COMPOSERS: Schubert
LABELS: Virgin
ALBUM TITLE: Schubert
WORKS: Rondo brillant; Grand Duo; Fantasy
PERFORMER: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Jérôme Ducros (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 363 3032
While it’s handy to
have Schubert’s three
major violin-andpiano
pieces on one
well-recorded disc,
Capuçon’s sometimes over-intense
vibrato and both players’ efficient
but unsmiling approach leave them
short of charm and sparkle.