I'm listening now for the first time to the Mendelssohn Piano Trios on Pentatone, and I am deeply moved by the beauty, energy, and charm of music from which I really didn't expect much. Every SACD I own which features the young Julia Fischer (I believe I have every one currently available) is almost beyond criticism. Whether she is playing solo, in a trio, or accompanying an orchestra, her tone is voluptuous, her intonation perfect, her interpretation seemingly a combination of the best features of every other performance I've heard. Is it just a coincidence that every recording is well nigh perfect, and that everyone associated with the performance seems to be playing at their peak and in perfect sympathy with her? Have I been put under some kind of a spell by this sorceress of the violin? Is she also bewitching every orchestra, every recording engineer, even the damn microphones?Would Pentatone PLEASE get this woman to record every violin piece ever written before the spell is broken?
Peace,
Tom E
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Topic - Julia Fischer: Can She Do No Wrong? - madisonears 19:18:31 02/27/07 (30)
- Fischer / Grumiaux - Ramesh 14:01:38 03/03/07 (0)
- One of my Favorite Topics. . . - Chris from Lafayette 18:19:35 02/28/07 (2)
- Re: One of my Favorite Topics. . . - madisonears 22:37:30 02/28/07 (1)
- Re: One of my Favorite Topics. . . - duckjibe 07:52:18 03/08/07 (0)
- A very fine violinist, but... - jsm 12:19:20 02/28/07 (9)
- Re: A very fine violinist, but... - chooch 14:54:03 03/10/07 (0)
- Pentatone SACDs - Robert C. Lang 18:56:13 02/28/07 (6)
- You may have put your finger on it re Pentatone sound. - jsm 17:25:06 03/01/07 (5)
- Re: You may have put your finger on it re Pentatone sound. - duckjibe 06:18:28 03/09/07 (0)
- Maybe perceived quality of SACDs is system-dependent. - jsm 12:21:57 03/02/07 (2)
- Many discs that people complain about I find sound fine - Ted Smith 15:27:20 03/02/07 (1)
- I don't disagree with your main point, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 16:17:40 03/02/07 (0)
- Most of the RQR's I have sound excellent - TGR 11:58:33 03/02/07 (0)
- Re: A very fine violinist, but... - madisonears 17:17:40 02/28/07 (0)
- Re: Julia Fischer: Can She Do No Wrong? - Dave Billinge 08:36:43 02/28/07 (0)
- Please. Stop. I'm gonna barf. - String Section 20:55:32 02/27/07 (14)
- Please. Go ahead. Barf. - madisonears 07:01:54 02/28/07 (13)
- Maybe String Section is jealous of Soloists( insert smiley face here)! - oldmkvi 13:44:04 02/28/07 (0)
- He's gotta be a Violist. Violists behave that way. : ) (nt) - jdaniel 09:13:42 02/28/07 (11)
- Nope. Classical Guitar and Violin. - String Section 21:09:34 02/28/07 (10)
- What's wrong with having a heroine? - madisonears 22:19:33 02/28/07 (9)
- I'd ask you to re-read both our posts with care. - String Section 22:18:54 03/02/07 (6)
- Re: I'd ask you to re-read both our posts with care. - duckjibe 07:26:48 03/09/07 (0)
- Re: I'd ask you to re-read both our posts with care. - Chris from Lafayette 18:48:22 03/03/07 (3)
- Two-Channel... - String Section 21:32:25 03/03/07 (2)
- Close Microphones, plus additional question - Chris from Lafayette 17:30:01 03/04/07 (1)
- Re: Close Microphones, plus additional question - String Section 22:01:56 03/04/07 (0)
- Re: I'd ask you to re-read both our posts with care. - madisonears 12:30:34 03/03/07 (0)
- Re: What's wrong with having a heroine? - Bruce from DC 08:55:33 03/01/07 (1)
- Who? Please clarify. - String Section 21:22:01 03/02/07 (0)