Already an internationally acclaimed violinist at 26, Frank Peter Zimmermann landed his EMI contract in 1990. His first release was this 1991 disc, which opened with an emotionally stunning performance of Berg's Violin Concerto and closed with a virtuosically staggering performance of Ravel's Tzigane. Zimmermann followed this with equally successful recordings of concertos by Sibelius and Prokofiev, Beethoven's concerto and Romances, Mendelssohn's concerto, and sonatas by Debussy, Janácek, and Mozart. Zimmermann's 1995 ...
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Already an internationally acclaimed violinist at 26, Frank Peter Zimmermann landed his EMI contract in 1990. His first release was this 1991 disc, which opened with an emotionally stunning performance of Berg's Violin Concerto and closed with a virtuosically staggering performance of Ravel's Tzigane. Zimmermann followed this with equally successful recordings of concertos by Sibelius and Prokofiev, Beethoven's concerto and Romances, Mendelssohn's concerto, and sonatas by Debussy, Janácek, and Mozart. Zimmermann's 1995 release coupling Brahms' concerto with Mozart's Third Concerto is arguably the best of his EMI recordings. With the supremely musical accompaniment of Wolfgang Sawallisch leading the Berlin Philharmonic, Zimmermann's performances are as ineffably lyrical, as emotionally dedicated, and as virtuosically devastating as ever. His performance of Mozart's concerto glides luminously in the infinite empyrean, the coda of his central Adagio is proof of the blessedness of life. His performance of...
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Add this copy of Brahms: Violin Concerto / Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 to cart. $29.40, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Emi Classics Imports.
