Article: JOSHUA BELL, VIOLIN BRUCH: VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 MENDELSSOHN: VIOLIN CONCERTO BELL WITH SAMUEL SANDERS PRESENTING JOSHUA BELL: MUSIC BY BRAHMS, PAGANINI, SARASATE, WIENIAWSKI, SIBELIUS, BLOCH, SCHUMANN, FALLA, SARASATE AND OTHERS LONDON (CDS)

Joshua Bell, 21, makes his local debut at Great Woods tonight; London Records clearly believes in his future, for they have introduced him to a world public with the simultaneous release of two recordings and the promise of more. Bell comes from Bloomington, Indiana where he studied with Josef Gingold, from whom he obviously absorbed a lot; unlike some of his contemporaries who are also being heavily promoted, Bell seems to have set his sights on musical goals and to have kept his bearings. The appeal of his playing comes in his warm and attractive tone -- he never goes into ugly overdrive -- a natural, instinctive and cultivated musicality, and a youthful vigor of temperament. The ...

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