Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Lawrence Foster - Concertos From My Childhood / Perlman, Foster
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Artist: Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Lawrence FosterConductor: Lawrence Foster
Composer: Charles August de Beriot
Composer: Oskar Rieding
Composer: Friedrich Seitz
Composer: Giovanni Battista Viotti
Orchestra: Itzhak Perlman
Performer: Itzhak Perlman
Orchestra: Juilliard Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-03-09
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Violin Concerto In B Minor: I: Allegro Moderato
- Violin Concerto In B Minor: II: Andante
- Violin Concerto In B Minor: III: Allegro moderato
- Schuler-Konzert No.2, Op.13: I. Allegro non troppo
- Schuler-Konzert No.2, Op.13: II. Adagio
- Schuler-Konzert No.2, Op.13: III. Allegretto moderato
- Violin Concerto No.1 In A Minor: Allegro moderato - Allegro
- Scene de Ballet, Op.100
- Violin Concerto No.22 In A Minor: I. Moderato
- Violin Concerto No.22 In A Minor: II. Adagio
- Violin Concerto No.22 In A Minor: III. Agitato assai
Free Music Notes for Concertos From My Childhood / Perlman, Foster
Free Music Review: Not just music for students
Hit: 5 Stars
Itzhak Perlman in this CD brings his talents to bear on violin music now played mainly by students. However, of the five pieces only the first three were written expressly as such. The Seitz Concerto No. 2 and Accolay in particular are familiar items in the intermediate/early advanced violinist's repertory, and it is a pleasure to hear them played with Perlman's characteristic rich tone and emotional generosity. The objection that the recordings are unsuitable for students because they are played with vibrato and shifting seems seriously misplaced: infants improve their speech by hearing adults talk like adults. In Perlman's hands the Rieding and Seitz are transformed into charming miniatures, though even he can't do much with the prosaic Accolay work.
The Bériot Scène de Ballet and Viotti Concerto No. 22, on the other hand, are two works that used to be in the violin concert repertory and that form an interesting contrast. The Belgian master's piece is a lightweight succession of pleasant melodies in which one hears frequent echoes of Italian opera of the day, particularly early Verdi. It's not all that easy for students to play this sort of thing stylishly, actually. Viotti's A minor Concerto is a solidly crafted composition (Viotti was admired by Mozart and Brahms, among others) that just misses being truly melodically memorable. Both receive the deluxe treatment from Perlman, Lawrence Foster and the Juilliard Orchestra. This CD may have been conceived as a bit of a lark by the performers, but their careful, non-condescending approach to the Bériot and Viotti in particular reveals that these pieces still have considerable viability for the serious listener.
Concertos From My Childhood / Perlman, Foster Poster
Here is one of the greatest violinists of this or any other time playing student pieces ranging from elementary to virtuosic, so that budding violinists can hear what they sound like in a master player's hands. Let it be said at once that Perlman lavishes on them as much loving care and heartfelt expressiveness as on the staples of the literature, playing with his inimitably beautiful, golden tone, easy brilliance, stylistic flair, and captivating charm. He's clearly having a grand time. His fans will not be disappointed. The orchestrations, by unidentified arrangers, greatly enhance the music's effects; the student orchestra sounds thoroughly professional. The disc's educational value, however, is open to question, because the technical resources of students learning these pieces are worlds removed from Perlman's. For example, he uses full vibrato and dazzling speeds; he plays in first position, as written, only in the Rieding concerto; in the Seitz, he succumbs to his flair for virtuoso slides. The Bériot is stunning; the Viotti, the only "real" piece that turns up in concerts, including Perlman's own, sounds beautiful, but strangely uninvolved. Experienced teachers may well fear that listening to this disc could intimidate, frustrate, and discourage students rather than inspire them. So, enjoy it, but keep it away from the kids! --Edith EislerClassical Music CDs
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