Eugene Fodor, Kiyoshi Tomagawa - Witches Brew

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Music Review: Fodor's virtuosity showcased
Rating: 4 Stars

The production of this "theme" recording, with its somewhat cutesy title and artwork, is oddly uninformative and fails to reveal that some substantial music is included here: Brahms' Sonatensatz, Ravel's Tzigane and the final two movements of Paganini's Second Violin Concerto, "La Campanella," played in a heavily cut version with piano, but with the bell included in the rondo-finale (played by Fodor's wife!). The artist plays all of these, as well as the lighter pieces, with his usual fire, panache, and impeccable accuracy, if without a great deal of interpretive variety. The violin is recorded rather prominently, pushing the competent piano accompaniment into the background, but this is no more than what is called for by most of the music.

All in all, this is an enjoyable disc for aficionados of virtuoso string playing.

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