Violin Concerto (Rubinstein)

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The Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 46, is the sole violin concerto by Anton Rubinstein.

Written in the Romantic style in 1857, when the composer was 28 years old, it was published by C.F. Peters in 1859 with a dedication to violinist Henryk Wieniawski.

The work makes virtuoso demands of its soloist; and its character is more German in the tradition of Mendelssohn than Russian, likely all factors in its failure to claim a place in the standard repertory.

August Wilhelmj arranged the concerto in an edition for violin with orchestra or piano. According to Goby Eberhardt, who studied with Wilhelmj, Rubinstein was displeased with Wilhelmj's arrangement.

Structure

The concerto is in three movements:

Moderato assai
Andante
Moderato assai

References

External links

Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 46: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Robinson, Bradford. Anton Rubinstein: Concerto in G major for Violin and Orchestra, op. 46 (1857). Musikproduktion Höflich.
Walker, Raymond (2001). "Review - Rubinstein, A: Violin Concerto/Cui, C: Suite Concertante - Naxos 8.555244". MusicWeb International.

Anton Rubinstein

List of compositions

Operas

Dmitry Donskoy (1852)
Fomka the Fool (1853)
Die Kinder der Heide (1861)
Feramors (1863)
Der Thurm zu Babel (1870)
The Demon (1871)
Die Maccabäer (1875)
Néron (1879)
The Merchant Kalashnikov (1880)
Moses (1892)
Christus (1895)

Symphonies

Symphony No. 1 in F major, Op. 40 (1849 or 1850)
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 42 (1851, rev. 1863, 1880)
Symphony No. 3 in A major, Op. 56 (1854-55)
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 95 (1874)
Symphony No. 5 in G minor, Op. 107 (1880)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor, Op. 111 (1886)

Concertante

Piano

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 25 (1850)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 35 (1851)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in G major, Op. 45 (1853-4)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 70 (1864)
Fantasy in C major, Op. 84 (orig. for pf solo, 1869; arr. pf and orch, 1880)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 94 (1874)
Caprice Russe, in C minor, Op. 102 (1878?)
Konzertstück in A flat major, Op. 113 (1889)

Violin	Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 46 Romance et caprice, Op. 86

Cello	Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 65 Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 96