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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Johannes Brahms; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante (David Oistrakh)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  1. Brahms - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77: I. Allegro non troppo
  2. Brahms - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77: II. Adagio
  3. Brahms - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
  4. Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K. 364: I. Allegro Maestoso
  5. Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K. 364: II. Andante
  6. Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K. 364: III. Presto

David Oistrakh, violin (1-3), viola & conductor (4-6)
Igor Oistrakh, violin (4-6)
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion française
Otto Klemperer, conductor (1-3)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (4-6)

Date: 1960 (1-3), 1972 (4-6)
Label: EMI


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Review

ARTISTIC QUALITY: 10 / SOUND QUALITY: 8

EMI inexplicably continues to keep Oistrakh’s Brahms concerto with Szell in the archives everywhere except Japan, preferring to perpetually reissue the violinist’s earlier recording with Klemperer at the helm of the French National Radio Orchestra. A fascinating point, given the different characters of the conductors involved, is that both recordings time out to within seconds of each other. The other differences? Oistrakh perhaps is in marginally better form for Klemperer, and of course you get the incomparable Cleveland Orchestra with Szell. In any case, Klemperer obtains a fully characteristic sound from his French band, with typically forward winds and richly sonorous strings, and of course Oistrakh’s contribution remains virtually without peer. This has always been one of the very greatest recordings of the Brahms concerto, offering a singularly potent combination of passion and structural strength (check out the finale in particular, where the phrasing of the main theme offers Romantic flexibility without ever losing the long line). It really doesn’t matter how many times EMI reissues the thing as long as it remains available. The Sinfonia Concertante also stands among the best, although EMI seems to have forgotten that Oistrakh plays the viola in this work, and not the violin. Nor is there any significant sonic difference between this and previous incarnations. No matter. If you don’t own this, you should.

-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday

More reviews:
ClassicsToday ARTISTIC QUALITY: 10 / SOUND QUALITY: 8 (review by Jed Distler)
http://www.classical-music.com/review/brahmsmozart
http://www.amazon.com/Brahms-Violin-Concerto-Sinfonia-Concertante/dp/B00005NPJ1

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Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer and pianist. In his lifetime, Brahms's popularity and influence were considerable. Brahms composed for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, organ, and voice and chorus. Many of his works have become staples of the modern concert repertoire. An uncompromising perfectionist, Brahms destroyed some of his works and left others unpublished. Brahms is often considered both a traditionalist and an innovator. His music is firmly rooted in the structures and compositional techniques of the Classical masters, with a highly romantic nature embedded within.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 in Salzburg – 5 December 1791 in Vienna) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. Till his death in Vienna, he composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers, and his influence is profound on subsequent Western art music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

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David Oistrakh (September 30 [O.S. September 17] 1908 – October 24, 1974) was a renowned Soviet classical violinist. He is considered one of the preeminent violinists of the 20th century. Oistrakh collaborated with major orchestras and musicians from many parts of the world, including the Soviet Union, Europe, and the United States, and was the dedicatee of numerous violin works, including both of Dmitri Shostakovich's violin concerti, and the violin concerto by Aram Khachaturian.. Oistrakh's playing was not so much marked by brilliance, but by richness, lyricism, roundness of tone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oistrakh

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