Concerto Köln

Advantages: Lively, fun, recorder solos
Disadvantages: None

...the end will carry you away. I defy you to keep your feet still. The F-major concerto is reserved and stately. It is the earliest of the four pieces on the record, dating from about 1708 when Telemann was composing for the Eisenach court orchestra. The second movement allows the solo record to demonstrate their virtuosity to the fullest. Sustained high notes sing out clearly above the accompanying strings. Rapid figurations fill you with wonder as you listen. The Conductor German born, Helmut Müller-Brühl, studied philosophy and catholic theology as well as art and music science. In 1964, he started his directorship of the Cologne Chamber Orchestra. He has performed and recording with the Orchestra for some forty years. The Performers Daniel Rothert plays solo recorder and Elke Martha Umbach solo flute. The Cologne Chamber... Read review

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Advantages: Good tuba muisc
Disadvantages: None

...The tuba has generally been ignored as a solo instrument, and although it enjoyed some success in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and the operas of Wagner, it didnt really emerge as a solo instrument until the 20th century. However, recently the tuba's potential as a soloist has been realised through the children's tale, Tubby the Tuba, where the whole point of the story is to highlight the fact that most peoploe would not think the tuba of being capable in taking a soloistic role, but the fact that it can take this role, and take it extremely successfully is shown here in this CD with these four Tuba Concerti, that were all written in the years after Tubby the Tuba. The first Tuba Concerto on the CD is Tuba Concerto (1978) by Edward Gregson. 1 - Allegro deciso 2 - Lento e mesto 3 - Allegro giocoso This concerto begins... 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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