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Title: Listen to the Britten only, please
Review: Unfortunately I purchased the CD for the recording of the Walton, looking forward to what an artist of Vengerov's calibre could do with the piece. Unfortunately what he managed to do was mangle it. The tempos are dreadfully (actually painfully) slow and he forces too much to get a large sound from the viola. Vengerov's foray into viola territory was a nice experiment, but not one that he should repeat. The Britten is up to his usual standards.
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