JOHANNES BRAHMS;
Violinkonzert
Doppelkonzert

Uitvoerders:
Vadim Repin, viool
Truls Mørk, cello
Gewandhausorchester
Riccardo Chailly (dir.)

"Repin′s technique is as fearsome as his musical energy, intelligence, and curiosity. Considering that his musical heritage includes not only the splendid virtuosity of Auer, but the classical perfection of Russian violin virtuoso David Oistrakh, it is no wonder that his performances of the Brahms Concerto are so compelling." (Miscellaneous / Laurence Vittes, Strings (San Rafael) / 01. August 2009)

"...his finest playing on disc to date. His tone has always been sumptuous, but, taking his cue from Henrik Wahlgren¿s serene oboe solo in the adagio, he has never sounded more expressive. This is raptly beautiful playing and the Leipzigers rise to the no less important orchestral parts. In the outer movements, and the Double Concerto, with Truls Mork¿s eloquent cello, Chailly brings symphonic rigour and high drama to Brahms¿s scores. It is hard to think of recent recordings of these great works that match the splendour of sound and musical insight here. Superb." (Record Review / Hugh Canning, The Times (London) / 11. January 2009)

"... this is a performance on the grandest of scales, full of high drama and extravagant rhetorical gestures. Conducted by Riccardo Chailly, it′s also notably slow. The dividends are enormous in the second half: the adagio has great nobility, while the finale is weighty and detailed as well as virtuosic... [Double Concerto]: This is a wonderful performance... Chailly′s conducting has cragginess as well as grandeur, while Repin and Mork are thrilling and tender. Recommended...." (Record Review / Tim Ashley, The Guardian (London) / 13. February 2009)

"... until I heard this much-anticipated recording, I could not have believed it was possible for the Brahms Violin Concerto to be played with such a combination of consummate technical mastery, interpretive originality, and musically penetrating insight... it is in his interpretive approach that Repin makes of Brahms′s Concerto something very personal and very special... Magnificent and magnanimous as Repin′s playing is, the full splendor of this performance is realized in the most integrated and scrupulously managed orchestral contribution I′ve ever heard in this work; and for that, equal credit must go to Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra. Chailly anticipates every one of Repin′s nuanced rubatos and expressive phrasings in such a way that soloist and orchestra unerringly coalesce, coincide, and cadence in perfect unanimity... Mork reveals, through rubato and expressive phrasing, the many subtleties concealed in the cello′s opening recitative... Given solo and orchestral playing of such extraordinary excellence, I cannot help but give this release a resounding recommendation." (Record Review / Jerry Dubins, Fanfare (Tenafly, NJ) / 01. July 2009)