Presenting Joshua Bell
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Composer or Director: Robert Schumann, Ottokar (Eugen) Novácek, Henryk Wieniawski, Pablo (Martín Melatón) Sarasate (y Navascuéz), Nicolò Paganini, Jean Sibelius, Johannes Brahms, Edwin Grasse, Ernest Bloch, Manuel de Falla
Magazine Review Date: 5/1988
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 417 891-1DH

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Variations on an Original Theme |
Henryk Wieniawski, Composer
Henryk Wieniawski, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(4) Pieces, Movement: No. 2, Romance |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Jean Sibelius, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(5) Pieces, Movement: No. 1, Mazurka |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Jean Sibelius, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(21) Hungarian Dances, Movement: No. 1 in G minor |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Cantabile |
Nicolò Paganini, Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Nicolò Paganini, Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Scherzo-tarantelle |
Henryk Wieniawski, Composer
Henryk Wieniawski, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Baal Shem, Movement: Nigun |
Ernest Bloch, Composer
Ernest Bloch, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(8) Concert caprices |
Ottokar (Eugen) Novácek, Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Ottokar (Eugen) Novácek, Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Waldszenen, Movement: Vogel als Prophet |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Robert Schumann, Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(La) Vida breve, Movement: Danse espagnole No.1 |
Manuel de Falla, Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Manuel de Falla, Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Wellenspiel |
Edwin Grasse, Composer
Edwin Grasse, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Concert Fantasy on Carmen |
Pablo (Martín Melatón) Sarasate (y Navascuéz), Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Pablo (Martín Melatón) Sarasate (y Navascuéz), Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Composer or Director: Robert Schumann, Ottokar (Eugen) Novácek, Henryk Wieniawski, Pablo (Martín Melatón) Sarasate (y Navascuéz), Nicolò Paganini, Jean Sibelius, Johannes Brahms, Edwin Grasse, Ernest Bloch, Manuel de Falla
Magazine Review Date: 5/1988
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 417 891-4DH

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Variations on an Original Theme |
Henryk Wieniawski, Composer
Henryk Wieniawski, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(4) Pieces, Movement: No. 2, Romance |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Jean Sibelius, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(5) Pieces, Movement: No. 1, Mazurka |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Jean Sibelius, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(21) Hungarian Dances, Movement: No. 1 in G minor |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Cantabile |
Nicolò Paganini, Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Nicolò Paganini, Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Scherzo-tarantelle |
Henryk Wieniawski, Composer
Henryk Wieniawski, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Baal Shem, Movement: Nigun |
Ernest Bloch, Composer
Ernest Bloch, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(8) Concert caprices |
Ottokar (Eugen) Novácek, Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Ottokar (Eugen) Novácek, Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Waldszenen, Movement: Vogel als Prophet |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Robert Schumann, Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(La) Vida breve, Movement: Danse espagnole No.1 |
Manuel de Falla, Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Manuel de Falla, Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Wellenspiel |
Edwin Grasse, Composer
Edwin Grasse, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Concert Fantasy on Carmen |
Pablo (Martín Melatón) Sarasate (y Navascuéz), Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Pablo (Martín Melatón) Sarasate (y Navascuéz), Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Composer or Director: Robert Schumann, Ottokar (Eugen) Novácek, Henryk Wieniawski, Pablo (Martín Melatón) Sarasate (y Navascuéz), Nicolò Paganini, Jean Sibelius, Johannes Brahms, Edwin Grasse, Ernest Bloch, Manuel de Falla
Magazine Review Date: 5/1988
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 64
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 417 891-2DH

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Variations on an Original Theme |
Henryk Wieniawski, Composer
Henryk Wieniawski, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(4) Pieces, Movement: No. 2, Romance |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Jean Sibelius, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(5) Pieces, Movement: No. 1, Mazurka |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Jean Sibelius, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(21) Hungarian Dances, Movement: No. 1 in G minor |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Cantabile |
Nicolò Paganini, Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Nicolò Paganini, Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Scherzo-tarantelle |
Henryk Wieniawski, Composer
Henryk Wieniawski, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Baal Shem, Movement: Nigun |
Ernest Bloch, Composer
Ernest Bloch, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(8) Concert caprices |
Ottokar (Eugen) Novácek, Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Ottokar (Eugen) Novácek, Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Waldszenen, Movement: Vogel als Prophet |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Robert Schumann, Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
(La) Vida breve, Movement: Danse espagnole No.1 |
Manuel de Falla, Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Manuel de Falla, Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Wellenspiel |
Edwin Grasse, Composer
Edwin Grasse, Composer Joshua Bell, Violin Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Concert Fantasy on Carmen |
Pablo (Martín Melatón) Sarasate (y Navascuéz), Composer
Joshua Bell, Violin Pablo (Martín Melatón) Sarasate (y Navascuéz), Composer Samuel Sanders, Piano |
Author:
Joshua Bell, a relatively young newcomer to the American scene, without question provides such quality. Of course he also plays standard repertoire concertos and EG reviews his Bruch/Mendelssohn coupling on page 1589. But I have never had the opportunity to hear him in such major works; nevertheless, I can remain abundantly content to hear him in what in cold blood must be described as trifles for ever.
But blood should not be so cold. Who should even try to resist, say Sibelius's Mazurka, one of the more elegant trifles (perhaps unexpectedly from a composer usually more successful in structures of granite than of strawberry mousse)? Yet there is some small representation, here, of the sterner stuff: the Bloch ''Nigun'' certainly sees to that. But of course Wieniawski, Novacek and Sarasate see to something else: that the virtuoso piece is in no danger of being neglected.
In these virtuoso pieces Bell is dazzling; in the gentler pieces he is moving, in the Bloch he is intense. And in one piece at least he introduces, successfully, the unfamiliar: Edwin Grasse's Waves at play whose gentle ripple is said to have enchanted earlier audiences, and, played as effortlessly as this, could well begin to enchant today's audiences all over again.
It is just believable that there are perhaps one or two spots that Bell himself, if nobody else, would like to take again. It is also just believable that the slightest tartness in the recording (rather more noticeable when considering the splendid piano accompaniments provided by Samuel Sanders) might send some listeners to adjust their treble control a notch. Neither of these points could reasonably even begin to cloud visibility of the star quality of the record as a whole. If Bell can play like this at 21, how is he going to play in 40 years' time?
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