Cheap Concertos From My Childhood / Perlman, Foster (Music) (Lawrence Foster, Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Charles August de Beriot, Oskar Rieding, Friedrich Seitz, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Itzhak Perlman, Juilliard Orchestra) Price

Here is one of the greatest violinists of this or any other time playing student pieces ranging from elementary to virtuosic, so that budding violinists can hear what they sound like in a master player's hands. Let it be said at once that Perlman lavishes on them as much loving care and heartfelt expressiveness as on the staples of the literature, playing with his inimitably beautiful, golden tone, easy brilliance, stylistic flair, and captivating charm. He's clearly having a grand time. His fans will not be disappointed. The orchestrations, by unidentified arrangers, greatly enhance the music's effects; the student orchestra sounds thoroughly professional. The disc's educational value, however, is open to question, because the technical resources of students learning these pieces are worlds removed from Perlman's. For example, he uses full vibrato and dazzling speeds; he plays in first position, as written, only in the Rieding concerto; in the Seitz, he succumbs to his flair for virtuoso slides. The Bériot is stunning; the Viotti, the only "real" piece that turns up in concerts, including Perlman's own, sounds beautiful, but strangely uninvolved. Experienced teachers may well fear that listening to this disc could intimidate, frustrate, and discourage students rather than inspire them. So, enjoy it, but keep it away from the kids! --Edith Eisler

ARTIST:	Lawrence Foster, Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Charles August de Beriot, Oskar Rieding, Friedrich Seitz, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Itzhak Perlman, Juilliard Orchestra
CATEGORY:	Music
MANUFACTURER:	EMI Classics
TYPE:	Classical Artists, Israel, Ballet, Classical Music, Violin Concerto, Concerto, Classical, Chamber Music & Recitals
MEDIA:	Audio CD
MPN:	56750
TRACKS:	Violin Concerto In B Minor: I: Allegro Moderato, Violin Concerto In B Minor: II: Andante, Violin Concerto In B Minor: III: Allegro moderato, Schuler-Konzert No.2, Op.13: I. Allegro non troppo, Schuler-Konzert No.2, Op.13: II. Adagio, Schuler-Konzert No.2, Op.13: III. Allegretto moderato, Violin Concerto No.1 In A Minor: Allegro moderato - Allegro, Scene de Ballet, Op.100, Violin Concerto No.22 In A Minor: I. Moderato, Violin Concerto No.22 In A Minor: II. Adagio, Violin Concerto No.22 In A Minor: III. Agitato assai
# OF MEDIA:	1
UPC:	724355675026