The Classical Album 1 / Vanessa-Mae [Enhanced CD]

Vanessa-Mae (Artist), Pamela Nicholson (Conductor), Viktor Fedotov (Orchestra), London Symphony Orchestra (Performer), Andy Hill (Performer), Peter Lockett (Performer), Graham Broad (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Max Bruch (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Andy Hill, Peter Lockett
• Orchestra: Viktor Fedotov
• Conductor: Pamela Nicholson
• Composer: Graham Broad, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven
• Audio CD (November 18, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002ST7
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #933,711 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Partita No. 3 - I. Preludio

2. Partita No. 3 - II. Loure

3. Partita No. 3 - III. Gavotte en Rondeau

4. Partita No. 3 - IV. Menuet I

5. Partita No. 3 - V. Menuet II

6. Partita No. 3 - VI. Bourree

7. Partita No. 3 - VII. Gigue

8. Brahms - Scherzo from 'F-A-E' Sontata for violin and piano

9. Beethoven - Romance no 2 for violin and orchestra

10. Bruch Scottish Fantasy - Introduction

11. Bruch Scottish Fantasy - Adagio cantabile

12. Bruch Scottish Fantasy - Allegro

13. Bruch Scottish Fantasy - Adagio

14. Bruch Scottish Fantasy - Andante sostenuto

15. Bruch Scottish Fantasy - Finale

16. I'm a-doun for lack o' Johnnie (A little Scottish fantasy)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Criticism for the common man, January 8, 2002

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Amy Lewis (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Classical Album 1 / Vanessa-Mae [Enhanced CD] (Audio CD)

Unlike Edith Eisler, I am not a great (or even minor) scholar of classical music. I simply enjoy it. Sure, I can hear that some recordings are better than others, but when it comes to the subtelties that Eisler is concerned with, I can not distinguish them, or talk about them with much intelligence. I spend my time studying other things.

However, listening to Vanessa-Mae gives me great pleasure. She puts a fresh and exciting spin on music that has always been great, and has been performed greatly by others before. But I enjoy Vanessa-Mae's interpretations. I cannot say much on the process of technique, I have never played the violin, nor am I articulate on its subtelties. However, from experience with other things in life, I realize that if life were to be a never-ending university exam on the medium each artist chooses to express themselves, than we would lose great poetry, great writing and great music - because it is the mastering of the technique and the the sometimes refusal of it that oftentimes infuses pieces with tone, variety and, yes, passion.

I would recommend the cd to anyone. It made me cry in some places and skip in others. I especially enjoy Vanessa-Mae's modernized interpretation of Scottish Fantasy. For those of us uneducated in the arts of the violin, it moves the heart and challenges the mind.