Shlomo Mints and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform Violin Concertos by Bruch and Mendelssohn
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COMPOSERS: Bruch,Mendelssohn
LABELS: PentaTone
ALBUM TITLE: Bruch • Mendelssohn
WORKS: Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
PERFORMER: Shlomo Mintz (violin); Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado
CATALOGUE NO: PTC 5186 208 (hybrid CD/SACD) (1980)
This remastering of a quadraphonic LP presents us with two popular violin concertos in succulent performances, with Mintz producing the richest violin tones and Abbado answering in kind.
Michael Tanner
Authors
Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.