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Hank Zauderer is a radio volunteer on National Public Radio's KUSP radio in Santa Cruz - hosting programs and specializing in classical music. In particular, he loves the study of great composers and feels that music composition so often reflects the key events that took place in a composer's life.
Hank's taste includes the old Gregorian Chants and related religious works as well as music of the Baroque, Classical, and the Romantic period. Some of his favorites include Mahler, Edward Elgar, Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, and Benjamin Britten.
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Julia Fischer Performs Bach
Posted: Saturday | 08.01.09
Bach Violin Concertos, as performed by Julia Fischer (Decca Label)
In 2007, I attended the Aspen Music Festival in Aspen, Colorado. At that time I had the opportunity to hear Ms. Fischer play in a live performance, after previously hearing her in recordings. Yep… she is really is a terrific interpreter!
In this recording, she performs Bach’s Concertos for Violin and Orchestra numbers 1 and 2, as well as the concerto for 2 violins, and finally the concerto for Violin and Oboe. All of these performances are with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields chamber group with whom she has previously recorded and toured; in this recording, Fischer herself is also the leader of the orchestra.
There are many wonderful opportunities to enjoy Ms. Fischer’s artistic interpretations in this CD. I particularly enjoyed the second movements of the violin concertos which are done with wonderful musical and lyrical playing. There is always tone purity coming from Ms. Fischer’s instrument, and an excellent balance of her playing against the orchestra. In the D-Minor Double Violin Concerto, she is joined by Sasha Sitkovetsky, whose playing is nicely matched with hers in phrasing and interpretation. Finally, there’s the concerto for Violin, Oboe, and strings which is also an outstanding performance. Just listen to that Adagio movement with its fine interplay between these two solo instruments!
If you’d like to purchase and/or listen to samples, click on the following link:
http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Concertos-Johann-Sebastian/dp/B001IT74YW/ref=pd_sim_m_3