A great big yes to Julia Fischer for me , she is a supreme virtuoso and probably the best of todays bunch . She is dammed near as good on the piano also. My love affair started with her a number of years ago when she was playing the Dvorak Concerto at the Proms and got a rapturous applause from the audience. She came back on a number of times and then came back with her violin and stood stock still as if pondering something. After a short time she looked up and apologised for saying nothing so she told us that when she walked on she didn't know what to play and since there was twenty four of the we knew then that it would be Paganini's 24 Caprices but she said it so matter of factly that we all knew she had them all at her fingertips. What a performer, no other today like her.
Now about the Sibelius Violin Concerto for me it's another young lady I listen to , it's Lisa Batiashvhili who captured me . She is wonderfully accompanied by Daniel Barenboim at the helm of the Staatskapelle Berlin. there are parts that the playing just takes your breath away.
Now about the Sibelius Violin Concerto for me it's another young lady I listen to , it's Lisa Batiashvhili who captured me . She is wonderfully accompanied by Daniel Barenboim at the helm of the Staatskapelle Berlin. there are parts that the playing just takes your breath away.