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BEETHOVEN / ELGAR / SVENDSEN / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / KREISLER
Romances Gil Shaham (violin) / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Apr/2006 ] This features some of the best-known "romance" works for violin from Beethoven to Elgar. |
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VIVALDI
Concertos for Violin, Strings and Continuo Giuliano Carmignola (baroque violin) / Venice Baroque Orchestra / Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 28/Jul/2006 ] "The engineers are to be congratulated for providing a well balanced sound that is cool and clear. The high standard liner notes add to the excellent presentation of the release. Vivaldi lovers will not want to be without this beautifully performed... |
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J. S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051 (complete) Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Michala Petri (recorder) & Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet) / Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/May/2011 ] |
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VIVALDI / LOCATELLI / TARTINI
Concerto Veneziano Giuliano Carmignola (violin) / Venice Baroque Orchestra / Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] "An immensely novel sound . . . able to evoke the rough often abrasive sounds of early Italian music yet also deliver an incredible sweetness of tone . . . Carmignola's gestures called to mind both the wild spontaneity of a Hirschfeld caricature and... |
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VIVALDI / LOCATELLI / TARTINI
Concerto Veneziano Giuliano Carmignola (violin) / Venice Baroque Orchestra / Andrea Marcon [ Archiv SACD / SACD - released 3/Sep/2007 ] "An immensely novel sound . . . able to evoke the rough often abrasive sounds of early Italian music yet also deliver an incredible sweetness of tone . . . Carmignola's gestures called to mind both the wild spontaneity of a Hirschfeld caricature and... |
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HAGAI HUBAY
Hubay: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 Hagai Shaham (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 6 / CD - released 5/Mar/2006 ] 'With Shaham, Hubay's legacy is in very safe hands indeed. He delivers these works with a solid technique and commanding authenticity. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins provide rather more than just support, aided by a... |
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FERDINAND DAVID
Violin Concertos 4 & 5 Hagai Shaham (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 9 / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] Ferdinand David is principally known today as the dedicatee of Mendelssohn's violin concerto; he gave the premiere of the work in 1845. But in his time he was also celebrated as a composer, and Hyperion is delighted to present this disc of world... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos Hilary Hahn (violin) / Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 29/Sep/2003 ] |
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BARBER / MEYER
Violin Concertos Hilary Hahn (violin) / St Paul Chamber Orchestra / Hugh Wolf [ Sony Music / CD - released 9/May/2000 ] "There have been a number of outstanding versions of the Barber Concerto in recent years... and Hahn's is among the finest ever." (Gramophone) |
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ANTONIN DVORAK / ALBERTO GINASTERA / PABLO de SARASATE
Hilary Hahn - Eclipse Hilary Hahn (violin) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2023 - Concerto |
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J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): Concertos (LP) Hilary Hahn (violin) / Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 5/Apr/2024 ] Deutsche Grammophon presents the first vinyl release of Hilary Hahn's first recording on Deutsche Grammophon of Bach Violin Concertos. |
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NICOLO PAGANINI / LOUIS SPOHR
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Spohr: Violin Concerto No. 8 Hilary Hahn (violin) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eiji Oue [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Sep/2006 ] 'Hilary Hahn, this queen of Apollonian clarity and compelling concentration...In her playing the wondrously singing lyrical passages were a response to the flawless ecstasy of supreme violinistic artistry.' Süddeutsche Zeitung |
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MOZART / Max RICHTER / DOWLAND / ADES / BOWIE
Music of the Spheres Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Sam Swallow (vocalist) Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] "Aurora is the most bracing breath of fresh air to invigorate the British classical music scene in the past ten years." (Richard Morrison, The Times) |
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 4 Ilya Gringolts (violin) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk [ Warner Classics Warsaw Philharmonic / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "I was struck by the direct approach from soloist Ilya Gringolts notably his wonderfully lyrical playing with attractive tone and spotless intonation" (MusicWeb) |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn/Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos Isaac Stern (violin) Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy (cond) [ Sony Great Performances / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] Magnificent music for himself; a masterpiece for a friend |
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J. S. BACH
Violin Concertos / Double Concertos [2 CD set] Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman / English Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (with Neil Black, oboe) [ Itzhak Perlman complete Warner Recordings / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2015 ] Perlman has said that "the transparency of Bach's writing leaves it open to many interpretations". Here, in partnership with conductor Daniel Barenboim, violinist Pinchas Zukerman and oboist Neil Black, he brings his distinctive musical wisdom to six... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / LP - released 29/Aug/2025 ] This recording of Brahms' Double Concerto with Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma, with Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, was originally released in 1997, captured from a live recording at Orchestra Hall in Chicago in 1996. |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Warner Classics / LP - released 24/Mar/2023 ] The distinctive character of each of Prokofiev's Violin Concertos seems rooted in its genesis: the first, nervy and iconoclastic, coincided with the Russian Revolution; the second, more sober and expansively lyrical, dates from 1935, when Prokofiev... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Itzhak Perlman Edition / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "Perlman's newest digital account of the Brahms finds him at his most commanding, powerful and full of nonchant flair to a degree that no rival today can quite match." *** Three Stars Penguin Guide |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH
Mendelssohn / Bruch: Violin Concertos (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard haitink [ Warner Classics / LP - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Itzhak Perlman, born in 1945, is the supreme violinist of his time. More than a decade after his first recording of the Mendelssohn and Bruch concertos (with André Previn), Perlman returned to them with Bernard Haitink and the Concertgebouw Orchestra |