Slava knew Prokofiev and Shostakovich, and had music written for him by the two Brits whose concertos appear on this new CD: Britten and Walton.
Recommended recordings: Bach: Six Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo.Slowly but surely, Maxim Vengerov is working his way through some of the 20th century's greatest violin concertos, and it's no coincidence that his friend and musical mentor Mstislav Rostropovich is on hand to conduct. Szigeti’s beautifully written texts about music and violin playing provided another outlet for his intellectual and curious nature, especially as the effects of age took their toll on his playing. The recording of the two performing the work together along with other pieces is probably one of the greatest musical partnerships on record. Ysaÿe was inspired to write his solo sonatas after hearing Szigeti performing Bach, and his lifelong friendship with Bartók led the composer to write his First Rhapsody for him. He premiered much new music, including works by Prokofiev, Bloch and Rawsthorne. His humility, poetic intelligence and integrity towards the composer shines through in smaller repertoire. Of all the players here, Szigeti was probably the least virtuosic - not for lack of ample technique, but because he just became less interested in showy repertoire and never really possessed a huge sound. Recommended recording: Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski, Brahms, Schumann: Violin Concertos. In recent years he’s expanded his work to include leading the Academy of St Martins from the concertmaster chair. Maybe his international celebrity is proof, if needed, that the general public understands great playing when they hear it. Nothing is forced or heavy – there’s exquisite delicacy and poetry in his use of colour and inflection, whether in concertos or the sonata repertoire.
But listen to his playing and you discover a paradox: an old-fashioned soul, full of innocence, tenderness and yearning. Joshua Bell may be one of the most famous and glamorous violinists on the planet right now, as likely to be seen playing for Dancing with the Stars or judging Miss America as gracing the stage of Carnegie Hall. La violinista Ariane Todes, miembro del equipo de la revista The Strad, ha escogido los que ella considera los mejores (de los que existen grabaciones)Įs una selección de alguien que realmente conoce a muchísimos intérpretes, y hay alguno que ni siquiera conocía. Llama la atención positivamente la inclusión de un buen número de mujeres y la de un jazzman puro como Grappelli. De vuelta de vacaciones, os dejo este interesante artículo publicado en la web.
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