Friday 18 May 2007

At last I have enjoyed the Brahms Concerto for Violin & Cello! It is usually played as a Major Romantic Bravura Concerto for two instruments, and I find the whole thing overblown -- and usually with poor balance. But yesterday evening I put on the new recording from Pentatone featuring Julia Fischer and Daniel Müller-Schott (conductor Jakov Kreizberg) and was pleasantly surprised. It is played -- and recorded -- as a chamber music piece for violin, cello and orchestra. The balance is excellent and the music makes its points through the interventions of all three protagonists. The two soloists from Munich do good. I have yet to hear the companion piece on the CD .. Fischer playing the Brahms Violin Concerto.

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