Gramophone: Leonidas Kavakos signs to Decca

[Mark S]

Leonidas Kavakos signs to Decca

First Decca disc to be complete set of the Beethoven sonatas
Wed 25th April 2012

Leonidas Kavakos signs to Decca (photo: Decca/Daniel Regan)

Leonidas Kavakos, the Greek violinist, has signed to Decca. His first
recording for the label will be a complete set of the Beethoven
sonatas, with pianist Enrico Pace, while later releases will include
the Brahms Violin Concerto (conducted by Riccardo Chailly) and the
complete solo violin music of Bach.

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/leonidas-kavakos-signs-to-decca

[RiRiIII]

Thanks! The Beethoven sonatas are being recorded this period in the Athens Concert Hall (that has a quite advanced recording studio: Ashkenazy recorded there Tchaikovksy's Seasons for Decca etc.). Kavakos gave in concert the sonatas in Athens this month and he will repeat them in Salzburg in the summer.

[Oscar]

On Apr 26, 10:33 am, Mark S wrote:
>
> Leonidas Kavakos signs to Decca
>
> First Decca disc to be complete set of the Beethoven sonatas
> Wed 25th April 2012
>

> Leonidas Kavakos, the Greek violinist, has signed to Decca. His first
> recording for the label will be a complete set of the Beethoven
> sonatas, with pianist Enrico Pace, while later releases will include
> the Brahms Violin Concerto (conducted by Riccardo Chailly) and the
> complete solo violin music of Bach.

Interesting signing by Pilavachi.

[wkasimer]

On Apr 26, 1:33 pm, Mark S <markstenr...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Leonidas Kavakos signs to Decca.

He must have gotten tired of waiting for Sony to record him and
promote him. His Mendelssohn (concerto and piano trio #1) and Mozart
are excellent, but they were virtually invisible to US buyers.

I look forward to all of his recordings.

Bill

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Sony issued his Mendelssohn CD in August 2009, but then followed it in
February 2010 with a disc of just the trios performed by their highest-
profile artists. He has a reason to be unhappy with them.

Just based on the one CD of his that I have (Sibelius VC in both the
standard edition and the "original" one), I'd say he's excellent. Whether
I want further recordings of very standard repertoire, I couldn't say.

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[arri bachrach]

On Apr 26, 1:33 pm, Mark S <markstenr...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/leonidas-kavakos-sig...

upon joining my orchestra in Sept 1988, our first concert included the
Paganini violin concerto with a very young soloist named Leonidas
Kavakos. I was not overwhelmed by his playing and since then I have
heard some studio recordings and some live recitals which are at best
ordinary. Can't imagine why Decca is recording the LvB sonatas, etc.

AB

[RiRiIII]

Me too.

Last month he made his debut on the podium of the Boston Symphony! These days he performs Korngold's VC with Dudamel and the BPO in Berlin.

http://www.intermusica.co.uk/news/artists/1547

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> upon joining my orchestra in Sept 1988, our first concert included the
> Paganini violin concerto with a very young soloist named Leonidas
> Kavakos. I was not overwhelmed by his playing and since then I have
> heard some studio recordings and some live recitals which are at best
> ordinary. Can't imagine why Decca is recording the LvB sonatas, etc.

Because the label is run by beancounters who will be honestly surprised when
sales fail to meet expectations?

[Steve de Mena]

On 4/26/12 10:43 AM, RiRiIII wrote:

>
> Thanks! The Beethoven sonatas are being recorded this period in the Athens Concert Hall (that has a quite advanced recording
> studio: Ashkenazy recorded there Tchaikovksy's Seasons for Decca etc.). Kavakos gave in concert the sonatas in Athens this month > and he will repeat them in Salzburg in the summer.

I imagine they have an advanced recording control room, and not studio (?)

Shouldn't need much to record Beethoven Sonatas. A laptop, Pro Tools,
a good Firewire interface (Avid, Apogee or RME) , plus
mics/cables/stands/hard drives.

