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Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich Violin Concertos.(Brief Article)
Ilya Gringolt, violin; Itzhak Perlman, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. DG 289 471 616-2.
I really don't mean to be petty about this, but when people such as Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony have to start making recordings on their own label because BMG practically stopped recording classical music, and when Jeanne Lamon and her Tafelmusik orchestra have to record for a small Canadian label because Sony also practically stopped recording classical music, then you have to hope that an 18-year-old violinist knows how lucky he is to be recording with a major conductor on a major label.
There's enormous competition out there for the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and a good deal for the Shostakovich, too. So one has to wonder why any buyer would want to spend good money on a disc from so young a performer when there are so many older, more mature virtuosos who have recorded both works, ...
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- Magazine article from: World and I KRAUSS, MELVYN March 1, 2001 700+ words
When Michael Tilson Thomas took over as music director of the...Five years ago, when Michael Tilson Thomas became its music director, the...duration. Coming at the very onset of Tilson Thomas' tenure, the new era clearly got...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hertelendy, Paul August 30, 1995 700+ words
...its future into the hands of Michael Tilson Thomas _ the dynamic new music director who...into the next century. The choice of Tilson Thomas makes a lot of sense. Arguably the...else on the planet. Like Bernstein, Tilson Thomas is an articulate, American-born...
- Tilson Thomas inspires magical moments in D.C.
- Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 25, 2006 700+ words
...the inquisitive and inspiring Michael Tilson Thomas became music director in 1995, the...winning recordings of Mahler symphonies - Tilson Thomas and the orchestra are putting the complete...time to time in the relationship, Tilson Thomas and his musicians still seem to click...
- TILSON THOMAS TELLS VIBRANT FAMILY TALES.(Scene)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) August 21, 2009 700+ words
LENOX, Mass. -- When Michael Tilson Thomas was a tyke, his grandmother looked...run. The center of the evening is Tilson Thomas himself, who serves as narrator for...Thomashevsk" -- is delivered by Tilson Thomas, as he prances around the stage...
- CLASSICAL MUSIC: San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas; Barbican Centre, London
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Robert Cowan November 13, 1996 700+ words
...San Francisco Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas opened to the commanding strains of...imprecision, but cumulatively impressive. Tilson Thomas's account of Debussy's La Mer paraded...Dialogue between the wind and the sea", Tilson Thomas summoned optional trumpet parts but...
- California dreamin.'(Michael Tilson Thomas takes over San Francisco Symphony)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Ames, Katrine October 2, 1995 700+ words
...The first musical memory Michael Tilson Thomas has is of reaching over his head to...into his own. This season, Michael Tilson Thomas has become the music director of the...he has come home. For years, Tilson Thomas didn't seem to live up to advance...
- Itzhak Perlman Rediscovered.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Notes Anderson, Rick June 1, 2005 700+ words
Itzhak Perlman Rediscovered. Itzhak Perlman; David Garvey. BMG Classics 82876-62516-2, 2004...and November of 1965, and was originally intended to be Itzhak Perlman's debut LP. As such, RCA Victor, the label that had...
- ITZHAK PERLMAN OPENS TUNNEL PROJECT, PROVIDING ACCESS FOR DISABLED AT
- News wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency Michele Chabin April 7, 1994 700+ words
...Jewish Telegraphic Agency 04-07-1994 ITZHAK PERLMAN OPENS TUNNEL PROJECT, PROVIDING ACCESS...KOTEL Growing up in Israel, violinist Itzhak Perlman was never able to visit many of the...praise for the tunnel renovation, Itzhak Perlman agreed that "simpler renovations are...
Source: HighBeam Research, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich Violin Concertos.(Brief Article)