Vilde Frang - Britten and Korngold concertos

[Nick Armstrong]

Perhaps it didn't survive the Great Caliban Clear Out?

It's possible... I have a feeling I lent it to someone though (before the Great Caliban Oath Never To Lend CDs Because They Never Come Back!) ... That said, I really did not like the Barber coupling (Joshua Bell / Zinman my touchstone in that piece) or the rather boring 'Much Ado about Nothing' music - so I'm not overly distressed!

[mikealdren]

I'm a bit obsessed these days by music retaining its pulse and overall structure, anyway. It just seems a little pulled about.
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How I agree. It's so often an issue with RR, we get excerpts that don't show the artists' overall concept of the piece. One of the reasons I love great performers like Oistrakh is their ability to get to the heart of the music, the way he can structure a long movement and a whole work is quite extraordinary. I get increasingly irritated by a tendency to make musical points. This came to a head with the now notorious RR review of the Beethoven violin concerto where the decision was based on details of ornaments etc. rather than the ability of the players to convey an interpretation.

Mike

[Nick Armstrong]

How I agree. It's so often an issue with RR, we get excerpts that don't show the artists' overall concept of the piece. One of the reasons I love great performers like Oistrakh is their ability to get to the heart of the music, the way he can structure a long movement and a whole work is quite extraordinary. I get increasingly irritated by a tendency to make musical points. This came to a head with the now notorious RR review of the Beethoven violin concerto where the decision was based on details of ornaments etc. rather than the ability of the players to convey an interpretation.

Mike

Quite - although to be fair, the Korngold concerto under discussion here was played in its entirety, at the end of the programme. I was aware of the performers tugging the first movement about a wee bit too much, as I was listening, and on a second listen on Apple Music.

[Barbirollians]

I think that the approach to the first movement is marvellous . All about personal feelings I suspect - what Cali objects to I must admit makes the recording for me .