Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

"Takako Nishizaki gives a warm and colourful reading, tender but purposeful and full of temperament. As in the Mendelssohn with which this is coupled, the central slow movement is on the measured side but flows sweetly, while the finale has all the necessary bravura, even at a speed that avoids breathlessness. Unlike many, Nishizaki opens out the little cuts which had become traditional. With excellent playing and recording, this makes a first-rate recommendation" Penguin Guide

"It seems as if Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto has been waiting for Takako Nishizaki, one of Japan's finest violinists, to come along and record it. She performs this work with so musch authority she seems to own it." CD Review