![]() I hear it, I totally get it, across a number of different readings. My take on the Sibelius is just the opposite. (Joshua Bell, Tasmin Little, Ida Haendel, Dong-Suk Kang) (Jascha Heifetz, Nigel Kennedy, Salvatore Accardo, James Ehnes, Maxim Vengerov) It sometimes gets played with a sort of modern soulfulness, like the updated renewal of romantic melody line we in USA tend to associate with those other contemporary violin concertos by Samuel Barber, Gian Carlo Menotti, William Schuman, David Diamond, Ned Rorem, William Bolcom. The Walton gets plays brilliantly in virtuoso readings. I have heard the Walton violin concerto repeatedly and yet never quite got it all down. The companion piece struck me at first as less welcome. Then I noted that Oramo was leading Birmingham again, to accompany Akiko Suwanai in the violin concerto. I finally got them piecemeal from overseas. Sadly those were not widely released in USA except occasionally available as imports. I have long been a fan of the Sibelius symphonies on Warner, with Oramo leading the Birmingham band. I finally got this disc in surround sound super audio. Suwanai, Sibelius, Walton: Violin Ctos: A surprising, gorgeous 20th century concerto coupling, Bravo Suwanai_sibelius_walton_violin_concertos.rar – 287.4 MB ![]()
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