- Orchestra: NDR Sinfonieorchester
- Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Audio CD (9 Nov 1992)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Moss Music. 1988
- ASIN: B000002RSX
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 54,680 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The playing is excellent - Kennedy is a fine violinist. He does like to linger, though, in the first and second movements (the final movement is very lively). The second movement is beautifully, raptly played and would I am sure be mesmeric in a concert hall, but it does lack forward momentum and is not, I think, a performance to live with. In the final movement Kennedy plays his own cadenza, which starts conventionally but eventually becomes quite strange. He is not helped by a rather woolly, soft-focus recording - this is a live performance from the Alte Schloss, Kiel, which possibly has a boomy acoustic - in which the orchestra lacks definition and impact. Live recording as it is, there is occasional approximate tuning and unsure ensemble (for example, and rather unfortunately, in the final two chords). There are so very many fine recordings of this concerto that this one is not competitive, except as an interesting one-off. The couplings are good fun - two Bach encores played as quickly as possible and impressive if just a little splashy.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The performance is quite good but I dont think it measures up to the Menuhin peformances, esp the HMV disc with Klemperer which features two very good bonus tracks (the consecration of the house, and Leonore No3 overture) has better sound quality, and is also half the price.
Although the violin solo is in parts very original I think that Kennedy is just a little too harsh overall in comparison with Menuhin.
Although the violin solo is in parts very original I think that Kennedy is just a little too harsh overall in comparison with Menuhin.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
First get past kennedy's idiotic, self-justifying sleevenote. This is tiresome stuff that shouldn't even pass the editor's desk and in my opinion just shows kennedy's immaturities. When he picks up his violin, however, it's another matter. This is a 'live' performance with Tennstedt conducting with immense power, soemwhat reminiscent of Klemperer. It's a very broad concept for the first two movements - the opposite extreme to say, Heifetz's fiery reading. But this does have something really special to say about this great music even though there is too much romantic lingering sometimes - OK on the night but gets a bit much on repeated hearing. But rather this than some of the manufactured studion run-throughs we often get. There is applause that can be programmed out. Just why it was allowed to remain is a mystery unless Nige thinks listening to him tune his fiddle is a worthwhile aestheic experience. The two Bach encores are tremendous. Worth investigating especially if you can get it cheap.
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Published on 16 April 2009 by Timothy Bates
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A magnificent and lively performance by Nigel Kennedy!
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