Violin Concertos Nos, 1, 3, Sinfonia Concertante K 364 : R.Capucon, Langree / Scottsh Chamber Orchestra, Tamestit

Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 3; Sinfonia Concertante K364; Capuon/ Antoine Tamestit / Scottish CO/ Louis Langre Now in his early 30s, Renaud Capuon is one of today's outstanding violinists - less flashy than some, but a fabulously musical player who is as remarkable a chamber player as he is a concerto soloist. It's a considerable achievement to make Mozart's unprepossessing first violin concerto, K207 in B flat, as compelling as he does here, simply through a combination of unfussy phrasing and finely judged articulation. In the G major concerto K216, Capuon finds the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Louis Langre the ideal partnership for his relaxed give-and-take in the slow movement, and in both solo concertos the cadenzas by Robert Levin stay just on the right side of garrulousness. The Sinfonia Concertante takes the performance on to another musical plane altogether. Capuon is partnered by the viola player Antoine Tamestit, who perfectly complements his unfailingly musical phrasing without ever slavishly copying it. A fine achievement.