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Title: Perlman is in top form
Review: I felt a need to write a review after reading someone else's review suggesting that Perlman played sloppily in the Barber concerto. I disagree. I own many other recordings of the Barber Violin Concerto (Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, Elmar Oliveira, Gil Shaham, Isaac Stern and Kyoko Takezawa) and Perlman's performance is among my favorites. Although I don't like to rank performances I would probably go to it before reaching for Joshua Bell, Gil Shaham or Isaac Stern. He plays with such assurance and such a flawless lyrical tone.Although I was not familiar with either the work by Bernstein or Lukas Foss, I found both of them engaging and worth repeated listening.Altogether a very fine album.
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