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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
The Best of Prokofiev Tedi Papavrami (violin), Kun-Woo Paik (piano) National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Czecho-Slovak State Ph [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2005 ] A new addition to the Naxos 'Best of' series features the outstanding series of Prokofiev recordings made with the Ukraine orchestra. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto Op.77 / Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Teldec / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] "Vengerov here triumphantly tackles one of the most formidable war-horses among violin concertos, playing not just for display but with far deeper insights." **(*) Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN / WILLIAM WALTON
Britten / Walton: Violin & Viola Concertos Maxim Vengerov (violin & viola) / London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "The result is a superlative performance of a concerto that hasn't really been taken up by top-flight violinists (Heifetz, Menuhin and Perlman, for example, no strangers to 'English' concertos, studiously avoided it). It is certainly a work of... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Violin sonatas Viktoria Mullova (violin) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi, with Tedi Papavrami (violin II) [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2015 ] "Mullova's playing…is, at all times, utterly faithful to the score and is totally committed to the great Russian composer … the performances of both Sonatas could surely not be improved upon by any artist, and Mullova's commitment here raises the st |
CARL NIELSEN / PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos Vilde Frang (violin) / Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Gullberg Jensen [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Concerto |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Nigel Kennedy (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI Music / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Classic 1991 recording of the Brahms from Kennedy |
FRANK MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Concertos & Orchestral Music Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/1996 ] "..particularly magnificent, thanks in no small part to Marga Höffgen's superlative singing; but all the parts are beautifully sung and played, and the recording engineers have taken their roles accordingly.' High Fidelity (In terra pax) |
RICHARD STRAUSS / CHRISTOPHER HEADINGTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss/Headington: Violin Concertos Xue-Wei (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jane Glover [ ASV / CD ] The Strauss Violin Concerto was first performed publicly on 5 December 1882, in the Bösendorfersaal of the Herrengasse in Vienna. The soloist was the dedicatee Benno Walter. Strauss himself played his own piano reduction of the orchestral parts.... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms Cycle [Symphonies, Concertos & Overtures] (recorded in 2015) Yefim Bronfman (piano) Julia Fischer (violin) / The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most [ Belvedere / BBC Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Nov/2017 ] The Cleveland Orchestra is the aristocrat among American orchestras (The Telegraph) and its conductor, Franz Welser-Möst, rules his subjects with a velvet glove. Indeed, velvet and silk keep showing up in descriptions of the Clevelanders sound under... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH
Bruch / Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz, Walter Susskind [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "this coupling is an eminently recommendable one." Gramophone |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Orchesral Works (Incls Pastoral Rhapsody & King's Herald Suite) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Moray Welsh (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] These recordings offer what are regarded by the Penguin Guide to Compact Discs as definitive interpretations of the repertoire. |
VIVALDI / LOCATELLI / BACH / WEISS / KROPFGANS
Giuliano Carmignola: The Complete Sony Recordings Giuliano Carmignola (baroque violin) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, with Lutz Kirchhof (theorbolute) [ Sony Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 10/Jul/2015 ] In tandem with the "Vivaldian ardour" (International Record Review) of conductor-harpsichordist Andrea Marcon and his Venice Baroque Orchestra, violinist Giuliano Carmignola - "a wonderfully accomplished player" (Gramophone) - has raised the bar on... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Complete Orchestral and Instrumental Music Mark Lubotsky (violin) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Michael Collins (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, [ Decca / 13 CD Box Set - released 16/Sep/2017 ] Decca is delighted to present a boxed set of the complete orchestral and Instrumental Music. Britten created works which defined and shaped their genres going forward...his pioneering works like Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and works for... |
CESAR GUERRA-PEIXE
Guerra-Peixe: A Retirada da Laguna Abner Landim (violin) / Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] César Guerra-Peixe is one of the leading composers associated with musical nationalism in Brazil. A Retirada da Laguna is a programmatic suite that describes one of the most dramatic moments in the Paraguayan War of 1864-70 |
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Symphony No. 5 in D major / Fantasia on Greensleeves Iona Brown (violin) / Academy Of St Martin In The Fields, Neville Marriner / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Roger Norrington [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] A delightful disc from Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, neatly encompassing four of Vaughan Williams' most enduringly popular orchestral works. |
PHILIP GLASS
Of Beauty & Light: The Music of Philip Glass (3 CD set) Adele Anthony (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop / Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2008 ] This is Glass in full flight, with an aural illusion of the work speeding up yet retaining a constant pulse throughout the work's lively changes of texture and melodic figuration." --New Zealand Listener |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Violin Concerto No 1 / Company / 'Prelude and Dance' from Akhnaten Adele Anthony (violin) / Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (July 2002) |
FEDERIGO FIORILLO / GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI
Fiorillo/Viotti: Violin Concertos Adelina Oprean (violin) / European Community Chamber Orchestra / Jorg Faerber [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'A welcome reissue of a fine disc coupling a pair of delightful concertos, in performances of delectable poise and refinement. Recommended' (International Record Review) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Concertos for violin Adelina Oprean (violin) / Justin Oprean (piano) / European Union Chamber Orchestra [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'Adelina Oprean plays with flair and style, adding her own cadenzas (quite tastefully) and holding her own against competition from a number of better-known violinists. The European Union Chamber Orchestra plays very well for her, and the recorded... |
