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Beethoven, Sibelius: Violin Concertos
from: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0074644765922
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: January 03, 1992
Studio: Sony
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Editorial Review:
The Sibelius Violin Concerto was a David Oistrakh specialty. He brought to it a personal warmth and poetry, and he made the most of what critics call Sibelius's "Russian melancholy," which is the term applied to Russian music when it sounds most Finnish. But seriously, the great Finnish composer was a strong admirer of Tchaikovsky, whose Violin Concerto was another Oistrakh specialty. Eugene Ormandy's Sibelius credentials were similarly well established at the time that this great recording was made. At a budget price, with a terrific Beethoven Violin Concerto tossed in, you'd have to be nuts not to want to hear it. --David Hurwitz
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Pleased with Purchase
David Oistrakh plays the Sibelius as if he is in constant battle with the orchestra, putting himself in technical danger all the way through, and giving true desperation to an already magical peice of music.
If you love this concerto as I do, then you should own a copy of the heroic Oistrakh right next to your sinister Heifetz!
I was very pleased with the francescatti violin in the Beethoven concerto. I found myself whistling along with him (which doesn't happen often enough ... Read More
Rating: - Francescatti vs. Heifetz
I've owned this CD and the Heifetz/Reiner Beethoven for years, and it's hard to imagine that both violinists were playing from the same score. Francescatti makes a regular practice of holding a note just a bit, to shape a phrase or add emphasis. Heifetz makes a consistent practice of avoiding this and moving briskly on--which raises the issue of tempo: in the first movement, Heifetz takes a full 2 minutes less than Francescatti (despite Heifetz' somewhat elaborate cadenza), and the remaining movements ... Read More
Rating: - The gentleman of the violin!
Zino Francescati was a very solvent violinist with a pleasant tune and a warmth temperament. His phrasing was kind and delicate, and this is perhaps his main virtue and his main defect, because many works don't resist such approach.
But in this case, Beethoven' s Violin Concerto works out because the sublime inspiration of this Opus, allows to be expressed under this considerations and particularly this vision is carefully performed in this case.
Elegance and refinement ... Read More
Rating: - masters at work
Francescatti's Beethoven concerto is shapely and engaging, and the playing is warm and refined throughout. My ultimate preferences with this piece are Shumsky's 1988 recording with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Davis, and Menuhin's recording under Furtwangler, but I admire Francescatti's beautiful lines and devoted intelligence. The reason, however, for seizing this remarkable offer (who knows anymore how long any recording will remain available!) has to be Oistrakh's incomparable recording of the Sibelius ... Read More
Rating: - Two Violin Concerti - Two wonderful recordings
I don't play the violin at all, but I love these two concerti (They're among my favorites for violin).
The Beethoven is pretty good, actually very good. This is one of the first pieces I heard live at a concert. The length of the whole piece doesn't matter when you're actually listening to it. I've heard more romantic versions, but I actually prefer Francescatti's interpretation. It's very fine, nothing too showy to make the music more than what it is. For a more "modern" recording, I would choose ... Read More
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