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Post by julesd68 on Jul 16, 2017 12:15:13 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jul 17, 2017 8:11:14 GMT
There's always room for Nicola Benedetti.
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 17, 2017 10:11:43 GMT
I have to confess that I have never really taken to the lass. Can you recommend a particularly good recording to start me off? (Please, no, not the Four Seasons or some encore crap  ) |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 17, 2017 13:35:53 GMT
She is very good at the Bruch, which I have heard live.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 17, 2017 13:55:00 GMT
Yes she is a superb Bruch interpreter!
I've not heard that particular recording - I must admit that *some* of her releases on Decca have been rather on the 'commercial' side and my real interest in her playing lies in live performances.
I will certainly be giving that a listen though.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 17, 2017 14:04:04 GMT
Also try the Mendelssohn...
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 17, 2017 17:13:03 GMT
OK, thanks for that. Making a poor choice, I started with the Mendelssohn. Very work(wo)manlike at times, I thought. Only her 2nd recording back in 2006. Sounds to me like she was rushed into the recording studio before she was ready. I'd like to hear what she would do with it now, because .... .... the Bruch was excellent! That was from 2010 and she was clearly much more in command of her instrument and actually had something interpretive to say about the music, if not exactly breaking any new ground. And then onto 2016 - probably my favourite violin concerto; Shostakovich #1. I was not hopeful, tbh. But she confounded my expectations - an excellent and deeply felt performance. And her technical virtuosity was at times breathtaking. Some of the playing toward the end of the 3rd movement cadenza shows all previous virtuosi how it should be done. Amazing. So, yup, OK, I'm a convert. I'd like to hear her in the Beethoven now.  |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 17, 2017 18:07:27 GMT
Fabulous, I'm glad you are starting to see what she is all about Jerry!
If you can find her playing Bruch's Scottish Fantasy I would check that out, as I found it mind-blowing when she played it at the Barbican a while back.
Apart from being an immensely talented and committed musician, she does a lot of work promoting classical music amongst youngsters which gets a big thumbs up from me.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 17, 2017 19:04:20 GMT
I'm going to listen to the Shostakovich next.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 21, 2017 14:35:28 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jul 21, 2017 14:57:00 GMT
Ooh, Richard Egarr and the AAM, too!
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 21, 2017 15:18:43 GMT
Yes, should be superb I feel!
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