On a CD, Ruggiero Ricci once assembled cadenzas to the Beethoven violin concerto by David, Vieuxtemps, Joachim, Laub, Wieniawski, Saint-Saëns, Auer, Ysaÿe, Busoni, Kreisler, Milstein and Schnittke. I find it a pity that Liza Ferschtman chooses to use the cadenza Beethoven wrote for the piano version of the violin concerto (adapted by Wolfgang Schneiderhan). It's too long and, being derived from piano music rather than the violin, it doesn't exploit the violin too well.

But that is now my only minor gripe concerning Liza Ferschtman's new recording. The dynamic range is still wide and you have to set the tuttis to be as loud as bearable in order to hear all the softer music. Fortunately the Beethoven violin concerto does not have many loud tuttis. Liza F. plays beautifully; the style is classical, which suits this concerto admirably – one reason why Adolf Busch and Eric Röhn feature high on my list. I was impressed with the orchestral contribution on the new CD; the wind players are given the kind of prominence one associates with Otto Klemperer and, in this concerto, it's a great advantage. So, after my second hearing, I am most enthusiastic. The only other minor gripe is that the concerto is only 45 minutes long, and it would have been good to have something else interesting on the CD – Britten, Korngold, Vieuxtemps, or whatever – instead of the two minor Romances that Beethoven wrote as pot-boilers.