Joshua Brown / Grand Caprice for violin solo, based on Schubert‘s Erlkönig By Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst

"Who rides, so late, through night and wind?
It is the father with his child.
He has the boy well in his arm....
He holds him safely, he keeps him warm."
This is a part of the lyrics of Goethe´s "Erlkönig". Such powerful lyrics have invited Schubert to create music for piano and voice. The incredible violinist and virtuoso Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst was not less inspired by the "Erlkönig" and created the Grand Caprice for violin solo based on Schuberts music.
Joshua Brown, who is currently located in Chicago, decided to share with us his interpretation of this work and we thank him very much for it. We look forward to hearing Joshua "live" next May 2021 in Saint Petersburg at the International Musical Olympus Festival.
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[@sylatire7761]

Beautiful interpretation
And this is totally of topic
But i stfg i dreamed once about being in that house

[@user-hk6bf4yo3x]

Clearly shows how difficult this piece is

[@Musicrafter12]

1:22 why the truncation? Almost a whole bar missing. He's done it in other recordings too, this isn't just a one-off mistake.

[@marcvongarrel]

So, I’ve seen some interpretations, some too fast, some with too few dramatics. I believe this is the best, because the tempo is perfectly chosen and unlike Hilary Hahn he still is able to make the right parts dramatic enough. Greetings

[@rainchen7846]

I think Hilary's version is better in some ways because she somehow makes the piece sound melodically singing, as if someone is singing this. This version however sounded as if the singer had a sore throat, but it's reasonable since the singing effect that Hilary achieved is difficult to do with all the double stops.