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BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto Op 61 JS BACHChaconne from BWV1004 Paganini winner Bin Huang plays the ‘Cannon’ Guarneri Viewrecord and artist details Author: Geoffrey Norris The Chinese violinist Bin Huang does nothave a compendious discography and is perhaps familiar internationally only fora programme of Baroque ‘favourites’ by Bach, Corelli, Handel, Tartini, Vitali and Vivaldi for Naxos in2003. She seems very adept, however, in securing some fabled instruments onwhich to play – the ‘IsaacStern ex-Panette’ Guarneri of 1737 for that Naxos CD,and Paganini’s own ‘Cannon’ Guarneri of 1742 for this recording of Beethoven’s Concerto. For the Chaconne from Bach’s Dminor Partita she reverts to the ‘Isaac Sternex-Panette’. The Beethoven was recorded live at theTeatro Carlo Felice in Genoa as far back as 1995. It begins with a good,bright, crisp sound from the Orchestra Filarmonica Giovanile di Genova, but,just as the violin enters, there is a thud as though someone has droppedsomething. Such are the perils of live recording, presumably, on this occasion,without the option of patching. A loud cough heralds the quiet start of thedevelopment section and there is a certain amount of background shuffling. Fromthe interpretative point of view, the performance has strengths; the violintimbre is sweet and supple, and Bin Huang certainly shows her mettle in thecadenzas. The orchestral playing is secure. But, with competition in thecatalogue being so acute, it is a struggle to fathom the reason forresurrecting an 18-year-old recording, particularly with its irritating noisesoff. The Bach Chaconne, recorded in 2000, is ample of tone, fluent but at timesveering on the aggressive.
留声机的乐评。看来她挺有名琴癖的,大家有耳福了  |