Defining "wiry," Zino Francescatti's tone is lean, hard but edgy. At the same time, however, Francescatti's close to sentimental interpretations almost imperceptibly but undeniably define "sweet." In these 1961 and 1965 recordings of Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky's violin concertos, Francescatti's tone just about but not quite changes the meaning of the works while his interpretations just about but not quite bring them all back home. Two of the tenderest and most sentimental of nineteenth century violin concertos, ...
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Defining "wiry," Zino Francescatti's tone is lean, hard but edgy. At the same time, however, Francescatti's close to sentimental interpretations almost imperceptibly but undeniably define "sweet." In these 1961 and 1965 recordings of Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky's violin concertos, Francescatti's tone just about but not quite changes the meaning of the works while his interpretations just about but not quite bring them all back home. Two of the tenderest and most sentimental of nineteenth century violin concertos, Francescatti's tone nearly transforms them into hard-edged works. In Francescatti's hands, Mendelssohn's opening Allegro molto appassionato sounds almost raw and his closing Allegro molto vivace sounds almost rough, while Tchaikovsky's opening Allegro moderato sounds near to muscular and his closing Allegro vivacissimo sounds near to brutal. But then there's Francescatti's interpretations, which give Mendelssohn's central Andante and Tchaikovsky's central Canzonetta the shine and shimmer of...
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