Camilla Wicks: Great Norwegian Performers 1945-2000 Vol. III [Import]

Camilla Wicks (Artist, Performer), Robert Levin (Artist), Alexander Glazunov (Composer), Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Bjarne Brustad (Composer), Pablo de Sarasate (Composer), Karsten Andersen (Conductor), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Camilla Wicks
• Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Karsten Andersen
• Composer: Alexander Glazunov, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Johannes Brahms, Bjarne Brustad, Pablo de Sarasate
• Audio CD (January 29, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Simax
• ASIN: B0012681I4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #525,603 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Great Norwegian Performers 1945-2000 Vol. III

Alexander Glazunov
Violin Concerto in A minor, OP. 82

Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending

Johannes Brahms
Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in G major, Op. 78, 1st mvt

Bjarne Brustad
Suite for solo violin (1969), dedicated to Camilla Wicks

Pablo de Sarasate
Malagueña from Spanish Dances, Op. 21 No. 1

Camilla Wicks, violin
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Karsten Andersen, conductor
Robert Levin, piano

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars fascinating tribute to an astonishing artist, March 5, 2008

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This review is from: Camilla Wicks: Great Norwegian Performers 1945-2000 Vol. III (Audio CD)

These live performances come from different periods of Wicks's oft-disrupted career. They are highly distinctive, thought-provoking and moving. Wicks takes the music to realms the composers arguably didn't envisage, but with such compelling conviction and artistry! The Glazunov is unusually dramatic and Vaughan Williams's lark takes on the wild majesty of an eagle. "The Lark Ascending", in which otherworldly things happen with colouring and tuning, is poignant and haunting: this in itself makes the disc precious.
This disc may not be quite as obvious a first approach to Wicks's art as the Biddulph CD (Sibelius Concerto and short pieces) and the Music&Arts disc "Art of Camilla Wicks", but it's a fascinating tribute to a truly extraordinary violinist and artist.