There have been few violinists who have recorded any of Schubert's violin music and far fewer violinists who recorded all of Schubert's violin music. Thankfully, Gidon Kremer is one of the few who have recorded it all. Although Kremer is best known for his virtuoso performances of an eclectic repertoire from Shostakovich to Piazolla, he is both a dedicated and sympathetic Schubert player, dedicated to the greatness of the music and sympathetic to its ineffable beauty. All four of Kremer's Schubert sonatas are intensely ...
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There have been few violinists who have recorded any of Schubert's violin music and far fewer violinists who recorded all of Schubert's violin music. Thankfully, Gidon Kremer is one of the few who have recorded it all. Although Kremer is best known for his virtuoso performances of an eclectic repertoire from Shostakovich to Piazolla, he is both a dedicated and sympathetic Schubert player, dedicated to the greatness of the music and sympathetic to its ineffable beauty. All four of Kremer's Schubert sonatas are intensely concentrated performances that make the most of every note, singing every melody and filling every form with drama. His Fantasy in C major and the Trockne Blumen are even better as works of virtuosic tendencies redeemed by the inspiration of Schubert's genius and transformed by Kremer's transcendent technique into great performances. Of his three concerto movements for violin and orchestra, the Rondo is at the level of Mozart's violin concertos, his Konzertstück is just as good and his...
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