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.