Akses: Sym No. 4. Concerto for Orchestra

Advantages: Classic Concertos for Everybody
Disadvantages: Strings only!!!no woodwind...boo!

...:Winter: Concerto No.4 in f minor Allegro non molto / Largo / Allegro This I think musically is the best, it really captures the crispness fo the cold and frostiness of the ice and sound cool!! The pizzicato really helps to imagine a crisp frost with biting winds. One for the snowy hills!!! The solos are wonderfully composed, and takes the persona of jack frost!!! I would totally recommend this to any music lover as it is a must have in any descerning music collection!! WHICH ONE TO BUY: Well, where do I start??! MY copy is of Nigel Kennedy supported by the English Chamber Orchestra. My father has a lovely copy with Joseph Silverstein soloing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Whichever copy you buy, I assure you, you will enjoy this, its perfect for dinner music, or music to chill to, as it is so well composed!! Its a Classic... Read review

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Advantages: Good tuba muisc
Disadvantages: None

.... This movement has an amazing cadenza (a show off section for the soloist) which then leads to a final flourish which rounds up the concerto wonderfully. This third movement is also quite good and is a perfect way to finish up the concerto. After the Gregson Concerto, comes the Tuba Concerto (1983) by Roger Steptoe. 4 - Con poco moto - poco piu mosso - Allegro 5 - Giocoso 6 - Molto calmo This concerto is my least favourite of the four, possibly because compositionally it is twelve-toned and doesn't really seem to have a nice melodic line to it. The first movement is slow and good enough to listen to, but its not really that wonderful, then the second movement is a bit faster but it still sounds as horrible as the first movement with the lack of a nice sounding tune, and then finally there is the thrid movement which is very calm... Read review

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Advantages: Mutter's eloquence and sensitivity in older recording are enhanced here.
Disadvantages: None at all!

.... ********************* NOTE: To commenter #3, posted comment today, 27-8: the message I left in your gb, sir, should sufficiently clarify the situation. ---------------------------------- CD Notes: JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 - 1897) Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-dur op. 77 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major 1 1. Allegro non troppo (22' 55) Cadenza: Joseph Joachim, rev. Ossip Schnirlin 2 2. Adagio (9' 20) 3 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Poco più presto (7' 55) ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 - 1856) Fantasie für Violine und Orchester C-dur op. 131 Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra in C major Transcription: Fritz Kreisler 4 Moderato semplice ma espressivo - Allegro marcato - Molto tranquillo - Tempo primo - Cadenza - Molto tranquillo (13' 12) ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER, Violine New York Philharmonic KURT MASUR... Read review

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