Customer Reviews

Bach, Vivaldi: Concerti for 2 Violins

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A beautiful album that you will deeply enjoy. The second track is particularly lovely. The two performers complement each other perfectly. This is an album for both the classical music collector, and also a perfect gift for someone you would like to introduce to classical music.

My favorite recording, I first purchased it on vinyl, now have it on CD. Perhaps, as another reviewer said, it is a bit overromantic, but I find it a joy, it soothes my soul.

I bought this CD for the Vivaldi Double, but the other selections on it are just as excellent. This is the kind of music I think of and prefer when I think of the classical genre. Very Baroque. Isaac Stern and Pinchas Zukerman are masters!

I wasn't sure what to expect but was very pleasantly suprised that I loved the entire CD, all of the songs. For those who purchase, enjoy!

This was the first CD that I ever owned. I got it for Christmas from my dad when I was five years old, and it has remained my most played Cd. It's a great Cd to study to, read, relax, drive or anything else.

One does not have to play on gut strings with no vibrato to give a decent performance of a baroque violin concerto. But when two performers as talented as Zuckerman and Stern make not a single concession to the stylistic necessities of early music, it becomes a painful listening experience. They slog through these pieces with wide, impassioned vibrato and huge sound, and it simply doesn't work. The tempi are slow, the orchestra is a bit sloppy, and the overall effect is like watching a hippo in a mud bath. Absolutely no stylistic integrity. Skip this one.