Rhine Classics
Fritz Kreisler (violin/piano) American Portrait (Rhine Classics)
Of limited interest to Kreisler collectors [SG]
Erick Friedman (violin) Live in Texas (Rhine Classics)
Live sonata performances from a Heifetz protégé who became his own man [JW]
Aaron Rosand (violin) In Memoriam (Rhine Classics)
The vibrant, alluring art of arch-Romanticist, Aaron Rosand [JW]
Berl Senofsky (violin): American Virtuoso (Rhine Classics)
Strong, masculine playing from Berl Senofsky – along with some less than stellar performances [JW]
Erick Friedman (violin) Live in Texas (Rhine Classics)
A pleasing addition to Friedman’s discography with these first CD releases [SG]
Paganini: Violin Concerto No 2 & 24 Caprices (Rhine Classics)
A Romanian Paganini specialist whose career trailed away [JW]
Berl Senofsky (violin) American Virtuoso (Rhine Classics)
Although something of a mixed bag, there’s much to please the Senofsky admirer enshrined in these two discs [SG]
Fritz Kreisler (violin/piano) American Portrait (Rhine Classics)
The piano rolls are real but the concert is not what it says on the tin [JW]
Paganini: Violin Concerto No 2 & 24 Caprices (Rhine Classics)
An exciting discovery [SG]
Christian Ferras (violin): à la mémoire d’un ange (Rhine Classics)
A violinist who represented the very best attributes of the Franco-Belgian School [SG]
Sergio Fiorentino (piano) Early Live and Unissued Takes (Rhine)
A live concerto flanked by other rare material shows the breadth of Fiorentino’s talent [JW]
Jascha Heifetz (violin) New York Concerts (Rhine Classics)
Heifetz fans, of which I’m one, shouldn’t hesitate [SG]
Christian Ferras (violin) (Rhine Classics)
A 5-CD, finely upholstered salute to a great musician [JW]
Henryk Szeryng (violin) Rediscovered (Rhine)
One of the twentieth century’s greatest violinists, a musical aristocrat with superb polished technique and a phenomenal intellect [SG]
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