"14": Works for violin & piano by Paganini, Tartini, Wieniawski, etc
David Garrett (violin), Alexander Markovich (piano)
DG 4790933
A very curious release. At a time when David Garrett is, Kennedy-like, trying to reinvent himself as a 'rock star' violinist, this programme sits oddly with his carefully marketed 'maverick' image. Recorded eighteen years ago by fresh-faced, teenage Garrett, there is a great deal of lovely playing here, if without the last word in imagination. But the intervening years have seen the 'Prodigy Fiddler' field become much more competitive, and one wonders just why this disc is released now after nearly twenty years.
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