Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Rosand Rocks!:

This is my favorite recording of the Beethoven. Rosand's playing is so exciting, and his ability to retain the structural integrity of the piece is so complete, that when I heard his performance for the first time it was a revelatory experience.
I also recommend his complete Bach sonatas and partitas, and his complete Beethoven violin sonatas. The Bach and the Beethoven/Brahms were recorded when Rosand was 71 years old! There's virility and enthusiasm in his playing, which is both incandescent and... more info

Boy oh Boy! This One Snuck Up On Me!:

I have always admired the playing of Aaron Rosand but have generally associated him with violinistic fireworks, not the meat-and-potatoes works of the violin literature. But what two concerti could be more mainstream than the Beethoven and the Brahms? So, here I was expecting good but not great performances from Rosand and, let's face it, a second-tier orchestra (the Monte Carlo Philharmonic) under a conductor I'd never heard of before, Derrick Inouye.
First, a word about Rosand's sound. The tones he... more info

Two Greats!:

Rosand is splendid in both masterpieces of the violin literate. First honors go to the Beethoven: fast and eloquent, it cuts through years of interpretive detritus that have slowed the "average" interpretation into treacly grandiloquence. In the late Heifetz mold, Rosand maintains a driving pace, but without the hyperactive edge. Inouye provides great support --- the Monte Carlo is not merely well-rehearsed, as has plagued Rosand in past productions. Very good rendition of the Heifetz cadenza.

The Brahms... more info

Rosand, Beethoven and Brahms-yes!:

Rosand's tone is enough to make your heart melt.

But his musicality is just as impressive, and here, finally in excellent sound with an excellent orchestra, he gives us a wonderful set of Brahms and Beethoven violin concerti.

For Brahms, I still like Milstein a lot (with Steinberg, on EMI). To me, Milstein and Rosand have similar tone qualities, but they are definitely different musicians. For Beethoven I appreciate Kremer with Haroncourt (Teldec) and for an almost downright raw approach with an... more info

Tracks:

1. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Larghetto
3. Rondo, Allegro
4. Allegro non troppo
5. Adagio
6. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

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