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	• Bruch: Concerto for violin in Gm; Scottish Fantasy Max Bruch, Henri Vieuxtemps, ... RCA, 1995 average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The best Scottish Fantasy on record.

For my taste, Jascha Heifetz has been the greatest violinist ever.
He did many great recordings of principal violin works by the most
important composers. Max Bruch was for sure included in his repertoire,
so we can listen here a wonderful Violin Concerto Nr.1, but the real
hors concors belongs to the Scottish Fantasy, that is the best recording
of this work available. This is a gem from the complete Heifetz series.

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These classic recordings were issued in the early 1960s in excellent sound. Unlike many earlier Heifetz records, you don't have to make allowances for the substandard, boxy sound that seems to be the norm for the majority of Heifetz recordings from the 1950's (the Brahms Concerto being a notable exception). The performances are first-rate, especially the Scottish Fantasy. This has been recorded by quite a few violinists (Perlman, Chung, etc.), but nobody else comes close to the awesome exhibition of virtuosity Heifetz provides. Perhaps you have to play the violin to grasp what you're hearing, but the Finale is hair-raising. Everyone else sounds like they're working hard in the Finale, but not Jascha. One of the great, classic violin recordings. BUY IT.

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Bruch: Concerto for violin in Gm; Scottish Fantasy

My Dad had been looking for Bruch's Concerto for violin in Gm; Scottish Fantasy. He is quite the classical music connoisseur and was quite pleased with this CD.

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Heifetz Shows How it's Done

The last century produced many great concert violinists but the best of them all was Jascha Heifetz. Here he performs two works by Max Bruch and Henri Vieuxtemps' 5th Concerto. These recordings were made in the early 1960s long before Mr. Dolby's noise reduction inventions so you'll hear some tape hiss. However, this CD isn't about sound quality, it's about how well Mr. Heifetz plays the fiddle. His performance of Bruch's Concerto No. 1 in G-minor demonstrates why it should remain in the repertoire. It compares well with Brahms' violin concerto. No matter how difficult the passage, Heifetz tosses it off effortlessly while conveying all the passion and romanticism of the music. Bruch's Scottish Fantasy is a delight and the lesser known Vieuxtemps work is full of virtuosities that Heifetz surmounts with aplomb. Listen to these works by other violinists and Heifetz invites you to compare his performances with theirs. Heifetz always comes out on top. No contest.

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Magnific, but....

I say this, because in Bruch's violin concerto I prefer Salvatore Accardo-Kurt Masur version with the Gewandhaus Orch., like we know the absolute reference for this work, now in a bargain title in "eloquence" series, and I think that Oistrach-von Matacic, Grumiaux-Wallberg, Vengerov-Masur are also magnific versions of this work (more than Perlman, Chung or Lin' versions mentioned here). For my taste in Heifetz hands the last movt. is something fast, this is a virtuosistic version and I prefer a poetic one. But, Heifetz is Heifetz, and indeed this is an interesting version of this work. Instead, in Scottisch Fantasy Heifetz is the number one, because this is a more appropiated work for his style and also in Vieuxtemp's concerto, 5 stars for him in both works. ¡Excellent sound for a 1960's recording!. Oscar Olavarría, Santiago, Chile.

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Tracks
Concerto No. 1, Op. 26, In G Minor: Vorspiel: Allegro Moderato | Concerto No. 1, Op. 26, In G Minor: Adagio | Concerto No. 1, Op. 26, In G Minor: Finale: Allegro Energico | Scottish Fantasy: Introduction: Grave; Adagio antabile | Scottish Fantasy: Allegro | Scottish Fantasy: Adagio; Andante Sostenuto | Scottish Fantasy: Finale: Allegro Guerriero | Concerto No. 5, Op. 37, In A Minor: Allegro Non Troppo | Concerto No. 5, Op. 37, In A Minor: Adagio | Concerto No. 5, Op. 37, In A Minor: Allegro con fuoco

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