Édouard Lalo is one of the most original French composers. His music was inspired by Richard Wagner and is characterized by ingenious orchestration and memorable melodies. Due to having style unlike anyone else’s Lalo didn’t meet much success until his late forties, but it was worth it: at least he had never sacrificed his aesthetic ideals and had always been composing in the manner naturally inherent to him – something that anyone with strong personality can do justice to. In Lalo’s case not just anyone, but Tchaikovsky himself: great Russian composer was impressed with his Symphonie espagnole to such extent that wrote one of the best known violin concertos of all time (namely, Violin Concerto in В major, Op. 35). Well, if even Tchaikovsky didn’t remain indifferent towards it, you shouldn’t be disappointed as well. Download Lalo’s opus 21 here: Spanish Symphony in D Minor (for Violin and Piano).
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