Niklas Liepe - Mendelssohn - Händel (2025) [Official Digital Download]

On his album "Händel - Mendelssohn", to be released in 2025, violinist Niklas Liepe combines Mendelssohn's famous violin concerto with fascinating, contemporary arrangements of popular works by George Frideric Handel. The new album "Händel - Mendelssohn" by violinist and OPUS Klassik winner Niklas Liepe will be released by Sony Classical on June 13. On it, the musician known for his creative repertoire concepts, supported by the NDR Radiophilharmonie, combines Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Violin Concerto in E minor with new variations on well-known melodies by George Frideric Handel. Pianist, composer and arranger Tim Allhoff has reworked the well-known aria "Lascia ch'io panga" from the opera "Rinaldo" and the coronation hymn "Zadok, the Priest" for solo violin, piano and orchestra, while violinist and composer Aleksey Igudesman contributes his "Peace-acaglia", a four-movement variation on Handel's "Passacaglia". Composer and pianist Florian Christl sets a minimalist counterpoint to the original with his variation on the striking theme of Mendelssohn's violin concerto. "Mendelssohn and Handel have inspired me since I was a child. Their clear forms and flowing melodies are simply inspiring. On my album, I wanted to show the different colors in which these melodies shine and how these forms can be reinterpreted," explains Niklas Liepe. Mendelssohn's violin concerto is the historical point of reference to which all the pieces on the album converge.

TRACKLIST

1 Mendelssohn Variation (After Violin Concerto, Op.64/MWV O14: I. Allegro molto appassionato) - Liepe, Niklas & NDR Radiophilharmonie & Nils Liepe & Joseph Bastian
2 Handel Lascia ch'io pianga Reflection (From Rinaldo, HWV 7b, Arr. for Violin, Piano and Orchestra by Tim Allhoff) - NDR Radiophilharmonie
3 Handel Zadok Variation (From Zadok, the Priest, HWV 258, Arr. for Violin, Piano and Orchestra by Tim Allhoff) - Liepe, Niklas & NDR Radiophilharmonie & Nils Liepe & Joseph Bastian
4 I. Epic Peace - NDR Radiophilharmonie
5 II. Peaceful Eyes
6 III. Just a Jest
7 IV. Fabulous Final
8 I. Allegro molto appassionato - NDR Radiophilharmonie
9 II.1 Andante
10 II.2 Allegretto non troppo
11 III. Allegro molto vivace



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