Herman Krebbers Edition (15CD Boxset)

The most comprehensive collection ever issued of the recorded art of Herman Krebbers (1923–2018) featuring the great Dutch violinist as concerto soloist, chamber musician and concert master and issued to mark the centenary of his birth. An original jackets collection of a much-loved musician, with an introduction by Bernard Haitink, written shortly before his death.

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“Herman Krebbers can hold centre stage very well. He plays Brahms with utterly luminescent tone, an aristocratic confidence in the face of technical hurdles, and a terraced shaping of phrases and dynamics that freshly confronts expressive meanings.” High Fidelity, April 1980 (Brahms – Haitink)

“The most satisfactory, natural, and realistic-sounding of all versions … also the most magisterial, lucid, and illuminating interpretation, with the finest solo-violin playing by Herman Krebbers.” High Fidelity, June 1981 (R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra)

“Certainly no violinist has ever realized the solo passages as graciously and as free from any taint of sentimentality as Herman Krebbers … one of the Himalayan peaks of the all-time worldwide discography.” High Fidelity, December 1974 (R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra)

“An expansive, voluptuous, finely detailed approach … [Krebbers] is absolutely attuned to this concept in his eloquent solos, his colleagues are all on top form, and everything fairly glows.” Stereo Review, December 1980 (Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade)

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