Paris-based violinist Liya Petrova was trained by Antje Weithaas at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin. With her new album Momentum 2, she continues her musical exploration between orchestral and chamber music: she juxtaposes Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Violin Concerto, Op. 35, with Richard Strauss’ Violin Sonata, Op. 18 – a fascinating encounter between the golden age of Hollywood and German Jugendstil. Once again she will be accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Duncan Ward. This time, Alexandre Kantorow, winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, will be playing the piano.

Korngold uses elements of his film music in his concerto, which began in 1945. He draws on Another Dawn, Anthony Adverse and The Prince and the Pauper. The critic Wilhelm Altmann called the violin sonata by Richard Strauss ‘a sparklingly witty piece’ whose virtuosity and colourfulness transcend all boundaries. ‘To accompany the Korngold concerto,’ says Liya Petrova, “I immediately thought of Strauss” sonata. Strauss played a major role in Korngold’s life: both shared the experience of a musical and ambitious father. Strauss was successively an inspiration and musical influence for the Viennese child prodigy, one of his first supporters and friends in the musical community.’

The first part of Momentum was released in 2023, in which Liya Petrova dedicated herself to two works from the first half of the 20th century: the Violin Concerto, Op. 30 by William Walton and the Violin Sonata, P. 110 by Ottorino Respighi with pianist Adam Laloum. The violin virtuoso gained international attention in 2016 at the latest when she won first prize at the International Carl Nielsen Violin Competition. She has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras such as the Orchestre de Paris and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. She has worked with conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, Krzysztof Penderecki, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Elim Chan and Michael Sanderling.

01. I. Moderato nobile
02. II. Romance
03. III. Allegro assai vivace
04. I. Allegro, ma non troppo
05. II. Andante cantabile
06. III. Finale. Andante
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