Janine Jansen: Concertos & Romance
...fresh, energetic, thoughtful music making.... --The New York TimesJansen is a brilliant player. --Gramophone Magazine`CONCERTOS & ROMANCE': MENDELSSOHN: VIOLIN CONCERTO; BRUCH: VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1, ROMANCE IN F Janine Jansen, violinist and violist; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Riccardo Chailly (Decca).  Though these are by no means radical reinterpretations, the clarity and precision Janine Jansen brings to the war-horse concertos gives them a fresh patina that is hard to resist. So does her approach to the slow movements: singing and sweet-toned but free of sentimentality. Bruch's Romance, a rarity, shows Ms. Jansen to be a supple violist as well. --NEW YORK TIMES: ALLAN KOZINN