summer_breeze Posted February 17, 2001 Report Share Posted February 17, 2001 I am looking for a good recording of Wieniawski's 2nd violin concerto. I was thinking of Milstein because he is my fav, but I would like one with an especially great 2nd movement, because I am thinking of doing that for my violin contest in march. Any help would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aria Posted February 17, 2001 Report Share Posted February 17, 2001 Michael Rabin has recorded both Weiniawski concertos and you can find them in the EMI 6-CD boxed set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locatelli Posted February 17, 2001 Report Share Posted February 17, 2001 I like Itzhak Perlman`s recording. Maybe one of his best recordings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwl Posted February 18, 2001 Report Share Posted February 18, 2001 A lot of violinists have recorded the second movement on its own, as Wieniawski's "Romance". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toscha Posted February 18, 2001 Report Share Posted February 18, 2001 Heifetz/Barbirolli is still my favorite by far. I have trouble listening to others after Heifetz. There are few others that I do listen to from time to time and get pleasure from listening to, though. Gitlis recorded the work with characteristic devilishness, and Morini's two recordings are model of purity (although there is a slight ensemble mishap in the second version). Bronislaw Gimpel's dazzling recording is "stranded" in LP (not reissued on CD. What a shame!). Michel Schwalbe's live recording (from Biddulph) is fine too, although it is marred by a slight mishap in the last movement because of absent-minded flautist jumped in too early. Szeryng's recording (sadly unavailable on CD) is very different and "un-virtuostic" to the extreme. He plays the work as if it is written by Brahms or something. One of his more controvertial recording. Another slow ones are two recordings by Elman. He takes all his time finding the notes in the high register (well, not exactly , but he does play quite a bit slower than almost anybody that I heard, including Szeryng). Toscha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agatha Posted February 18, 2001 Report Share Posted February 18, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Locatelli: I like Itzhak Perlman`s recording. Maybe one of his best recordings. I agree. This is definitely the best recording I have ever heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwl Posted February 19, 2001 Report Share Posted February 19, 2001 I also like Perlman in this work, though I also have to throw in enthusiastic votes for Rabin, and for Morini (whose utterly clean technique serves her very well in this piece). For the Romance itself, though, we throw the field open to many more players... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuangKaiVun Posted February 19, 2001 Report Share Posted February 19, 2001 Jan Kubelik plays my favorite #2 concerto 3rd movement. It's one of the few out there that doesn't succumb to inordinate rushing, and it's the jauntiest of the recordings I've heard. The technique isn't always perfect, but they had no corrective splicing in those days and the music is strong enough that it really doesn't matter. The cutest thing is that he blows the violin entrance that comes after the "fast" part. When I played this piece with orchestra 13 years ago, I screwed up in the exact same place during a concert! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violin-Arts Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 Rabin and Heiftez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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