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LEONARD BALADA
Balada: Orchestral Works Vol 1 Andres Cardenes (violin) / Barcelona Symphony Orchestra / Matthias Aeschbacher [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2001 ] "Give this one a listen."- Classics Today |
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VIVALDI
The Four Seasons / 2 Oboe Concertos Marcel Ponseele (oboe) Andrew Manze (violin) / Amsterdam Baroque orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Warner Maestro / CD - released 6/Apr/2009 ] "few purchasers will be disappointed by this release. The digital sound is fresh and reasonably crisp" (Classical Music Web) |
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ALEXY SHORE
Shor: Composer's Notebook, Vol. 1 Anna Ulaieva, Marc Bouchkov Kyiv Virtuosi, Dmitry Yablonsky, John Warner [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Travel Notebook, Suite for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 by Ukrainian composer Alexey Shor is cast in a neo-Classical vein. It offers personal impressions of places he has visited, with music that is harmonically traditional and melodic. |
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Arvo Pärt, Jakub Ciupinski, John Corigliano, Maurice Ravel, Morten Lauridsen, Philip Glass
Mirror in Mirror Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) / Elizabeth Pridgen (keyboard) / Jakub Ciupinski (electronics) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Kristjan Järvi [ AVIE / CD - released 7/Sep/2018 ] Superstar violinist Anne Akiko Meyers is one of today's most in-demand classical performers. A Billboard Top Selling Classical Instrumentalist of the Year, she is beloved by audiences around the world, with a reputation for groundbreaking recital... |
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SCHWANTNER
Orchestral Music Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) Gregory Hustis (horn) James Diaz (organ) / Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/Sep/2005 ] 'Andrew Litton's excellent Dallas Symphony Orchestra does full justice to all the works … And the three soloists for whom the later pieces were written could hardly be bettered' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA / KAROL SZYMANOWSKI / MAURICE RAVEL
Fantasia Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Kristjan Jarvi [ AVIE / CD - released 1/Aug/2018 ] "Anne Akiko Meyers is one of the most adventurous soloists on the international scene today." - Chicago Classical |
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GLAZUNOV / PROKOFIEV
Glazunov / Prokofiev: Violin Concertos (with Shchedrin - Stihira) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C., Mstislav Rostropovich [ Erato Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] Three highly contrasted works from 20th century Russia. Anne-Sophie Mutter is the soloist in Glazunov's richly lyrical violin concerto, first performed in 1905, and in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No 1, dating from the time of the Revolution and a... |
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JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter - Across The Stars Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] "Mutter and Williams are especially winning in contemplative, romantic mode, although the scary shivers from the 1979 Dracula earn their place too" The Times, London |
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HANS GAL
Violin Concerto / Violin Concertino / Triptych for Orchestra Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin) / Northern Sinfonia / Kenneth Woods [ Avie Records / CD - released 22/Aug/2011 ] "Woods directs a highly polished account [of Triptych] but the orchestral playing throughout is most assured. Avie's sound is excellent but it is the music that compels attention. Strongly recommended." (Gramophone) |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Violin Concerto, Partita & Hindemith Variations Anthony Marwood (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] "Hyperion becomes not only my overall choice for the coupling but a very strong contender in all the individual works." MusicWeb |
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SALLY BEAMISH
Violin Concerto / Callisto / Symphony No. 1 Anthony Marwood (violin) / Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "...the First Symphony leaves the strongest impression here...It makes no mean impression in this performance, Martyn Brabbins drawing a committed response from the Royal Scottish National players, who are hardly less attentive in the concertos."... |
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VAUGHAN WILLAIMS
The Best of (Incls The Wasps Overture & Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis) Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor) David Greed (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony / English Northern Philharmonia / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] One of the leading English composers of his generation, Vaughan Williams went some way towards creating a specifically English musical idiom, influenced by his interest in folk-song yet underpinned by a personal vision and language. |
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CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Violin, Clarinet & Flute Concertos Saeka Matsuyama (violin) John McCaw (clarinett) Jennifer Stinton (flute) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orc [ Alto / CD - released 20/Jun/2015 ] "(she) adapts perfect intonation and fearlessly conquers the first movement's virtuoso passages. Given a perfectly idiomatic accompaniment… the result is as fine a version as any." ClassicsToday |
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MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra, Vol. 1 [incls 'Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46'] Antje Weithaas (violin) / NDR Radiophilharmonie, Hermann Bäumer [ CPO / CD - released 10/Sep/2014 ] Max Bruch is perhaps the most famous one-work composer. He enjoys worldwide renown as the author of his first Violin Concerto, his Scottish Fantasy continues to be performed. |
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MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra Vol. 3 [Incls 'Violin Concerto No. 3'] Antje Weithaas (violin) / NDR Sinfonieorchester, Hermann Baumer [ CPO / CD - released 31/Jul/2015 ] CPO announce the release of their final volume of the complete edition of Max Bruch's works for violin and orchestra with the superb violinist Antje Weithaas. Bruch's friendships first with Joseph Joachim and then later with Pablo de Sarasate were a... |
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MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra, Vol. 2 (Incls. Violin Concerto No. 1) Antje Weithaas (violin) / NDR Sinfonieorchester, Hermann Baumer [ CPO / CD - released 31/Jul/2015 ] Max Bruch is perhaps the most famous one-work composer, but, as this new disc from cpo demonstrates, his oeuvre continues to hold many a rewarding discovery in store. |
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NIELS W. GADE
Symphonies Nos 1 - 8 / Violin Concerto Anton Kontra (violin) Roland Pontinen (piano) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi /Stockholm Sinfonietta, Neeme Jarvi [ BIS / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2010 ] During the mid-19th century, the Danish composer Niels W. Gade was one of Europe's most well-known composers, conducting his own works all over the continent. Starting out as a protégé of Mendelssohn, he later became his successor as music director... |
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ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINKSY / ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau / Korngold: Violin Concerto Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Gulbenkian Orchestra / Lawrence Foster / Netherlands Philharmonic / Marc Albrecht [ Alto / CD - released 24/Oct/2022 ] "As an example of luscious late-Romantic orchestral writing, Die Seejungfrau could scarcely be bettered: a fine performance of a gorgeous orchestral score" (MusicWeb) "Steinbacher's technique on the other hand is immaculate; how gracefully those... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Violin Concerto / Miniatures Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Lawrence Foster, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne [ Pentatone / CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] This album is violinist Arabella Steinbacher's tribute to the favourite composer of her family household. The music of Richard Strauss has played a crucial role throughout her life. As great Strauss lovers, her parents named her after the main... |
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DVORAK / SZYMANOWSKI
Violin Concertos Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] This is Steinbecher's debut on Pentatone. She is 27 and was taught by the same teacher as Julia Fischer. Her previous recordings for Orfeo have all got great reviews. |