Bruch & Dvorák: Violin Concertos
Julia Fischer,David Zinman,Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra
Bruch & Dvorák: Violin Concertos
Julia Fischer,David Zinman,Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra
Joined by the Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra and David Zinman, Fischer pairs the ever-popular Bruch concerto with Dvorák’s undeservedly neglected but perennially fresh masterpiece - a rather more logical twinning than the ubiquitous Mendelssohn.
A former Artist of the Year at the 2007 Gramophone Awards, and ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ at the 2009 MIDEM Classical Awards, Fischer signed to Decca Classics shortly afterwards and this is her fifth release for the label.
Reviewing Julia Fischer’s performance of the Dvorák Concerto in London, The Guardian wrote, “Dvorák’s Violin Concerto, a romantic showpiece too often passed over in favour of Bruch and Mendelssohn, has a piquant slow movement to compete with either. Fischer made sure we heard every note, handing us each bar with absolute technical assurance and in a lustrous, seamless tone.”
Review
Kate Rockstrom
Julia Fischer is one of those darlings of the classical music world who keeps popping up with consistently marvelous albums. Her most recent release from Decca has her performing one of the stock standard works, Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, coupled with the lesser performed, Dvorak Violin Concerto. ‘Ten years ago when you said you wanted to play the Dvorak, everyone would ask why?’ says Fischer in her liner notes, and listening to her performance you wonder why more violinists haven’t championed this work. Filled with the beautiful sonorities we associate with Dvorak, the pairing of the two really shows off Fischer’s technique and a sense of musicality that brings out all the overly Romantic overtones.
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