BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN
Zimmermann: Violin Concerto, Photoptosis, Die Soldaten Vocal Symphony Leila Josefowicz (violin), Anu Komsi (soprano), Jeni Packalen (soprano), Hilary Summers (contralto), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 8/Feb/2019 ] "An outstanding release, in terms both of music and performance and, indeed, recorded sound." MusicWeb |
ROSSINI / SCHUMANN / SIBELIUS
Europakonzert 2015 from Athens [Recorded live in 2015] BLU-RAY Leonidas Kavakos (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2016 ] The founding of the Berliner Philharmoniker on May 1st, 1882, is celebrated annually in an European city of cultural significance. In 2015 the EUROPAKONZERT took place in Athens' great concert hall, the Megaron, with Leonidas Kavakos joining the... |
FRANK MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Maria-Triptychon / Sechs Monologue aus Jedermann / Suite from Der Sturm Linda Russell (soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Duncan Riddell (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Recorded: 26-27 September 1994 |
FRANCK / SZYMANOWSKI / CHAUSSON / DEBUSSY
Lisa Batiashvili - Secret Love Letters Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Giorgi Gigashvili (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Aug/2022 ] "Batiashvili favours an interpretative line that is easier to experience than to describe, not self-effacing so much as intimate, flexible, unhurried.." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2022) |
VARIOUS ECM COMPOSERS
Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher BLU-RAY Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Truls Mork (cello) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Simon Rattle [ ECM Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Dec/2011 ] Over a period of five years, Swiss filmmakers Norbert Wiedmer and Peter Guyer followed producer Manfred Eicher and the artists of ECM around the world. |
ELGAR / ARNOLD / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / SEARLE / HOLST / WALTON
Sir Adrian Boult - The Decca Legacy, Volume 1 - British Music London Philharmonic Orchestra / BBC Chorus & BBC Symphony, Adrian Boult / Melos Ensemble / Alfredo Campoli (violin) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/2022 ] The first in a three-volume edition of the complete Decca recordings of Sir Adrian Boult, this set represents the most complete survey ever issued of Sir Adrian Boult's British music recordings for Decca. |
CARLOS CHAVEZ
Carlos Chávez - The Complete Columbia Album Collection Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional De México, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Carlos Chávez [ Sony Classical / 7 CD Box Set - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Carlos Chávez is one of Mexico's most important and prolific 20th century composers. He championed the symphony form at a time when it was generally neglected by other Latin American composers, and the results are magnificent: when his first symphony... |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Violin Concerto / Miss Julie Suite / etc Lorraine McAslan (violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "Lloyd-Jones and McAslan give admirable shape to the long, rhapsodic first movement...[the] technically demanding finale is performed with agile warmth by McAslan whose attractive tone and expressive style seem entirely in tune with this distinctive... |
GUIRNE CREITH / RICHARD ARNELL / THOMAS PITFIELD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Creith/Arnell/Pitfield: Violin Concertos Lorraine McAslan (violin) / Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] "Lorraine McAslan triumphs again in these unknown violin concertos. We must be grateful for her fine judgement in learning these works and in projecting them with such overwhelming confidence." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb April 2009) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKSC COLLECTABLE: Britten: Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto Mark Lubotsky (violin) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / English Chamber orchestra, Benjamin Britten [ Decca / London / CD - released 24/Mar/2011 ] "..a lovely account. Fine recordings." Gramophone Choice (piano concerto) |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Orchestral Works, Volume 1 (Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Morning Song) Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] 'The Cello Concerto is rhapsodic in feeling and Raphael Wallfisch plays it with marvellous sensitivity and finesse, given splendid support by the LPO under Bryden Thomson.' The Penguin Complete Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Concerto for Violin & Cello / Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/1989 ] Recorded in St Jude's Church, Central Square, London, July 1988 |
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stanford: Symphony No. 5 "L'Allefro ed il Penseroso" / Irish Rhapsody No 4/ Irish Rhapsody No 6 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] Originally released in 1987 |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moeran: Violin Concerto & 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Cello Concerto & Violin Concerto Lynn Harrell (cello) Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Kyung Wha Chung (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca The World of British Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/1994 ] Two classic performances on one budget CD |
ALEXANDER MacKENZIE
Mackenzie: Violin Concerto / Pibroch Suite Malcolm Stewart (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Vernon Handely, conductor / David Davies, conductor [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] 'Stewart is the real red-blooded article, with a big sound and a bow that travels across the strings so fast that it must look like a blur in the concert hall. But not a single note is blurred or slighted here' - Fanfare, USA |
WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Stenhammar: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat Minor / Sentimental Romances / Florez and Blanzeflor Peter Mattei (baritone) Ulf Wallin (violin) Love Derwinger (piano) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/1992 ] The pianist, conductor, and composer Wilhelm Stenhammar ranks among the most important Scandinavian musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century. He achieved wide recognition as pianist and conductor, and lasting fame as a composer, creating... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Op. 61 / Romance for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 40 & Op. 50 Manrico Padovani (violin) / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Boris Perrenoud [ Cascavelle / CD - released 14/Jun/2002 ] Recorded in the National Radio Moscow, Great Hall, in 1999 |
JALBERT / BACH / PART / VASKS
Jalbert, Bach, Pärt & Vasks: Music for violin and orchestra Margaret Batjer (violin), Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Kahane [ BIS SACD / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] Making their first appearance on BIS, Margaret Batjer and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) cross great distances in both time and space in this programme of concertante violin works. The disc opens with a Violin Concerto by the American... |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Viotti - Eight Symphonies, Op. 2 Mark Kaplan (violin), Padua Chamber Orchestra, David Golub [ Arabesque Recordings / CD - released 25/Nov/1997 ] Giovanni Battista Viotti [1755-1824] wrote twenty-nine concertos for violin, most of which, unfortunately, have not yet been recorded. |