Tchaikovsky/Bartok: Violin Concertos
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / BELA BARTOK
Tchaikovsky/Bartok: Violin Concertos
Valery Sokolov (violin) / Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, David Zinman
[ Virgin Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 10 April 2012
"With commanding entries and beautiful phrasing, the sheer eloquence of his playing is a joy with the orchestra responding beautifully. His performance of Bartok's Second Concerto is a revelation. After the opening Hungarian rhythms played with easy flair, the second movement's hushed intensity takes your breath away, until the thrill and dynamism of the thrid movement keeps you on the edge of your seat." Classic FM Five Stars
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"Sokolov has the measure of both of these concertos and sounds entirely comfortable coping with their different technical demands...Zinman and his orchestra provide exceptionally finely balanced, well-paced support. In the Bartok, Sokolov is particularly convincing in the passionate music of the outer movements, attacking it with verve, rhythmic precision and fine, vibrant tone." Gramophone
"Tchaikovsky comes across with freshness and depth of feeling, fostered by Sokolov's lustrous tone. There is brilliance without ostentation, qualities that apply equally to the Bartók, with the Tonhalle Orchestra providing a luminous backcloth." Daily Telegraph
Tracks:
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112
