Concerto For Lovers/Pop-A-Conway - Russ Conway

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!

...As a fantastically talented eighteen-year-old, Anne-Sophie Mutter already awed me with her sensitive and thoughtful eloquence in her 1981 recording of the Brahms violin concerto (with Herbert von Karajan directing the Berlin Philharmonic). However, there’s an even deeper understanding in Mutter’s reading of the Brahms piece on this newer disc. This performance was taped live at the Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, New York City, in 1997. Kurt Masur conducts the New York Philharmonic in particularly inspired fashion. A difference of fifteen years separates the two recordings. In the time between, she married, had children, and then was widowed at a very young age. When Mutter returned to her instrument, she would bring a greater strength, emotional depth and insight to her playing, lending a maturity and assuredness to her... Read review

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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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