Steve

[Steve de Mena]

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>> On Apr 26, 1:33 pm, Mark S<markstenr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Leonidas Kavakos signs to Decca.
>>
>> He must have gotten tired of waiting for Sony to record him and promote
>> him. His Mendelssohn (concerto and piano trio #1) and Mozart are
>> excellent, but they were virtually invisible to US buyers.
>>
>> I look forward to all of his recordings.
>>
>> Bill
>
> Sony issued his Mendelssohn CD in August 2009, but then followed it in
> February 2010 with a disc of just the trios performed by their highest-
> profile artists. He has a reason to be unhappy with them.
>
> Just based on the one CD of his that I have (Sibelius VC in both the
> standard edition and the "original" one), I'd say he's excellent. Whether
> I want further recordings of very standard repertoire, I couldn't say.

I looked at the Mendelssohn CD on Amazon and it says I purchased it on
5/14/2010. Have no memory of listening to it. Probably bought it based
on raves here.

Steve

[Steve de Mena]

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>> upon joining my orchestra in Sept 1988, our first concert included the
>> Paganini violin concerto with a very young soloist named Leonidas
>> Kavakos. I was not overwhelmed by his playing and since then I have
>> heard some studio recordings and some live recitals which are at best
>> ordinary. Can't imagine why Decca is recording the LvB sonatas, etc.
>
> Because the label is run by beancounters who will be honestly surprised when
> sales fail to meet expectations?

You just told us Kavrakos is "excellent" from the CD you have. You
don't feel he should record the Beethoven Sonatas? Are accountants
really making A&R decisions at Decca?

Steve

[ec38...@gmail.com]

I assume you are right. However, the recording was made in the smaller 500-sear "Mitropoulos" Hall of the Megaron complex and not in the 2000-seat main hall.

Alex

[Matthew B. Tepper]

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A mix of unfamiliar along with the familiar would be nice. This looks
like, "Okay, here's our new house fiddler, and we're just going to put him
through his paces with nothing but standard repertoire."

The CD of his that I enjoy does exactly that (albeit in a particularly
interesting manner).

[Mark S]

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> >>> upon joining my orchestra in Sept 1988, our first concert included the
> >>> Paganini violin concerto with a very young soloist named Leonidas
> >>> Kavakos. I was not overwhelmed by his playing and since then I have
> >>> heard some studio recordings and some live recitals which are at best
> >>> ordinary.  Can't imagine why Decca is recording the LvB sonatas, etc.
>
> >> Because the label is run by beancounters who will be honestly surprised
> >> when sales fail to meet expectations?
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> > You just told us Kavrakos is "excellent" from the CD you have. You
> > don't feel he should record the Beethoven Sonatas? Are accountants
> > really making A&R decisions at Decca?
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> > Steve
>
> A mix of unfamiliar along with the familiar would be nice.  This looks
> like, "Okay, here's our new house fiddler, and we're just going to put him
> through his paces with nothing but standard repertoire."
>

I don't know about that, Matthew. SOP seems to be giving a new
violinist a debut disc of small bon-bons or maybe a concerto, followed
immediately by what you call Krossover Krap to assuage the masses.
Decca is the home of Joshua Bell, after all. Launching a new signing
with the complete Beethoven Sonatas seems to me to be making a
commitment to a serious artist with serious repertoire by a serious
label.

As far as LK recording unusual rep...well, he's already done that with
the recording of the Sibelius (first version). It's time for this damn
fine fiddler to put down some of the standard rep for posterity. I'm
encourage Decca is taking this tact with him.

[Gerard]

Mark S <markst...@yahoo.com> typed:

It's the home of Janine Jansen as well.

[David Fox]

> http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/leonidas-kavakos-sig...

I saw him perform several times at Verbier last summer. He's a real
musician and he's as good as any violinist out there right now. I was
having a conversation recently with a semi-professional violinist and
I asked her who she thought was the best violinist currently before
the public. She thought for a while and chose Kavakos.

