Ulvi Yurtsever ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Has anyone else heard the new Telarc disc of Rozsa violin and cello
>concertos (c/w slow mvmnt of the double concerto)? This is an outstanding
>release in every way: McDuffie and Lynn Harrell are the soloists, Yoel
>Levi conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Just listening to it now for review purposes.

>I am surprised at how good this music is: stylistically somewhere
>between Bartok and Shostakovich concertos, exceptionally well crafted and
>orchestrated, and full of originality.  Anyone who enjoys the Bartok and
>Shostakovich concertos can't go wrong with this CD.

Well, I'm not sure those are the terms I'd use to describe the music.
I can imagine a lot of people who run scarfed from Bartok enjoying this,
which is harmonically less "advanced" than Bartok.

>Solo and orchestral contributions are first rate, the sound is
>demonstration quality.

I'll go along with this.

Deryk Barker
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