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Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 46: I. Allegro con fermezza (Cadenza by Oistrakh) by Aram Khachaturian album cover

Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 46: I. Allegro con fermezza (Cadenza by Oistrakh)

by Aram Khachaturian

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About "Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 46: I. Allegro con fermezza (Cadenza by Oistrakh)" by Aram Khachaturian

Oistrakh's cadenza turns the concerto's opening into a tightrope walk over a dark orchestral chasm. The allegro con fermezza is all clenched-jaw resolve, the solo violin carving fierce, angular phrases that feel less like a performance than a dare issued to the void.