Salvatore Accardo and Heinrich Schiff perform concertos by Brahms
Published:
COMPOSERS: Brahms
LABELS: Eloquence
ALBUM TITLE: Brahms
WORKS: Violin Concerto; Double Concerto
PERFORMER: Salvatore Accardo (violin), Heinrich Schiff (cello); Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Masur
CATALOGUE NO: 482 5085 (1979)
Although beautifully played and immaculately paced, Accardo sounds less engaged by the solo concerto than the double, in which he is partnered by an inspired Heinrich Schiff on peak form.
Julian Haylock
Authors
Julian Haylock is the former editor of CD Review and International Piano Magazines and reviews of CD Classics Magazine. He is also the author of biographies on Mahler, Rachmaninov and Puccini, and co-author of the Haylock and Waugh pocket guides to Classical Music on CD and Opera Music on CD.