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Site review by akiralx March 26, 2007
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Outstanding coupling in excellent sound, with both instruments ideally balanced. The Strauss was composed around the time of his early tone poems and is an agreeable piece, if hardly ranking among his best works. Holthe and Aspaas play superbly - the competition here is clearly Chung and Zimerman on DG, but comparisons are not in any way to the detriment of the newcomers, and their recording is more ideal.
The Enescu is a rhapsodic work containing quarter tones in places, rather amorphous alongside the Strauss but still enjoyable, even if it doesn't quite hold the attention as well. One simply enjoys the melodic cells rather than waiting for big melodies - and as violin playing this performance is really top notch. Recommended.
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