I was surprised and impressed by this signing. He's in his 40's and
he's not the next new young phenom. He's not very photogenic – he's
very tall and has an unkempt Lupu-like beard. I left Verbier intent
on seeking out more of his recordings. I already had his Sibelius
from about 20 years ago. I was disappointed that there were not that
many other choices, though there's a very nice video of him perform
the Beethoven Violin Concerto (Mehta conducting) on the Berlin
Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall subscription service. I'm glad to
hear that he's going to be recording regularly. I only hope that
Decca remains consistent in its commitment to him.

DF

[David Fox]

I'm not sure I'd dismiss a musician completely out-of-hand based on
one performance he gave 24 years ago when he was barely out of his
teens. Give him another try or two and see what you think. If you're
opinion remains unchanged, I'd be curious to know which currently-
performing violinist you find to be unquestionably superior.

DF

[Oscar]

On Apr 27, 7:56 am, Mark S wrote:
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> > A mix of unfamiliar along with the familiar would be nice.  This looks
> > like, "Okay, here's our new house fiddler, and we're just going to put him
> > through his paces with nothing but standard repertoire."
>
> I don't know about that, Matthew. SOP seems to be giving a new
> violinist a debut disc of small bon-bons or maybe a concerto, followed
> immediately by what you call Krossover Krap to assuage the masses.
> Decca is the home of Joshua Bell, after all.

Josh Bell has been signed to Sony for over 15 years, who issued his
_blockbuster_ <sarcasm> Nicholas Maw Violin Concerto CD in 2000
http://tiny.cc/kfkfdw Bell's latest release of Saint-Saëns, Franck,
and Ravel Violin Sonatas, with Jeremy Denk, is actually quite good.

[RiRiIII]

Another Kavakos CD is the Berg VC for BBC Magazine:

http://www.amazon.com/Violin-Concerto-Schoenberg-Verklarte-Nacht/dp/B000OTBM5O

also his both CDs for ECM: Bach/Stravinsky and Ravel/Enesco.

And the 6 Ysaye sonatas for Bis and another one for Orfeo that feautures his as conductor as well.

Alex.-

[jrsnfld]

The two recital discs on ECM are superb--you should definitely get
those if you haven't already. I have not heard his recital on Orfeo,
but the repertoire looks interesting and I'll bet it's good. Has
anyone heard it?

Kavakos is consistently one of the best violinists out there right
now, as you noted.
--Jeff

[RiRiIII]

The Orfeo CD has the following works:

Mozart: Symphonie Nr. 38 "Prager"
+Stamitz: Ouvertüre Nr. 9
+Haydn: Violinkonzert H. 7a Nr. 1
+Henze: Fantasia für Streicher

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Camerata-Academica-Salzburg-Salzburger-Festspiele-2003/hnum/4310084

To complete the picture, aprt from the recs mentioned previously in this thread, he has also recorded the Korngold VC (DVD), the Berg VC (with SADO on japanese DVD), the Hindemith VC (Chandos), a Kreisler recital (BIS), the Paganini Caprices (Dynamic), a recital for the label Delos and another for Koch as well as the Schumann VC with Sawallisch and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/home/search?fastsearch=KAVAKOS&pd_orderby=score

[Alan Cooper]

RiRiIII <alex_...@hotmail.com> wrote in
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And in addition to the well-known Sibelius VC in two versions, he also recorded
the beautiful and sadly neglected Humoresques for Finlandia.

AC

[Mark S]

On Apr 27, 8:43 am, Oscar <oscaredwardwilliam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 27, 7:56 am, Mark S wrote:
>
>
>
> > > A mix of unfamiliar along with the familiar would be nice.  This looks
> > > like, "Okay, here's our new house fiddler, and we're just going to put him
> > > through his paces with nothing but standard repertoire."
>
> > I don't know about that, Matthew. SOP seems to be giving a new
> > violinist a debut disc of small bon-bons or maybe a concerto, followed
> > immediately by what you call Krossover Krap to assuage the masses.
> > Decca is the home of Joshua Bell, after all.
>
> Josh Bell has been signed to Sony for over 15 years, who issued his

> _blockbuster_ <sarcasm> Nicholas Maw Violin Concerto CD in 2000http://tiny.cc/kfkfdwBell's latest release of Saint-Saëns, Franck,

> and Ravel Violin Sonatas, with Jeremy Denk, is actually quite good.

