HAYDN Violin Concertos Nos 1, 3 & 4
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Composer or Director: Joseph Haydn
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Cobra
Magazine Review Date: 12/2017
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 68
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: COBRA0061
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra |
Joseph Haydn, Composer
Joseph Haydn, Composer Lisa Jacobs, Violin The String Soloists |
Concerto for Violin and Strings |
Joseph Haydn, Composer
Joseph Haydn, Composer Lisa Jacobs, Violin The String Soloists |
Author: David Threasher
Lisa Jacobs fields a band of no more than 14 string players, with a very present harpsichord accompaniment. Ensemble and phrasing are ideal, and Jacobs’s own cadenzas are in keeping with their surroundings. Her tone is clear and consistent. What is missing, perhaps, is that strand of individuality that marked out her Locatelli disc last year. It’s almost as if she’s playing safe, notwithstanding having explored these works in depth while touring them over the past season.
The bicentenary year in 2009, commemorating Haydn’s death, was a turning point in the performance of his music. Since then we’ve had the completion of the first period-instrument cycle of his symphonies plus the continuation of Thomas Fey’s ever-individual recordings and the start of a new survey by Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini. Period and period-influenced traversals of these concertos also have a long history – Simon Standage’s readings with the English Concert are now 30 years old, and subsequently we’ve had Elizabeth Wallfisch, Giuliano Carmignola, Midori Seiler and more. All demonstrate a new, contemporary approach to Haydn-playing, which, I’m afraid, Lisa Jacobs and The String Soloists don’t quite. If you already have a favourite, stick to that.
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