
2 - Andante
3 - Allegro
STRING SYMPHONY NO. 10
IN B MINOR (1823)
4 - Adagio - Allegro
CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, PIANO
AND STRING ORCHESTRA (1823)
WITH LUIS MAGALHÃES (PIANO)
5 - Allegro
6 - Adagio
7 - Allegro molto
Total: 73:46
Artists: Zoë Beyers (violin)
Stellenbosch Camerata
Luis Magalhães (piano)
Title: Zoë Beyers - Mendelssohn
Label: TwoPianists DEBUT
File Under: Classical
Catalogue #: TPD1039046
Configuration: Single Jewelbox
UPC: 6-009801-039046
Recorded in 2009
South Africa