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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) |
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FREDERICK DELIUS / EDWARD ELGAR
Delius/Elgar: Violin Concertos (Rec 1929 & 44) Albert Sammons (violin) / Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / New Queen's Hall Orchestra / Malcolm Sargent, Henry Wood (conductors) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 10/Jan/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Schnittke: Cello Concertos / Cello Sonatas / Concerto grosso No. 2 Alexander Ivashkin (cello) Tatiana Grindenko (violin) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "A disc that critic Philip Clark calls in his review "the definitive document of Schnittke's relationship with the cello" can make for uncomfortable listening. Properly so, as the First Concerto was composed around Schnittke's dreadful stroke in... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos nos.1 & 2 / Sonata for violin and piano op.134 Alexander Melnikov (piano) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Teodor Currentzis, with Isabelle Faust (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] "He makes his case well. The First Concerto is all rampaging dissonances and erotic regret; the Second (1957) masks nerve-racking syncopations beneath its surface brilliance...[the sonata] a compelling performance in which logic and rhetoric combine... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: American Suite / Silent Woods / Prague Waltzes / Suite in A major American / Rondo in G minor / etc Alexander Trostianski (violin) / Dmitry Yablonsky (cello) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "These essentially undemanding works played with buoyancy to animate them and not too much weight to submerge their real, if slight, charms." - MUsicWeb Feb 2005 |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Concerto for Piano and Violin, Op. 17 / Violin Concerto Alexander Trostianski (violin) / Polina Osetinskaya (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Gregory Rose (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] "Naxos is to be commended for bringing these two works to our attention, especially since the performances are very polished...the recording is beautifully natural." (American Record Guide) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 Emperor / Concerto in D major for Piano & Orchestra (Arranged by the composer from the Violin Concerto) Alicia de Larrocha, Olli Mustonen (pianos) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jan/2006 ] Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha's first recording of Beethoven's Emperor is a grand and thrilling affair and this recording here receives its first release on CD. |
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LUKAS FOSS
Foss: Ode / Renaissance Concerto / Three American Pieces / Symphony No. 1 in G major Amy Porter (flute) Nikki Chooi (violin) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 24/May/2024 ] Berlin-born Lukas Foss studied music in Paris before settling in Philadelphia in 1937. Though he freely explored diverse compositional styles, three of the works in this recording fall into his early neo-Classical period and exemplify his dictum that... |
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HENRY COTTER NIXON
Henry Cotter Nixon: Complete Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 Ana Török (violin) / Kodaly Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Mann [ Toccata / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] The English composer-conductor Henry Cotter Nixon (1842-1907) has entirely disappeared from music history. But this new series - presenting all his surviving orchestral music in its first-ever recordings - reveals Nixon to have been one of the most... |
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MIKLOS ROZSA
Rozsa: Violin Concerto / Sinfonia Concertante Anastasia Khitruk (violin) / Andrey Tchekmazov (cello) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitri Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] "Fine lyrical playing with aggressive virtuosity. Works of great merit that are deserving of a wider audience. Play this one next to Brahms' genre counterparts for an interesting comparison" (MusicWeb Oct 2007) |
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Ancerl Karel (conductor), Henryk Szeryng (violin), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
My Country [ Supraphon / DVD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] |
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Andre Rieu (violin) / The Johann Strauss Orchestra
Magic Of The Musicals [ Decca / CD - released 28/May/2014 ] Andre Rieu is the King of the Violin, the King of the Waltz, and now the King of the Musicals! Just like 'Magic of the Movies', Andre has now recorded some of the most-loved hits from musicals we all know and love! |
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RODNEY NEWTON
Newton: Orchestral Music Vol.1 Andrea Sestakova (violin) David Llavata (trumpet) / Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Mann [ Toccata / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] The English musician Rodney Newton (b.1945) earned his living as an orchestral timpanist and percussionist, becoming known primarily for his works for brass bands. Until now his substantial output for orchestra has remained completely unknown. This... |
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SINDING
The Works for Violin & Orchestra Andrej Bielow / NDR Radiophilharmonie, Frank Beermann [ CPO Records / 2 CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] The composer maintained a special interest in the violin throughout his life, with his three major concertos and four shorter concert pieces attesting to his fact. These highly romantic and virtuosic concert compositions find a congenial soloist in... |
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MYROSLAV SKORYK
Skoryk: Violin Concertos 1-4 Andrej Bielow (violin) National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Volodymyr Sirenko [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Myroslav Skoryk, a postgraduate student of Dmitry Kabalevsky, is one of Ukraine's leading composers and teachers. His works range from opera and ballet, a symphonic transcription of Paganini's 24 Caprices, and his cycle of nine Violin Concertos... |
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MYROSLAV SKORYK
Skoryk.: Violin Concertos (Complete), Vol. 2 - Nos. 5-9 Andrej Bielow (violin) / Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Volodymyr Sirenko [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2020 ] Myroslav Skoryk is one of Ukraine's leading composers and teachers, with a portfolio of works that include opera, a symphonic transcription of Paganini's Caprices, and a cycle of nine violin concertos written over a 45-year span. |
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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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MENDELSSOHN
Ultimate Mendelssohn (Incls 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' & Symphonies Nos 3 & 4) Andras Schiff (piano) / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt / Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / etc [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2008 ] A must for Mendelssohn fans, this set comprises two of his symphonies, two piano concerti, his Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music and one album dedicated to his Songs without Words played by András Schiff. |
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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... |