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Lalo: Symphonie espagnole; Ravel: Tzigane; Saint-Saens: Havanaise; Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole; Ravel: Tzigane', Saint-Saens: Havanaise; Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy. Howard Zhang, violin; Takuo Yuasa, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia. Naxos 8.555093.
The composers are French and Spanish. The violinist was born in China. The conductor is Japanese. The orchestra is Hungarian. The disc was pressed in Canada. And Naxos is a German-born operation. They don't call the Naxos parent company HNH International, Ltd., for nothing.
Anyway, you could do a lot worse than spending a fiver on this splendid disc of French and Spanish music. The violinist, Howard Zhang, is dynamic and virtuosic; the accompaniment is refined and accommodating; and the sound is almost as good as anything Naxos has done.
The Symphonie espagnole is especially engrossing, not only because it doesn't get recorded nearly as often as it ...
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