Pinchas Zukerman: Elgar & Vaughan Williams
Pinchas Zukerman (violin & conductor)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Zukerman's violin playing has lost nothing of its masterful immensity, gorgeousness of tone, and likeable directness of manner over the years, and to hear those qualities at work in The Lark...
Pinchas Zukerman: Elgar & Vaughan Williams
Pinchas Zukerman (violin & conductor)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Zukerman's violin playing has lost nothing of its masterful immensity, gorgeousness of tone, and likeable directness of manner over the years, and to hear those qualities at work in The Lark...
About
Pinchas Zukerman returns to The Lark Ascending for the first time on record in over 40 years in a magical performance with the orchestra of which he is Principal Guest Conductor: the Royal Philharmonic, founded 70 years ago by Sir Thomas Beecham. Zukerman plays and conducts a collection of the best in English music: Vaughan Williams’ Tallis Fantasia and Elgar’s Introduction & Allegro and Serenade for Strings frame shorter works such as Salut d’amour, Chanson de Matin and Chanson de Nuit. The recording also includes the world premiere recording of In Moonlight: an arrangement for solo viola, strings and harp of Elgar’s famous Canto Popolare.
Contents and tracklist
- Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Recorded: 2015-09-09
- Recording Venue: Cadogan Hall, London
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Pinchas Zukerman
- Recorded: 2015-09-09
- Recording Venue: Cadogan Hall, London
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Pinchas Zukerman
- Recorded: 2015-09-09
- Recording Venue: Cadogan Hall, London
- Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Recorded: 2015-09-09
- Recording Venue: Cadogan Hall, London
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Pinchas Zukerman
- Recorded: 2015-09-09
- Recording Venue: Cadogan Hall, London
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Pinchas Zukerman
- Recorded: 2015-09-09
- Recording Venue: Cadogan Hall, London
- Pinchas Zukerman (viola)
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Recorded: 2015-09-09
- Recording Venue: Cadogan Hall, London
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Pinchas Zukerman
- Recorded: 2015-09-09
- Recording Venue: Cadogan Hall, London
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Awards and reviews
May 2016
Zukerman's violin playing has lost nothing of its masterful immensity, gorgeousness of tone, and likeable directness of manner over the years, and to hear those qualities at work in The Lark Ascending is a memorable experience…there's no trace of portentousness in Zukerman's approach to the vast musical spaces searched out by the Tallis Fantasia; yet this seemingly no-nonsense interpretation has a strongly characterised, tight-reined majesty
April 2016
Readers who see [The Lark Ascending] in terms of sunlit rapture rather than otherworldly transcendence will be well satisfied, not least because Zukerman's fabulous timbre remains a marvel…there's welcome warmth and naturalness in the music-making of a partnership previously undocumented on disc. The selection is generous too, with an interlude of old-school favourites
6th March 2016
It’s 40 years since he tackled VW’s The Lark Ascending, and if the bird sounds a bit wiry today, Zukerman still phrases the music with affection.
