Valse-Scherzo

Vadim Repin, violin

Berliner Philharmoniker
Mariss Jansons, conductor

TV Director: Bob Coles
Recorded at the Waldbühne in Berlin (Germany)
© EuroArts Music International / brillant media / Sender Freies Berlin – 2002

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Vadim Repin is one of the most sought-after violinists of his generation, as shown by his presence at the Waldbühne in Berlin in 2002, where he performed with the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Mariss Jansons. In the video, you will find the famous "melody" extracted from Souvenir d'un lieu cher.

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Valse-Scherzo in C major, Op. 34

The Valse-Scherzo is a short piece (about 6 minutes) for violin and orchestra, composed by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Some say that it is Lalo's Symphonie espagnole, composed in 1874 and premiered in 1875, that pushed Tchaikovsky to write his Valse-Scherzo. It was premiered under the baton of…

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