Tag: Salvatore Accardo
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Elgar Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto, Polonia, Civic Fanfare, Crown of India
“(Concerto): Hickox unfurls the opening tutti richly, nobley, purposefully … no lack of brilliance, the fireworks are dashingly, tastefully despatched … sudden flashes of Paganinian dazzle” (others): “The slow movement of the Piano Concerto … with a sympathetic performance from Margaret Fingerhut. Douglas Bostock is persuasive with his Elgarian rubato, which is what matters most.”…
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Walton: Symphony No. 1; Violin Concerto in B minor
Alto is pleased to return to the international catalogue two outstanding recordings of music by Sir William Walton originally issued on the Collins Classics label. “Hickox and Accardo take their time most satisfyingly in the dreamy ostinato in the middle movement making the zest and flitter of the presto sections all the more effective. In…