A quick check at amazon shows that Bell broke in as a Decca artist
back in 1990 or so with his recordings of the Mendelssohn and Bruch 1,
followed by an album of shorter pieces. His recordings for Sony seem
to date to 1999 (The Red Violin), ie: 13 years ago, not "over 15 years
ago.".

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Don't forget that I am fond of John Corigliano's music, and Bell made the
first recording of the "Red Violin" music.

To skewer my own thesis, I seem to remember that, after they had been out
of print for a while, Bell's Decca recordings were commanding premium
prices from collectors, at a time when he was recording mostly krossover
krap for Sony. (The Decca recordings were later reissued, of course.)

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> Another Kavakos CD is the Berg VC for BBC Magazine:
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> http://www.amazon.com/Violin-Concerto-Schoenberg-Verklarte-Nacht/dp/B000O
> TBM5O
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> also his both CDs for ECM: Bach/Stravinsky and Ravel/Enesco.
>
> And the 6 Ysaye sonatas for Bis and another one for Orfeo that feautures
> his as conductor as well.

Indeed; but now that he's signed to Decca, I'd like to see them record him in
unfamiliar repertoire, along with the more familiar. Not instead of; with.

[arri bachrach]

Hahn, Bell, Shahan, Mutter, Perlman MiDori, etc.

[David Fox]

Interestingly, I would construct a rather similar list. I would also
add Josefowicz and Kremer off of
the top of my head. Given that, I would suggest you give Kavakos
another listen.

DF

[arri bachrach]

On Apr 27, 12:12 pm, David Fox <davidfox2...@yahoo.com> wrote:

did not 'dismiss him out ol hand'........ he is a good concert
violinist, but hardly great. That is only my opinion........ others
may feel differently.

AB

[Oscar]

On Apr 27, 12:54 pm, David Fox wrote:
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> > > I'm not sure I'd dismiss a musician completely out-of-hand based on
> > > one performance he gave 24 years ago when he was barely out of his
> > > teens.  Give him another try or two and see what you think.  If you're
> > > opinion remains unchanged, I'd be curious to know which currently-
> > > performing violinist you find to be unquestionably superior.
>

> > Hahn, Bell, Shahan, Mutter, Perlman MiDori, etc.
>
> Interestingly, I would construct a rather similar list.  I would also
> add Josefowicz and Kremer off of
> the top of my head.  Given that, I would suggest you give Kavakos
> another listen.

Christian Tetzlaff is an elite player who belongs in such company,
IMHO.

[David Fox]

Agreed. I also forgot to mention Vadim Repin.

DF

[Oscar]

On Apr 27, 1:30 pm, Oscar wrote:
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> Christian Tetzlaff is an elite player who belongs in such company.

And James Ehnes.

[jrsnfld]

On Apr 27, 10:40 am, RiRiIII <alex_ri...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> > The two recital discs on ECM are superb--you should definitely get
> > those if you haven't already. I have not heard his recital on Orfeo,
> > but the repertoire looks interesting and I'll bet it's good. Has
> > anyone heard it?
>
> > Kavakos is consistently one of the best violinists out there right
> > now, as you noted.
> > --Jeff
>
> The Orfeo CD has the following works:
>
> Mozart: Symphonie Nr. 38 "Prager"
> +Stamitz: Ouvertüre Nr. 9
> +Haydn: Violinkonzert H. 7a Nr. 1
> +Henze: Fantasia für Streicher
>

> http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Camerata-Academica-Salzb...
>

Yes. That much was clear. I take it you haven't heard it? I hope I
come across it someday.

