Post by tommwi October 30, 2006 (11 of 33)
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pentaman said:
Recording is scheduled for February 2007. Release is foreseen in the fall of 2007
In December we will record the Brahms violin concerto to be coupled with the double concerto (with Daniel Müller-Schott/ Netherlands Philharmonic Orch./Yakov Kreizberg,already recorded). Release is foreseen for March/April 2007 when Julia Fischer tours Europes with the New York Phil/Maazel.
Best,Pentaman
Aren’t there too many recordings with Julia Fisher? Am I the only one thinking so?
I guess I’m one of the more positive individuals to the industry trend of recording younger artists, including the wonderfully talented Julia Fisher. So I’m definitely part of her supporting act, make no mistake about that. I don’t mind if she takes on block busters at this moment in time. And no question like “do we need another Brahms concerto recording…” from me, for sure.
But with this info I begin to feel there is an inflation of the number of new recordings from her (not to mention the star ratings of her recordings at this site). The tempo is currently on a 2-3 releases per year by now, significantly higher than say DG with Lang Lang. Is that really sensible? I feel some of the magic is lost when so many recordings are pumped out on the market. It risks revealing the simple fact that a young artist has yet to gain a wider capacity a diverse repertoire call for. I think we’re quite close already with the many releases so far, although I understand many here won’t agree. I don’t care if one or two recordings turn out to be average. But I fear that soon Julia Fisher risks being consumed by the Pentatone/industry and no one will be there to record the more mature Fisher in the Brahms concerto in a 10 years time. That I fear and if that will happen Julia Fisher will regret that too!
Take a big jump into pop music. The differently talented Christina Aguilera took 3-4 years to create her latest album. I think Pentatone/industry has something to learn and I suggest limiting her releases to maximum one recording per year. That’s still quite a lot!
/Tommy
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Post by Beagle October 30, 2006 (12 of 33)
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tommwi said:
Aren’t there too many recordings with Julia Fisher?
There are certainly ENOUGH. There are NOT enough recordings of other artists.
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tommwi said:
Aren’t there too many recordings with Julia Fisher?
In a post on ClassicsToday France, Christophe Huss rates Julia's last recording 7 artistically and 5 technically, and he suggests Julia has become a "young old" artist. These are very harsh words, certainly exaggerated, but they seem to back your argument Tommy.
Xavier
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tommwi said:
Aren’t there too many recordings with Julia Fisher? Am I the only one thinking so?
Wow, you scare me tommwi.
I would say there are NOT enough - not until she has done the Beethoven. I heard that in Baltimore with Temirkanov conducting and it totally spoilt my ability to appreciate any other. One newspaper critic said it completely reformed his expectations of what the perfect performance (the one you can hear only in your head) would be like.
I heard the Tchaikovsky last December in Avery Fisher Hall and had the same experience. I actually was wishing that she would be playing anything else until I heard her play the first few notes then I was transfixed. I will certainly buy the Brahms without reference to anything but what I have heard from her in concert. This young woman is an interpretive genius!
Beagle,
As for Christopher Huss, he is certainly entitled to his opinion, But I fear that like many music critics, he gets carried away with himself. Too self-absorbed to be reliable.
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Post by fafnir October 30, 2006 (15 of 33)
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Windsurfer said:
This young woman is an interpretive genius!
Windsurfer, how right you are. What wouldn't we give to have recordings of masterpieces by the great violinists of the past in the early stages of their careers and in superb sound? Now an opportunity has been presented to accomplish that with JF. We should be grateful.
It would be most surprising if her interpretations did not change over the years. So much the better! No great music can ever be fully revealed by a single interpretation.
Personally, I cannot wait for each of her recordings to appear. Bring on the Beethoven, Sibelius, Elgar, etc.!
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Post by Peter October 30, 2006 (16 of 33)
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fafnir said:
Windsurfer, how right you are. What wouldn't we give to have recordings of masterpieces by the great violinists of the past in the early stages of their careers and in superb sound? Now an opportunity has been presented to accomplish that with JF. We should be greatful.
It would be most surprising if her interpretations did not change over the years. So much the better! No great music can ever be fully revealed by a single interpretation.
Personally, I cannot wait for each of her recordings to appear. Bring on the Beethoven, Sibelius, Elgar, etc.!
