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Purity filled with glass

Von | Montreal, Quebec Canada | 03/02/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Please excuse me if my english is not perfect. This version of the second movement of the G concerto by Anne Queffélec is my prefered one. I have also the Christian Zimmerman's version and it is very good, all over, but I knew Anne Queffélec's version first (in the 70's, my first hearing of this piece of music) and I prefer it.I read a very good critic about it in the past, and the quietness is not a handicap for me in this case ; I don't see that any emotion is missing. I see it as an atmosphere filled with purity and I get goose bumps.I know that one can feel attached to the first version heard of a particular piece of music, but I still think this version is worth the price for other people even if, personally, I'm attached to it.On the contrary, I have difficulties to get goose bumps with Zimmerman's version, although technically and sonically excellent, and this is a striking sign that emotion is not handicaped here. MY emotions jump out of my skin with Queffélec's version.Both dics are really worth the price.I gave 4 stars even if I concentrated my opinion on one movement only, wich is, for me, the best."