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Mozart: Violin Concertos 1, 2 & 5 - Fischer, Kreizberg

Mozart: Violin Concertos 1, 2 & 5 - Fischer, Kreizberg

PentaTone Classics  PTC 5186094

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral


Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 5

Julia Fischer (violin)
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)

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Review by John Broggio - October 12, 2006

Once again, Pentatone & Julia Fischer have provided us with a gem of a disc. The performances are comparable with those of the other solo violin concertante works (Mozart: Violin Concertos 3 & 4 - Fischer, Kreizberg) and give more evidence for this wonderful conjunction of Fischer and Kreizburg who clearly enjoy working together. One of the most pleasing aspects is that they are both young (Fischer especially so) and can continue making music as a partnership for a long time to come - at least I certainly hope they will do so.

Fischer provides radient playing that even outshines the previous disc and, overall, sounds a smidgeon more relaxed that gives the concertos a glow that infects the listener, causing smiles to break out all round. The slow movements are played ever so beautifully it seems almost perverse that Mozart followed them with more music. Still, followed they are and Fischer (once again providing her own cadenzas) makes one almost dance with joy. The Finale to the "Turkish" concerto is taken a little faster than those educated by artists such as Oistrakh or Schneiderhan will be used to but the playing is in no way breathless.

As indicated, the partnership with Kreizburg and the superb Netherlands Chamber Orchestra continues to blossom with lively and a chamber-music type of response within the orchestra and also with Fischer. The sound is also excellent, which makes this and the partnering disc a compelling first choice for these works.

Highly recommended - I do hope that the Sinfonia Concertante will turn up from these artists soon...

Copyright © 2006 John Broggio and HRAudio.net

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Review by Graham Williams - November 6, 2006

This, the second volume of Julia Fischer’s survey of the Mozart Violin Concertos retains all the virtues of the earlier one, as described in my review of that disc Mozart: Violin Concertos 3 & 4 - Fischer, Kreizberg.

Once more her beguiling playing constantly illuminates these pieces. It is unfailingly fresh and observant to every nuance of the music, while the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra under Yakov Kreizberg provides equally stylish accompaniments.

In the two early concertos K 207 and 211 a harpsichord continuo is used and in the liner notes soloist and conductor explain convincingly the reasons for its inclusion. The instrument is well integrated into the quite rich orchestral texture and remains quite discreet while adding a touch of extra colour to the overall sound.
As before the cadenzas are most inventive, a model of their kind, allowing us to appreciate the un-showy virtuosity of Julia Fischer’s playing, and crucially, they are just the right length.

The vivid recording places soloist and orchestra in a pleasantly reverberant church acoustic, the Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem which, to my ears, has added a fraction of heaviness to the bass line when compared with that of the Waalse Kerk in Amsterdam, the venue used for the earlier recording.
That minor quibble apart, this is an exemplary recording by PentaTone and a superb addition to the discography of this talented young artist.

Copyright © 2006 Graham Williams and HRAudio.net

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Comment by threerandot - July 7, 2016 (1 of 1)

Review by threerandot April 25, 2008
Performance: 5
Sonics: 5 (MCH)

Julia Fischer proves she is an amazing Mozartean soloist in this recording of Mozart's Violin Concertos 1, 2 & 5, with Yakov Kreizberg conducting the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra.

This is the second disc Julia Fischer has made with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra under Yakov Kreizberg playing the Mozart Violin Concertos.

The three concertos in this collection feature Julia's singing and soaring violin and that she has a natural understanding of these works. Her style is ideally suited to this music, filled with lyricism, charm and elegance. Julia never breaks a sweat in the faster outer movements and she is lyrical and tender in the slower ones.

The first two concertos were written before the fifth and are more sunny and genial in character, while Concerto No.5 is more mature and complex in character. All three of these concertos are performed with charm and elegance and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra are first rate, with beautifully recorded strings, while the winds and horns are very colorful, particularly in the most pastoral moments of these works.

The acoustic in this recording is airy and spacious, if perhaps a bit thin. The sound is very detailed, with Julia's violin well placed in the center channel, with the orchestra well balanced over the right and left channels and the surrounds enhancing the recording, capturing reverberant sounds of the Mennonite Church.

Julia's violin is radiant, filled with lyrical and sunny playing. This is an impressive disc and if you add the companion disc featuring the remaining Voilin Concertos, this is an engaging and enjoyable disc of Mozart. Highly Recommended.

(This review refers to the Multichannel portion of this disc.)