Isaac Stern: A Life in Music, Volume 28

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Isaac Stern is a devotee of 20th-century music. The most recent piece, Copland's Sonata, is actually the most euphonious. Stern lets its lyrical lines sing, with excellent support from the composer at the piano. The most challenging and dramatic piece in the collection is the earliest, the Bloch Sonata, which Stern and Alexander Zakin play with all-out fervor. The Hebraic Baal Shem is one of Bloch's most often heard works, here done with great folk flavor. And Hindemith's prewar neoclassicism never sounds dry in this very knowing performance. In short, this is a great collection of 20th-century violin works that won't give anyone indigestion. --Leslie Gerber

Isaac Stern: A Life in Music, Volume 28, Music, Ernest Bloch, Aaron Copland, Paul Hindemith, Aaron Copland, Alexander Zakin, Isaac Stern, Chamber, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Violin with Keyboard

Average customer rating: More Sensational Stern, More Silly Sony

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Tracks:

1. Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21: I. Allegro non troppo
2. Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21: II. Scherazando. Allegro molto
3. Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21: III. Intermezzo. Allegretto non troppo
4. Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21: IV. Andante
5. Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21: V. Rondo. Allegro
6. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61: I. Allegro non troppo
7. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61: II. Andantino quasi allegretto
8. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61: III. Molto moderato e maestoso

Tracks:

1. Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
2. Carmen-Fantasie
3. Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28
4. Berceuse, Op. 16
5. Poeme, Op.25
6. La Fille aux cheveaux de lin
7. Claire de lune
8. Tzigane

Customer Reviews:

More Sensational Stern, More Silly Sony.......2003-10-04

Disc two is where I really have problems with this collection. The second CD features shorter works for violin and orchestra, including some "encore" pieces, all performed excellently. I should know because I've heard half of them on other CDs previously! The very same recordings featured in this title (Volume 8) of Saraste's "Zigeunerweisen," Saint-Saens' "Introduction et Rodno Capriccioso," and Ravel's "Tzigane" have already been available (and continue to be) on Isaac Stern's "Early Concerto Recordings" volumes. This redundancy is not an isolated incident as it has happened with other titles in the "Life in Music" series. I suppose duplication is unavoidable for serious collectors, but it is nonetheless annoying. As I have said before -- Sony, there must have been a better way!

Music Review:

1. Jacqueline du Pré - Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Franck: Sonata in A / Barenboim
2. Janácek: String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer"; String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"
3. Jane Austen Companion
4. Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Debussy · images, études ~ complete works for piano, vol. 2
5. Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out Of Balance (1983 Film) [Soundtrack]
6. Mahler 8
7. Mahler: Symphony No.4; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
8. Medtner: Complete Piano Sonatas, Forgotten Melodies / Hamelin [Box set]
9. Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
10. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

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