Michael Rabin Collection
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Composer: Ludwig van BeethovenComposer: Gabriel Faure
Composer: Niccolo Paganini
Conductor: Donald Voorhees
Orchestra: Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
Performer: Lothar Broddack
Performer: Michael Rabin
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2000-04-25
Music Label: Doremi Records
Soundtracks:
- Sonata for violin & piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3: Allegro assai
- Sonata for violin & piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3: Tempo di Minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
- Sonata for violin & piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3: Allegro vivace
- Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in A major, Op. 13: Allegro molto
- Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in A major, Op. 13: Andante
- Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in A major, Op. 13: Allegro vivo
- Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in A major, Op. 13: Allegro quasi presto
- Caprice for solo violin in E flat major (Sostenuto-Andante), Op. 1/17, MS 25/17
Music reviews of Michael Rabin Collection
Music Review: Pretty good, but Rabin fans will definitely want it
Rating: 4 Stars
It's unfortunate that the sole previous review says nothing about this particular issue, because one of my long-standing qualms about Doremi has been with its often harsh and excessive filtering which robs instruments of their tonal coloration and provides a backdrop of eerie and unnatural silence. Anyone who would be reading about this item already knows about Rabin's troubled life and his extraordinary technique, and repeating what is already known without giving particulars on the CD at hand is, shall we say, less than optimally helpful.
So, first things first: The sound is quite listenable, the Beethoven most so, with considerably less filtering than I had feared. in the two duo numbers (Beehoven VS #8 and Faur? VS #1) Rabin is spot-on with only a few missteps typical of live performance, imaginative in his phrasing and full of energy. He misses the ecstasy in the Faur?, but not damagingly so. Pianist Lothar Broddack does nothing to harm the proceedings. The flash-dash of the Paganini Etude #17 (strangely and unnecessarily accompanied by the "Bell Telephone" Orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees) is pretty much of a piece with the other Rabin performances of this music.
Now, if somebody who owns volume 2 in this series could give a point-by-point review, something more substantial than just saying he likes the Brahms Concerto, I'd be greatly obliged, and it might help me make up my mind whether to buy that set.
General CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Chamber Music > General
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( B ) > Beethoven, Ludwig van
- ( F ) > Faur?, Gabriel
- ( P ) > Paganini, Niccol?
- Featured Performers, A-Z > ( R ) > Rabin, Michael
- Historical Periods > Classical (c.1770-1830) > General
- Instruments > Strings > Violin
- Symphonies > General
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Works by Beethoven
- Classical - Featured Composers, A-Z - ( F ) - Faur?, Gabriel - General
- Classical - Featured Composers, A-Z - ( P ) - Paganini, Niccol? - General
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