Acclaim

Beethoven Triple Concerto

Sombart and conductor Vallet have regained the thrill of the boldly original Allegro first movement, much as I first experienced it from Firkusny and Steinberg as a youth. Vallet’s tutti passages bear the grand vision of the music’s innate heroism. We all await those strange, detached scale passages prior to the recapitulation,

13 March 2024