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Tarfumes.com - Bach: Violin Concertos in A major, D minor & A minor; Mutter, Accardo
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List Price: $16.98
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Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0077774700528
Label: EMI Classics
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release Date: 1990-10-25
Studio: EMI Classics
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Summary: Aha...YES!
Comment: After searching for the best stereo versions for a while I stumbled on this amazing Mutter disc! (I also felt I needed something to accompany my Menuhin and Enescu mono recording).
I find that Mutter brings great depth and humanity to these readings as well as mystery, beauty and power. She is amazing during this period of her career, more than now.
The sound quality is also quite amazing, capturing details and producing clairty in the huge intense moments. The ECO don't sound chamber like they sound like a real orchestra for once!
Accardo provides powerful accompaniments and joins her in the Double to great success!
-I don't know why this recording doesn't sit with other reviewers, but it's what I was looking for with these concertos, and it's what I got!
EXCELLENT!
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Summary: Ingenius Expression of Bach's Genius, and a Wonderful Violin Tone
Comment: I simply love this version of Bach's violin concerto in E. The elegant pacing and rich violin tone make this interpretation special. I wish more ensembles would follow the thinking behind this recording. Too often this piece is played too fast and too bright, with the result that the connection between soloist and ensemble, and interplay in time, is lost.
Oh, the sound of that beautiful violin voice! Wonderful! The rich violin in this recording hums so exquisitely. Anne-Sophie Mutter plays a Stadivarius named Lord Dunn-Raven from Stradivari's golden period. Another reviewer complained about the vibrato, but I liked it. Her violin sings on this CD. Indeed, I thought the tone of the violin was simply amazing. Her violin hums. Besides, her bowing accounts for some of that wonderful tone, other than the violin itself and the strings (which sound like gut strings for this recording). The tone is simply exquisite.
The violin solos blend so well with the returning themes without overwhelming those themes. You feel and understand what Back is doing, and then the violin has a voice - and what a wonderful voice - and then we are back to Bach's ideas and then back and forth and together as one. The pace is perfect for the dynamics of composition -- a beautiful interplay between Mutter's rich violin tone and Bach's miraculous genius.
This CD does not make the list of highest-rated albums for these pieces, but I think it's first rate, and I have heard many. High recommendation.
Check out her Mozart concerto album from this same period and you will also discover a lesser know but terrific album from that same early period in her career.
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Summary: Master and Disciple Failing Together
Comment: I was not impressed at all with this performance from master and disciple together and I would say this is ironically the worst for both of them and their both playing together. I would look at other performances before buying this one.
Accardo is not really a Bach specialist any more than Manze is a Vivaldi specialist. Accardo's interpretation sounded like a Vivaldi solo as opposed the mechanically precise works of Bach. Mutter is more proficient in symphonic works from the Romantic period onwards but not Baroque in general. Mutter performed as if she was playing the bare bones of a Bach sonata here and there was simply no life to her performance: it was rather tedious instead. It seemed as if both players were unsure who was going to lead or whether to play in the Italian instead of the German style. It's almost as if Accardo is telling Mutter to take lead in the fashion of baby steps and and she just doesn't get it thereby wrecking the whole performance. The recording quality isn't particularly great either.
This performance is definitely one for the vaults and I hate to do this because Accardo is one of my favorite virtuosos. He shines in Italian Baroque groups such as I Musici and he excells in Paganini with Dutoit but not here with Mutter and Bach: it's just not his style and it sounds like it. As for Mutter, I've heard several performances with her and I find her to be talented but somewhat overrated: she wouldn't be my first choice for lead violin in general and she would be one of my last for Baroque.
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Summary: one could do better
Comment: Anne Sophie Mutter may be one of the top violinists of our day, but the first time I heard part of the recording...the E major concerto played over my classical radio station...I honestly thought it was one of the local youth orchestras playing.
Later, I checked out out the disc from the library and discovered that the other items on the disc were not much better. Not only are the tempos slow, heavy, and "plodding," but the amount of vibrato is completely excessive for a Baroque violin concerto. I understand that this ponderous sound may be suitable for 19th century music, and that Mutter was perhaps trying to add warmth and profundity to the music. However, in my opinion that attempt was a faliure and the interpretations had little to do with what we know about Bach and his perforamcne practice.
Andrew Manze's recording on period violin is an amazing disc. His performance is filled with energy, spirit, and style: far closer to how I believe the music would have been performed in Bach's day. In addition, he actually follows Bach's bowings, which adds a skip to the music. I highly recommend purchasing his recording instead.
However, should you prefer to stick with a modern orchestra and a famous modern violin soloist; why, Zuckerman's recording with the very same orchestra that Mutter recorded with is light-years ahead. The tone, tempi, and style are much better.
And I'm sure you could find others more worth your money. This is one of my 2 least favorite Bach orchestral recordings, and I specialize in Baroque music.
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Summary: No cigar
Comment: I highly recommend DG's "The Originals" recording of David Oistrach of Bach's BWV 1041, 1042 with the Wiener Symphony Orchestra and joined by Igor Oistrach on the Double Concerto BWV 1043. The Anne-Sophie Mutter/Salvatore Accardo performance just doesn't make it. Unfortunately, the tempo is sluggish, and the resulting effect is an overall, plodding rendition.
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