Joshua Bell - The Kreisler Album

Joshua Bell - The Kreisler Album
- BELL JOSHUA / COKER PAUL
- MUSICA CLASICA
- INTERNATIONAL
- MUSIC
Fritz Kreisler, incomparable violinist and prolific composer, was the supreme interpreter of his own pieces; his recordings of them have cast a spell on generations of performers. Joshua Bell succumbed to it as a boy, but avoids the pitfall of trying to imitate Kreisler's style, putting his own stamp on both the original pieces and the so-called baroque arrangements, which Kreisler eventually admitted having written himself. The program, shrewdly chosen to display Kreisler's multifaceted versatility, includes stylized, graceful dances, dreamy reveries, outbursts of joy and passion, parodistic syncopation, and, of course, true Viennese character pieces. Bell's love of the music suffuses every note; he captures mood, character, and expression with flair and impeccable style. His playing, technically brilliant and tonally ravishing, has humor, wit, grace, elegance, and irresistible charm. Sentiment never becomes sentimentality; there is not a trace of schmalz or kitsch. The piano parts, with their sophisticated harmonies and skillful counterpoint, prove that Kreisler was a good composer as well as a fine pianist; Paul Coker plays them with just the right combination of rhythmic steadiness and idiomatic freedom. --Edith Eisler
Country USA
Brand Decca
Manufacturer Decca
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 028944440928
Model 028944440928
ReleaseDate 1996-02-05
UnitCount 1
Format Import
UPCs 028944440928
EANs 0028944440928

Country	USA
Brand	Decca
Manufacturer	Decca
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	028944440928
Model	028944440928
ReleaseDate	1996-02-05
UnitCount	1
Format	Import
UPCs	028944440928
EANs	0028944440928

Joshua Bell - The Kreisler Album

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