> To complete the picture, aprt from the recs mentioned previously in this thread, he has also recorded the Korngold VC (DVD), the Berg VC (with SADO on japanese DVD), the Hindemith VC (Chandos), a Kreisler recital (BIS), the Paganini Caprices (Dynamic), a recital for the label Delos and another for Koch as well as the Schumann VC with Sawallisch and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

If completion is the goal--I don't know if anyone mentioned the
Schumann sonatas, on Sony. I can't remember it, off-hand. Who was the
pianist? (One of his recent recitals on the radio included one of the
Schumann sonatas, with Leonskaya accompanying.) Plus, one of his many
performances of the Dutilleux concerto is preserved in a four disc box
of Gergiev Festival recordings from Rotterdam.

Anyway, I'm already getting a fairly steady diet of Kavakos thanks to
the radio (concerti by Szymanowski, Berg, Dutilleux, Brahms, Sibelius,
Mendelssohn, etc.), but not enough chamber music. Given how good
Kavakos is in that setting. I'll be eager to hear the Beethoven set.

--Jeff

[Mort]

Hi,

Have you heard Frank Peter Zimmerman? He is supoerb.

Mort Linder

[Dufus]

>On Apr 27, 7:41 pm, Mort <m...@cloud9.net> wrote:

> Have you heard Frank Peter Zimmerman? He is supoerb.
>
>

Indeed. I caught only the last mov. of his recent live Brahms with
Gilbert and the NYPO, but was impressed. Even on car radio FM !

Dufus

[Steve de Mena]

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>>>> upon joining my orchestra in Sept 1988, our first concert included the
>>>> Paganini violin concerto with a very young soloist named Leonidas
>>>> Kavakos. I was not overwhelmed by his playing and since then I have
>>>> heard some studio recordings and some live recitals which are at best
>>>> ordinary. Can't imagine why Decca is recording the LvB sonatas, etc.
>>>
>>> Because the label is run by beancounters who will be honestly surprised
>>> when sales fail to meet expectations?
>>
>> You just told us Kavrakos is "excellent" from the CD you have. You
>> don't feel he should record the Beethoven Sonatas? Are accountants
>> really making A&R decisions at Decca?
>>
>> Steve
>
> A mix of unfamiliar along with the familiar would be nice. This looks
> like, "Okay, here's our new house fiddler, and we're just going to put him
> through his paces with nothing but standard repertoire."
>
> The CD of his that I enjoy does exactly that (albeit in a particularly
> interesting manner).

Is the Szymanowski Violin Concerto any good? I just heard someone
recommending that to a famous violinist. I don't know it. Good
recording(s)?

Steve

[Steve de Mena]

I just bought that CD after a concert this week so I could get him to
sign it. Will play it later on.

He was with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields at the Valley
Performing Arts Center at Cal State Northridge. Very spirited
performance of Beethoven's 7th, could have used a little more
poignancy and reflection in the slow movement I felt. He did a great
job with the Beethoven Violin Concerto, but I don't think it will
stand out as the best I've heard. He led the orchestral works from the
first chair of the violins. Actually a piano bench (seemed to raise
him up a little and allow him to move very fluidly so all members
could see him. I sometimes felt he stuck out a little amongst the rest
of his section. (If people don't know he is the new Director of the
ASMF, with Murray Perahia as Guest Conductor).

Nice hall, had never been there before. Sat in the 3rd row. About a
week ago it was virtually sold out, the morning of the concert most of
the first 4 rows opened up. (Those rows seem to be removable if a
larger stage is required)

Of course instant standing ovation after each work and applause after
the first movements of the concerto & symphony). (In February I
attended 5 classical concerts and not a single unanimous standing
ovation at any concert - including Joshua Bell with the LPO).

