Monday 28 February 2011

Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto [Josefowicz/ Dutoit-Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal] 

This was a fairly recent purchase, and this was the first time i got to listen to this disc today, it takes its place alongside the other 12 versions i have of this Concerto!, and i love to hear different versions of the same thing!, some people might question the point of buying the same work a dozen times over, but each is subtly [and not so subtly] different, each brings a fresh perspective on looking at the precious diadem from another angle of light, and the resulting perspectives multiply in the understanding of the work, another layer of the onion was peeled away today.


Liela Josefowicz is Canadian by birth, but now lives in America, she is now 33, and she made this recording in 1999, the booklet front cover photo [by Gerald Forster] is a close up black & white shot of Josefowicz, nice black background, and sharp focus on those eyes, a lovely splash of red in the lettering.