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Aaron Rosand plays Bruch
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"Aaron Rosand, 75 this year, is enjoying a wonderful Indian Summer, his technique undiminished by the passing years, interpretations honed to perfection by a lifetime of performances. "
David Denton, Strad Magazine
" Rosand's talent is big enough that pigeonholing his artistry is unfair, but there's no denying his special affection for Romantic repertoire. ...Rosand plays with a truly singing tone appropriate for the work of a composer mostly known in his lifetime for vocal works. "
Steve Holtje, CDNow
"A disc for everyone--Rosand fans, Bruch collectors, violin aficionados, and you."
Artistic Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9
Victor Carr Jr., Classics Today
Performer: Rosand, Aaron
Composer: Bruch, Max
Aaron Rosand, 75 this year, is enjoying a wonderful Indian Summer, his technique undiminished by the passing years, interpretations honed to perfection by a lifetime of performances. He has always had that ability to make music sound fresh and spontaneaous, his tone shaded with a flexible vibrato ideal for Romantic music.
Though there is stiff competition from the 50 or so versions of Bruch's First Concerto presently available on CD, Rosand's is certainly among the best. He takes a very lyrical approach to the second movement, removing some of the meditative quality, while the finale bubbles with good humour. The disc's major asset is a sparkling account of the Scottish Fantasy - and a distinctively Scottish one, as the music swaggers through the elaborate finale.
--David Denton, June 2002
"So when did Max Bruch become such a hot item? This is the third
version of his Violin Concerto No. 1 to appear in the last few months (the other
two were coupled with the justifiably rare Concerto No. 3). Can the market
support all three? Will it even notice? It should definitely notice this one, as
Aaron Rosand's performance is distinguished by its old-world, heartfelt
lyricism, coupled with an aristocratic finesse that imparts a sense of authority...
Rosand subjects his luxurious tone to much stress in the more
impassioned and declamatory passages of the first movement, but he softens his
grip for the tender Adagio, only to tighten up once again for the boisterous
finale.
"Rosand is no less excellent in the Scottish Fantasy, playing with a somber
sweetness in the Grave and Adagio Cantabile; but later (with the aid of harpist
Birgit Bachhuber) he really heats up the finale's rough-hewn dance. Christoph
Wyneken and the NDR Radio-Philharmonie Hannover match Rosand's intelligence and
brilliance with their own energy and enthusiasm, all of which comes across
clearly in Vox's warmly resonant, naturally balanced recording...
A disc for everyone--Rosand fans, Bruch collectors,
violin aficionados, and you."
Victor Carr Jr.
"Listening to Aaron Rosand, you are
not conscious of hearing notes on a violin, but of hearing things
happen -- quite wonderful things taking place in a wide, bright
space. What distinguishes Rosand's playing is not what comes from
it--powerful elegance, all-of-a-piece integrity--but what comes
through it: music at its purest, music distilled."
Dan Tucker, Chicago Tribune Music Reviewer, November 2001
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