Renaud Capuçon on the Korngold Violin Concerto
Renaud Capuçon steps into the spotlight with a celebrity concerto straight from the silver screen
Ask Renaud Capuçon about his passion for the Korngold Violin Concerto and the French violinist can’t help but state a deep personal connection. “I made my debut with the Berlin Philharmonic in the Korngold,” he says. At that 2002 debut, the 33-year-old Capuçon had replaced Gil Shaham on the program. And he forged another personal link with this still somewhat unknown piece, which he recently recorded: he closed the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France’s 2008–09 season with the Korngold conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
On the new EMI recording, Capuçon juxtaposes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, a pair of works separated by 140 years, yet sharing a strong lyrical quality and a fair share of fireworks. “They’re my favorite concertos,” he says, “along with the Mendelssohn and Brahms.”
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