| Label: NAXOS
Catalog: 8572275
Format: CD YANG; ORQUESTA SINFONICA DE NAVARRA; IZQUIERDOWholenote Discoveries - July/August 2011
Naxos has released Volume 3 of the projected 8-volume series of the complete Music for Violin and Orchestra by Sarasate. I wrote a glowing review of the earlier volumes a few years ago, and this latest CD is clearly their equal. The young Chinese violinist Tianwa Yang is again simply brilliant throughout, playing Sarasate’s own violin on two of the tracks. The Orquesta Sinfonica de Navarra (founded by Sarasate himself in 1879) under Ernest Martinez Izquierdo provides the most idiomatic support imaginable. And don’t think for a moment that the standard of the works themselves is lagging as the series proceeds: the Concert Fantasy on Mozart’s Die Zauberflõte is dazzling; Navarra (with the soloist double-tracked) is an exuberant duet; the bagpipe-influenced Muineiras is a delight. The Nouvelle fantasie sur Faust de Gounod, the Barcarolle venitienne and the Introduction et Caprice-Jota complete an immensely satisfying, entertaining and probably definitive disc. Terry Robbins  Price: $19.98 |
