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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I agree with Mr. Bird - and thanks to him for telling me who Malcolm Stewart is, which is more than the CD leaflet (very good in other respects) does! Alexander Mackenzie, an enlightened Principal of the Royal Academy of Music from 1888 to 1924 and admired by Elgar among others, is unjustly neglected nowadays, but Hyperion have put us in their debt by issuing this CD of two substantial, thoroughly attractive and well-written pieces. Mackenzie was an excellent craftsman with a talent for melody (though he sometimes uses old Scots tunes as the basis of his composition, as Bruch did in the Scottish Fantasia). These are not neglected masterpieces exactly, but they do deserve to be heard and they give great pleasure. Malcolm Stewart plays with flair and brio, and very accurately, though some of the most taxing passages in the Pibroch Suite (which is very virtuosic in places) push him close to his limit, though not over it - but it is all well done. Recording is excellent and orchestral support likewise. It is worth exploring Hyperion's two other issues of Mackenzie - various orchestral pieces on CDA66764 and, especially, the Piano Concerto (which he called 'Scottish Concerto') on CDA67023 - now, that is a masterpiece!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Malcolm Stewart is currently the leader and stalwart of the very excellent ONCT in Toulouse which is the most accomplished provincal orchestra in France.Check out their cds with conductors Michel Plasson & the brilliant Tugan Sokhiev.The 'Pictures' recording is as good as it gets.
The Mackenzie is a forgotten masterpiece with the delightful Pibroch Suite a welcome bonus.This IS scottish music tenderly played by an excellent violinist.Listen to it and enjoy,thank you Hyperion. Forget the 'Mohicans'! what do they have to do with anything ?
A great addition to any cd collection especially if you appreciate great violin music - just buy it and see.
The Mackenzie is a forgotten masterpiece with the delightful Pibroch Suite a welcome bonus.This IS scottish music tenderly played by an excellent violinist.Listen to it and enjoy,thank you Hyperion. Forget the 'Mohicans'! what do they have to do with anything ?
A great addition to any cd collection especially if you appreciate great violin music - just buy it and see.
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Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie seems to have gone out of fashion and I wonder why this happened as his music is wonderful.I can't make up my mind whether I prefer the Violin Concerto or the Pibroch Suite - there is no Side B to his music. I hope he comes back into fashion and we hear more of his music played live by our orchestras and our soloists. Mackenzie: Violin Concerto/ Pibroch
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These beautifully crafted works for violin and orchestra don't deserve...
Getting to know this disc of concertante works by Alexander Mackenzie has been as much a pleasure and, indeed, a revelation as had been discovering Hyperion's companion recording... Read more
Published 10 months ago by J. A. Peacock
not as good as last of the mohicans
dissapointed although it would be a big ask to create something better than last of the mohicans.
good in places but not something i would listen to on a regular basis
good in places but not something i would listen to on a regular basis
Published on 27 Jun 2009 by Jccross
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