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January 20, 2007
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I really have no right to review this disc:
1, I am too predjudiced in its favor by having heard these players perform all this music last spring in a wonderful concert in Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory
2, I am too impatient to reacquaint myself with the (truly) excellent Frost ... more |
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January 17, 2007
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These are extraordinary performances, luckily caught in extremely fine multi-channel sound. To realize this quality took me more than one audition for at first I did not play the thing LOUD enough! I love it when the sound pressure levels in my listening room seem to approach those of my favorite ... more |
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November 16, 2006
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I really like this one, principally because the performance of the Franck is so dramatic! With electric, thrusting phrasing, and a real forward impetus, I personally think this performance shellacs such perennial favorites as the Monteux. I really would have liked to have been there with a full ... more |
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October 26, 2006
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We had just come home from Boston for a Saturday night concert in Symphony Hall where Julia Fischer and the Boston Symphony played the Sibelius concerto. I was just about knocked out of my seat by that Sibelius, and considering myself very lucky that young Ms Fischer and 2 of her chamber music ... more |
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October 14, 2006
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PN said this disc should be given 6 stars out of 5 for both sound and performance. I agree. This, surely, is the most life-like chamber music recording I own. I think it is also the most inspired performance of any chamber music I ever heard.
Let me call your attention to the scherzo of Trio #1. ... more |
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