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Hahn, Hilary (Violinist); Wolff, Hugh (Conductor) & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra : Hilary Hahn: Barber & Meyer Violin Concertos

Sony Classical Entertainment, New York City, NY, 2000

ISBN B00004RBXW

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Hilary Hahn collectible item. A pristine copy of the Compact Disc (CD) recording of "Barber & Meyer Violin Concertos", signed by Hilary Hahn. One of Hilary Hahn's finest achievements. The first release of the CD. Presents Hilary Hahn's "Barber & Meyer Violin Concertos". Significantly expands the violin concerto repertoire. "These two American violin concertos, written 60 years apart, were both commissioned for a young virtuoso, but are basically songful and lyrical. Indeed, though the Barber is now a staple of the repertoire, its beautiful first two movements were originally rejected as not effective enough, the brilliantly motoric Finale as too difficult. Meyer's was written in 1999 for Hilary Hahn, who premiered it in 2000, and for whom nothing is too difficult. She seems equally at home in all the various styles Meyer combines with his usual inventiveness, making the lovely folksong-like melody, which opens the piece and re-appears later, sing and soar, then turning into a bluegrass fiddler, swinging along and trading riffs with the orchestra, using drones to produce astonishing double stops. She is a superb violinist, brilliant but not showy. Her tone is strikingly beautiful, warm, pure, focussed, and she can vary and intensify it with bow and vibrato. Her concentrated expressiveness never flags" (Edith Eisler). Most astonishingly, Hilary Hahn was barely 19 years old when she recorded, definitively, these pieces. An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Hilary Hahn collectors. This copy of the Compact Disc (CD) of "Barber & Meyer Violin Concertos" is very boldly and beautifully signed and inscribed in black pen-marker in front by the artist: "To Elaine, Hilary Hahn". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient, who is named, is known personally to the artist. This title is a great CD recording. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Hilary Hahn seldom does public signings, and when she does, limits what she is willing to sign to one piece per person, making signed materials scarce. A rare signed copy thus. One of the greatest violinists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER HILARY HAHN TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN B00004RBXW.

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