Mozart: Violin Concertos

In March I heard Julia Fischer playing Khachaturian's violin concerto at a concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. She is such a wonderful violinist that soon after I got home I checked what other performance of hers would be available from Amazon. When I saw this CD I promptly ordered it. I was not disappointed: She plays these concertos better than anyone I ever heard. She combines deep feeling with perfect virtuosity in this performance. I recommend this CD to everybody who likes Mozart or violin!

Julia Fischer and Yakov Kreizberg are the PERFECT duo! I thoroughly enjoy this performance!

Mozart Violin Concertos are a favourite with me. However, after watching Julia Fischer perform Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' on TV one afternoon, I was impressed by her. After that I went about finding other pieces she has played. I am very satisfied with this CD and would recomend it to other Mozart fans.

Excelente CD SACD, I love it..., she did a great performance! The quality sound is exquisite! The violín concerto in D is excepcional in this format!

On my system this disk has sound stage instability with the higher frequencies of the violin. As I don't have this on other SACDs I wonder if is an engineering issue. This is a pity as the performance is outstanding. I'll probably play it infrequently as this problem is quite distracting. It has not been a satisfying purchase.

I do not claim to be an expert in classical music but I do enjoy listening to good classical music often. This recording of Mozart Violin Concertos is one that I have enjoyed listening too over and over. I would not hesitate recommending it to anyone who enjoys classical music that highlights the romantic violin.

Very clean recording featuring one of my favorite composers by one of the best musician. I love this sacd as it really shows off my stereo. Highly recommend.

Julia Fischer is a young (b. 1983) German violinist who seems to be making lots of CDs these days. She has previously recorded a CD of Russian violin concertos and another of Bach Partitas and Sonatas, among others, and they have received very positive reviews. My take on this CD will add to that acclaim. This is a very talented, musicianly and exciting violinist. She is given sensitive, historically-informed accompaniment by Yakov Kreizberg and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. And the sound, both in the SACD and the plain vanilla CD versions -- both contained on this hybrid disc -- is exemplary. The orchestral sound is transparent -- one can hear everything -- and yet the soloist stands out. Fischer's use of a variety of tone and vibrato is outstanding. Her management of dynamics is extremely subtle and rewarding. Her phrasing is limpid, classical; she clearly understands the difference between the kind of sound needed in her previous recording of concerti by Khachaturian, Prokofiev and Glazunov and the purity required by Mozart. Not only that, she supplies her own very nice (and not self-servingly outré) cadenzas in several of the movements. The cadenza for the slow movement of the Third Concerto was written by Kreizberg. Only in the last movement of the Fourth Concerto does Fischer use the cadenza we're most familiar with, that of Joseph Joachim. The cadenza in the finale of the Third is by Sam Franko (a name new to me) with an emendation by Fischer herself.To round out the disc and bring its timing up to a full 60 minutes, Fischer and her colleagues give us the Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K. 261, and the Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B Flat major, K. 269. These are rarely heard but are welcome additions to the CD.I would welcome any new recordings Ms Fischer chooses to make. I would love to hear her perform the Sibelius concerto. I suspect that would be sensational. But I would also love to hear her play the other Mozart concerti (although 3 & 4 are my favorites) as well as the Sinfonia concertante with, say, her German colleague, violist Tabea Zimmermann. There are other wonderful recordings of the Third and Fourth Concerti, but this CD deserves to stand with them.An easy recommendation.Scott Morrison

Per distinguersi in un campo già affollato di questi noti concerti, ogni nuova versione deve avere delle qualità speciali e questa secondo me le ha tutte! Esecuzioni dal forte animo romantico ma con quella fantasiosità che poi Julia Fischer ci avrebbe mostrato neglia anni (non scordiamo che parliamo di registrazioni del 2006).C'è affiatamento palpabile tra la solista e il direttore d'orchestra Yakov Kreizberg; l'esecuzione nitida ed euforica della Netherlands Chamber Orchestra completa poi il piacere d'ascolto.La qualità audio è quella delle migliori incisioni PentaTone: limpida cristallina e suadente nella dolcezza della riproduzione del SACD (vero campione del formato fisico nella musica classica). C'è spazio e respiro intorno alla violinista, gli ingegneri del suono hanno catturato perfettamente la firma acustica della chiesa di Amsterdam dove il tutto è stato eseguito. Un 10 e lode, senza se e senza ma con l'obbligo di prendere anche il volume 1 con i primi due concerti.

This is absolutely EXCELLENT! Whatever music Julia Fischer bends her supreme talent to you can buy with total confidence. Buy anything she has recorded and you will not be disappointed. Her touch is sublime. Her interpretation is nonpareil. What a gift she has given us. Exciting, soaring, sublime - if you love the violin and musical genius you'll love everything she does as much as I do. Buy it all and you'll be totally delighted with sheer gorgeousness of the music. Sumptuously beautiful and way beyond what mere words can adequately express.

いまだに名盤は１５歳のムターがカラヤンの指揮で録音したNO,3とNO,5だと思うが、フィッシャーはNO,3とNO,4,を入れている。でもフィッシャー版でNO,４を再認識させられた。生き生きと幸福感一杯に歌い上げている。ムター版はデヴュー版でテンポもゆっくり目だが、子供の演奏ではなく、しっかり自己主張しているし、両者ともモーツアルトの語法を踏み外してはいない点で心から安心して聴ける名演。フィシャーは２２歳の録音だがテクニックに十分余裕があり遊び心も存分に自在に弾きのけている。彼女は８回のコンクールで優勝（驚くことにそのうち３回はピアノ部門）、ドイツでは際若年の音楽大学の教授でもある。この先も注目を集める逸材。昨年の来日がキャンセルになったのは残念であった。レコーディングに触れると、ムター版はアナログ、フィッシャー版はSACD.弦楽器の音としてはムターに自然な響きが感じられる、一方フィッシャー版は高域勝った音で板の響きが不足で痩せた音と感じた故星１個マイナス。