Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Vadim Gluzman's Barber Violin Concerto

Vadim Gluzman's Barber Violin Concerto recording was featured on BBC Radio 3's best recordings of 2010. The reviewer said the second movement holds its own, while he preferred James Ehnes or Gil Shaham in the outer movements. I can see why: Gluzman's tone is red-hot -- which works in the second movement -- but the outer movements need to burn white-hot, luminous and transcendent. I heard Ehnes live with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2009. He gets my vote.

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