Jean Sibelius / Carl Nielsen: Violin Concertos - Maxim Vengerov / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1996-09-03
Music Label: Teldec
Soundtracks:
- Violin Concerto Op. 47 In D Minor: Allegro moderato
- Violin Concerto Op. 47 In D Minor: Adagio di molto
- Violin Concerto Op. 47 In D Minor: Allegro, ma non tanto
- Violin Concerto Op. 33: Part I: Praeludium, Largo
- Violin Concerto Op. 33: Part I: Allegro cavalleresco
- Violin Concerto Op. 33: Part II: Poco adagio
- Violin Concerto Op. 33: Part II:Rondo, Allegretto scherzando
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Music Review: A different take on the Sibelius; wonderful Neilson
Rating: 3 Stars
I grew up listening to the Heifetz/Hendl/Chicago Symphony Orchestra performance of the Sibelus. That recording fully deserves all of the praise that it has received over the years. In spite of his perfect technique, Heifetz was sometimes critized for a purported lack of "charm" and "warmth" - perhaps, but these are certainly not qualities required for this concerto, and the entire recording, which has never been out of the catalog since its release in the 1960s, is embued with a cold fire. Other recordings, such as those of Chung/Previn, Oistrach/Ormandy, and Lin/Salonen are also all wonderful in their own ways.
Here, with Barenboim leading the same CSO that performed so marvelously for Hendl, I've never heard this concerto played so slowly. There is no reason why such a pace couldn't work. Certainly, many of the movements from the composer's symphonies can, and should be taken with great broadness and concentration, and they sound wonderful that way. Its a tribute to Vengerov that he can maintain the long line, but here Barenboim projects turgidity rather than lyrical sweep. And in the 3rd movement, the polar bears don't dance.
In the Nielsen, it is as if a different conductor were leading the band, with Barenboim and Vengerov producing one of the most distinguished recordings that I've ever heard of the work.
The 3 stars for the album represent 5 for the Nielson, and one for the Sibelius.
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