Bruch - Scottish Fantasy [Lin/Slatkin-Chicago Symphony Orchestra] This is such an underestimated work, in many ways it's not far off the equal of the companion piece on this disc, it has some truly lovely melodies in there, there's definitely that 'achingness' and nostalgia too, a piece really worth getting to know.
Cho-Liang Lin is a Taiwanese Violinist, now emigrated to the United States i believe, he is 51 years old, the booklet front cover is clever [by William Coupon], i took a shot like this on the London subway system, a slow enough shutter speed to create a blur, but a flash to capture the subject frozen too, a nice ghosting image to the right, the colours are full of pinks and brown, a nice shot.
I just love the third movement Andante Sostenuto, it's a 'simple' tune, and starts off naive and innocent [0:00], but quickly the variations on this opening tune turn into something more creative and inspired, the violin gets more animated, in a little dance / jig of sorts [1:11], and the violin comes alive into a burst of happy activity [1:34], the orchestra flowers into full bloom, and the violin responds, and likewise enjoys the passion too [2:34], some sweet and strong notes of intensity from the violin [3:29], and the orchestra ushers in a coda of sorts [3:54], which builds up into a finale, a short-ish movement that's full of such good tunes and passion, it always gets me going.
Here's Jasha Heifetz playing the third movement Andante Sostenuto on YouTube.
