Brahms: Violin Concerto & Double Concerto

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The partnership of Julia Fischer and Yakov Kreizberg… really comes into its own in the symphonic proportions of Brahms's Violin Concerto. From Fischer's opening imposing entry, it's clear that... — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Apr 2007
Catalogue No: PTC5186066
Label: Pentatone
Length: 72 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

August 2007

Disc of the Month

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Work length40:52

Album only

Julia Fischer (violin)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length23:16

Album only

II. Adagio

Track length9:29

$2.00

$2.60

$3.50

III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo

Track length8:07

$2.00

$2.60

$3.50

Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102

Work length32:03

$8.00

$10.35

$14.00

Julia Fischer (violin), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg

I. Allegro

Track length16:08

$4.00

$5.15

$7.00

II. Andante

Track length7:39

$2.00

$2.60

$3.50

III. Vivace non troppo

Track length8:16

$2.00

$2.60

$3.50

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Proms 2007

The partnership of Julia Fischer and Yakov Kreizberg… really comes into its own in the symphonic proportions of Brahms's Violin Concerto. From Fischer's opening imposing entry, it's clear that Kreizberg and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra are at one with her every nuance and tempo fluctuation - dramatic, fiery and impetuous at first but then beautifully lyrical and introverted in the second idea. ...the Double Concerto... Fischer and her partner Daniel Müller-Schott are absolutely on the same musical wavelength delivering a blisteringly intense performance supported by outstandingly responsive playing from the Netherlands Philharmonic.

2010

Others offer tauter and brisker accounts of the first movement but Fischer amply justifies her spacious and flexible speeds in the feeling of spontaneity. Her performance never feels selfconscious or too studied and her range of tone and dynamic is extreme, bringing pianissimi of breathtaking delicacy. Fischer's slow movement, too, is expansive while in the finale she lets the tempo relax just enough to allow a persuasive spring in the rhythms, bringing out the Hungarian dance flavour.
The Double Concerto is not nearly as expansive: no doubt the influence of Müller-Schott was important here as the cello takes the lead in introducing each theme, with the cellist matching his partner in warmth and brilliance. Fischer and Müller-Schott are relaxed and easily lyrical in the slow movement, brilliant and thrusting in the finale. An outstanding disc which stands high on the list of this perfect coupling.

August 2007

…Julia Fischer offers this ideal Brahms coupling in strong and sympathetic readings, joined in the Double Concerto by her brilliant young compatriot cellist, Daniel Müller-Schott. Her performance never feels self-conscious or too studied and her range of tone and dynamic is extreme, bringing pianissimi of breathtaking delicacy. ...in the finale she lets the tempo relax just enough to allow a persuasive spring in the rhythms, bringing out the Hungarian dance flavour.

..the Double Concerto one of the most beautiful and idiomatic readings on disc in recent years.

Brahms: Violin Concerto & Double Concerto

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