Reviews | RH-032 | CORNELIA VASILE | plays PAGANINI

July 2025 | Christoph Schlüren | FONO FORUM - 07/25 p.66 | Rhine Classics' Historical Anthologies

[...] Otherwise, there are, of course, other great violinists to whom Pessina's loving dedication (in collaboration with Gary Lemco during the US excavations) is directed. The Romanian Cornelia Vasile (1948-2010), once discovered by Deutsche Grammophon and, according to Ivry Gitlis, "better than Milstein and Szeryng combined," plays Paganini's Second Violin Concerto and seven of his Caprices live with searing fire and lyrical intimacy that is a true joy. Her social decline was a tragedy. She died impoverished in Munich. [...]

A Romanian Paganini specialist whose career trailed away [JW]

https://musicwebinternational.com/2024/08/paganini-violin-concerto-2-caprices-rhine-classics/

An exciting discovery [SG]

https://musicwebinternational.com/2024/07/paganini-violin-concerto-caprices-rhine-classics/