Steve

[whiskynsplash]

On Apr 27, 8:38 pm, Steve de Mena <st...@demena.com> wrote:
> On 4/27/12 7:35 AM, Matthew B. Tepper wrote:
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> >>>> upon joining my orchestra in Sept 1988, our first concert included the
> >>>> Paganini violin concerto with a very young soloist named Leonidas
> >>>> Kavakos. I was not overwhelmed by his playing and since then I have
> >>>> heard some studio recordings and some live recitals which are at best
> >>>> ordinary.  Can't imagine why Decca is recording the LvB sonatas, etc.
>
> >>> Because the label is run by beancounters who will be honestly surprised
> >>> when sales fail to meet expectations?
>
> >> You just told us Kavrakos is "excellent" from the CD you have. You
> >> don't feel he should record the Beethoven Sonatas? Are accountants
> >> really making A&R decisions at Decca?
>
> >> Steve
>
> > A mix of unfamiliar along with the familiar would be nice.  This looks
> > like, "Okay, here's our new house fiddler, and we're just going to put him
> > through his paces with nothing but standard repertoire."
>
> > The CD of his that I enjoy does exactly that (albeit in a particularly
> > interesting manner).
>
> Is the Szymanowski Violin Concerto any good? I just heard someone
> recommending that to a famous violinist. I don't know it. Good
> recording(s)?
>

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There are *two* Szymanowski violin concertos, both much recorded but
seldom appear in concert. I like best Wanda Wilkomirska on an old
Polskie Nagrania Lp. Here she is on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFP85o5Q-g8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en506J_ebnQ

Modern recordings: Rattle/Thomas Zehetmair; Dutoit/Juillet; Vassily
Sinaisky/Lydia Mordkovitch; even old Boulez has unbent to conduct
Szymanowski with Tetzlaff as soloist.

Now onwards and upwards to the Stabet Mater, Symphony No. 3 (Song of
the Night) and the opera King Roger.

[RiRiIII]

I do not think the Schumann sonatas CD has been issued. It appears all over us unavailable with a Jan 12 release date.

Alex.-

[jrsnfld]

Wilkomirska's recording was also re-released on CD, but I'm not sure
if it is easy to find at a reasonable price at the moment.

--Jeff

[arri bachrach]

a reasonable suggestion!

AB

[td]

You might do the same for Pollini, as you haven't heard a note of him
for about 50 years. Ditto Alfred Brendel, but there it's too late; he
has retired.

What a schlemiel!

TD

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> David Fox wrote:
>> On Apr 27, 1:30 pm, Oscar<oscaredwardwilliam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Apr 27, 12:54 pm, David Fox wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> I'm not sure I'd dismiss a musician completely out-of-hand based on
>>>>>> one performance he gave 24 years ago when he was barely out of his

>>>>>> teens. Give him another try or two and see what you think. If your

>>>>>> opinion remains unchanged, I'd be curious to know which currently-
>>>>>> performing violinist you find to be unquestionably superior.
>>>

>>>>> Hahn, Bell, Shahan, Mutter, Perlman, MiDori, etc.

>>>
>>>> Interestingly, I would construct a rather similar list. I would also
>>>> add Josefowicz and Kremer off of the top of my head. Given that, I
>>>> would suggest you give Kavakos another listen.
>>>
>>> Christian Tetzlaff is an elite player who belongs in such company,
>>> IMHO.
>>
>> Agreed. I also forgot to mention Vadim Repin.
>

> Have you heard Frank Peter Zimmerman? He is supoerb.

I'll add Kyung-Wha Chung and Rachel Barton Pine. In fact, if you love the
Beethoven VC as much as I do, get Barton Pine's recording, which is coupled
with a concerto by its dedicatee, Franz Clement. Listening to that work,
you hear the impression (or at least I did) that Beethoven wrote his in
response, using many of the gestures and in some case with similar tunes,
but of course in his own stupendously superior manner, as if to say, "No,
Franz, you should have done it THIS way! And like this, and that...."

[arri bachrach]

I have done that........ heard a live recital from Paris, very clean
but dull playing.

add Chang, Jensen
AB

[arri bachrach]

and you are the schmuck!

AB