You took the words out of my mouth! I couldn't agree more. I'm sure both Julia Fischer and Pentatone are quite capable of deciding what and how often to record. Would that DG et al produced recordings of such consistently high quality!
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Post by brenda October 30, 2006 (17 of 33)
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tommwi said:
Aren’t there too many recordings with Julia Fisher? Am I the only one thinking so? ...I fear that soon Julia Fisher risks being consumed by the Pentatone/industry and no one will be there to record the more mature Fisher in the Brahms concerto in a 10 years time. I think Pentatone/industry has something to learn and I suggest limiting her releases to maximum one recording per year. That’s still quite a lot!
tommwi,
sorry but i disagree with you TOTALLY. There are many artists whose best thoughts have been their first ones, sometimes for tragic reasons. For example, should Niveu, du Pre, Lipatti NOT have recorded while young? Its just an absurd suggestion. The young Menuhin was an infinitely more attractive violinist in his youth, before the excessive vibrato adopted after his first long break ruined his playing.
One of my fav. artists is Stephen Kovacevich, who recorded A LOT when young and has re-recorded many of his signature works. And yes, some of the results are more mature and deeper than his earlier recordings (eg. Schubert D960 and Brahms 1). But others remain rosette/desert island discs (especially after Pentatone refurbed his Beet 2 & 4)) and have not been topped by him or anyone else since (Mozart 21/25, Brahms 2 other than Gilels etc etc). Should he have waited and not made those discs??? What nonsense. And he certainly doesnt seem burned out but still buring brightly.
We are lucky to have such a fine young artist as Julia Fischer active on the recording scene. I for one am glad that she has chosen to keep her releases coming and, if her interpretations do mature and change, then lets have them too!!!!!
If Mozart or Schubert had stopped writing at Julia's age, the world would be so much poorer. Would you have asked them to stop due to immaturity (of which there is NO sign in Julia's records) or overexposure????
I am sure that the good people at Pentatone are carefully nurturing their and JF's talent and am sure that they're far too sensible to adopt such a ridiculous policy as to starve us of a young lion. Good God, letting young lions roam and roar is, or should be, one of the main purposes of the recording industy!!!
And with so many great works yet to receive good SACD release, like the Brahms (the two SACDs I know of it being weak and soppy), the Goldmark, the Nielsen and too much chamber music to list, there is a real SHORTAGE of the kind of recordings Julia does and can make.
Dear Pentatone and Julia, please ignore the calvanisticand the ungrateful and keep 'em coming. And plenty of em'. Like Peter and Fafnir I am happy to rely on yours and Julia's judgement and quality control.
Brenda
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Post by ramesh October 30, 2006 (18 of 33)
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What about Fischer and Barenboim recording the Beethoven violin sonatas?
One can try to persuade Barenboim, because if one adds the horn sonata, this will mean he becomes the first person in history to record ALL the Beethoven sonatas, as he already has the cello ones with Du Pré.
Moreover, I read somewhere that Warner never had any multiyear contract with its artists. Over the past 5 years, they were exclusive single project contracts.
What if someone proposed to Barenboim that the excellent West-Eastern Divan orchestra continue its existence on PentaTone? Get Arabs and Jews to donate money to the cause. This would be far better than supporting more West Bank settlements or Hizbollah boot camps.
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ramesh said:
What about Fischer and Barenboim recording the Beethoven violin sonatas?
One can try to persuade Barenboim, because if one adds the horn sonata, this will mean he becomes the first person in history to record ALL the Beethoven sonatas, as he already has the cello ones with Du Pré.
Moreover, I read somewhere that Warner never had any multiyear contract with its artists. Over the past 5 years, they were exclusive single project contracts.
What if someone proposed to Barenboim that the excellent West-Eastern Divan orchestra continue its existence on PentaTone? Get Arabs and Jews to donate money to the cause. This would be far better than supporting more West Bank settlements or Hizbollah boot camps.
Sounds great to me. How do we start out?
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Post by Beagle October 30, 2006 (20 of 33)
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Windsurfer said:
Beagle,
As for Christopher Huss...
Whoa! that was Xavier quoting Huss.
No-one seems to be responding to my point. Namely that other artists are UNDER-represented, not that JF is over-represented.
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