Composer: Felix Mendelssohn, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Christian Ferras
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Constantin Silvestri
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 9029593965
Release: 2016
Size: 1.23 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Canzonetta. Andante
03. III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
04. I. Allegro molto appassionato
05. II. Andante
06. III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace
Christian Ferras, like Yehudi Menuhin, was a pupil of George Enescu. Born in France in 1933, he performed as a young man with such figures as Menuhin, Pablo Casals, Wilhelm Kempff and Karl Böhm, going on to become one of Herbert von Karajan’s favourite violinists. His career was cut short by depression, but this 1958 recording of the Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn concertos shows his artistry – remarkable for its precision and uncontrived beauty – in all its youthful glory.