FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Kreisler: Complete Concerto Recordings Vol.1 Fritz Kreisler (Violin) / Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Leo Blech [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 23/Jun/2001 ] The first of an important series |
FRITZ KREISLER / BALOGH / KORNGOLD / PADEREWSKI / etc
Kreisler: The Complete Recordings Vol 6 Fritz Kreisler (violin) & Carl Lamson (piano) / Victor Orchestra, Rosario Bourdon [ Naxos Historial Great Violinists / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Volume 6 of this series completes Fritz Kreisler's acoustic recordings for the Victor Talking Machine Company. The February 1925 sessions were the final months of acoustic recording techniques and, despite numerous takes, many of the sides were... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Great Violinists - Kreisler : Vol.5, Mendelssohn / Beethoven (Rec 35/36) Fritz Kreisler (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barbirolli, Ronald [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] Classic historic recordings remastered |
FRITZ KREISLER
Kreisler plays Kreisler (Tambourin chinois, Liebesfreud, Marche miniature viennoise, etc) (Recorded: 1942-1946) Fritz Kreisler (violin) Victor Symphony Orchestra / Charles O'Connell, conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] "The new transfers are remarkably good, and this is a gem of a reissue." (Classics Today) |
JOSEPH BOULOGNE SAINT-GEORGES
Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op. 2 & Op. 7 Fumika Mohri (violin) / Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Michael Halász [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] A brilliant swordsman, athlete, violin virtuoso and composer, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges might well lay claim to being the most talented figure in an age of remarkable individuals. The string quartet was still in its infancy in France... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
The Best Of Glazunov Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Ilya Kale (violin), POlish National Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Glazunov, a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov, received encouragement also from Belyayev, an influential patron and publisher whose activities succeeded and largely replaced the earlier efforts of Balakirev to inspire the creation of national Russian music.... |
PAUL CRESTON
Creston: Symphony No 5 / Toccata / etc Scott Goff (flute), Ilkka Talvi (violin) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] |
JOSE SEREBRIER
Serebrier: Symphony No. 2, Partita / Fantasia / Violin Sonata / Winterreise Gonzalo Acosta (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jose Serebrier [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2007 ] "José Serebrier's conducting has been so triumphant that we tend to forget he is an equally distinguished composer" (The Times). Symphony No. 2, 'Partita', written at the age of 19 and premièred by the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington with... |
ULRICH LEYENDECKER
Leyendecker: Violin Concerto / Symphony No 3 Roland Greutter (violin) / /North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Kalitzke [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] Ulrich Leyendecker (29 January 1946 - 29 November 2018) was a German composer of classical music. His output consisted mainly of symphonies, concertos, chamber and instrumental music. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Violin Concertos Augustin Hadelich (violin) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Müller-Brühl [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] "the future of great violin playing is safe and very bright in Augustin Hadelich's 24- year-old hands" American Record Guide |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / HENRYK WIENIAWSKI / JEAN SIBELIUS
Tchikovsky/Sibelius/Wieniawski: Violin.Concertos Jascha Heifetz (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Barbirolli, Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "Heifetz's first (mono) recording of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, made in 1937, as tremendous virtuosity and warmth. The sound is opaque by modern standards...this is a fine bargain." Penguin Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / MAX BRUCH / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Brahms: Double Concerto / Bruch: Scottish Fantasy / Glazunov: Violin Concerto Jascha Heifetz (violin) Emanuel Feuermann (cello) / London Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "Bruch's Scottish Fantasy was always a favourite work with Heifetz…the passion and brilliance of the playing here are most compelling, with the songful Adagio section even more moving in its simpler, more flowing manner, hushed and dedicated" Penguin |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / LOUIS GRUENBERG
Prokofiev/Gruenberg: Violin Concertos Jascha Heifetz (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Historial Great Violinists / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Another legendary Prokofiev recording is the 1937...Needless to say, Heifetz's delivery of the solo part is mesmerically brilliant in the finale, but the violinist also captures to perfection the lyrical nostalgia of theslow movement." BBC Music |
JEAN SIBELIUS / CHRISTIAN SINDING
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 / Sinding: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 45 Henning Kraggerud (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Bjarte Engeset, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Oct/2004 ] The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius was born in 1865, the son of a doctor, in a small town in the south of Finland, the language and culture of his family being Swedish. It was at school that he was to learn Finnish and acquire his first interest in... |
JEAN SIBELIUS / CHRISTIAN SINDING
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 / Sinding: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 45 Henning Kraggerud (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Bjarte Engeset, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 26/Aug/2005 ] "Here's a well-balanced Finno-Norwegian disc that presents a major concerto leavened by a shorter work for violin and orchestra." MusicWeb |
W. A. MOZART
Violin Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 5 Henning Kraggerud (violin) / Norwegian Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] "Kraggerud serves up all of the necessary vivacity and fizz in the outside movements while sustaining the soaring tunes of their slow centres. Throughout the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra provide solid and sympathetic support." (ClassicFM) |
GRIEG
Three Concerti for Violin and Chamber Orchestra Henning Kraggerud (violin) / Tromsø Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jul/2013 ] "Kraggerud, as director of the Tromso Chamber Orchestra, has provided its players with some very attractive repertoire and they clearly respond with enthusiasm, producing performances that are precise, alert and expressive." |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: String Sonatas Nos. 4, 5 & 6 / Variations for violin and small orchestra in C Hungarian Virtuosi / Tamas Benedek (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Feb/2002 ] Beautifully recorded in Festetich Castle, Budapest |
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Fire and Blood / MotorCity Triptych / Raise the Roof Ida Kafavian (violin) / Brian Jones / Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "Michael Daugherty is a wonderful composer, and these three pieces make splendid listening. Fire and Blood is a violin concerto, and a damn fine one....Great sonics too." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
HEINRICH WILHELM ERNST
Music for Violin and Orchestra Ilya Grubert (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] "Grubert’s sound palette is impressive and his virtuosity remarkable. Ernst deserves a wider audience, especially in performances as excellent as these." (MusicWeb Feb 2007) |