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 |
BRAHMS / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH / TCHAIKOVSKY
Complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2012 ] From 1976, when Herbert von Karajan - the most famous conductor in the world - met the prodigiously gifted 13-year-old Anne-Sophie Mutter until his death 13 years later, she was the only violinist to appear with him in concert and on disc. These... |
JOHN WILLIAMS
Williams: Violin Concerto No 2 (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 3/Jun/2022 ] "It's a hugely expressive, deeply atmospheric four-movement work and, like all his concertos, quite far removed from the thematic narrative music we're all so familiar with." BBC Music |
RAVEL / KORNGOLD / SHOSTAKOVICH / PREVIN / STRAUSS / PROKOFIEV
Andre Previn: A Celebration Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Kyung Wha Chung (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Andre Previn [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "Some performers make it all about themselves …while André puts the music first" Barbara Bonney (Gramophone 2008) |
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... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Glazunov/Prokofiev: Violin Concertos (with Shchedrin's Stihira) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / National Symphony Orchestra / Rostropovich [ Erato / CD - released 1/Oct/1989 ] "Mutter is more volatile and more freely expressive than she has usually been on disc, sounding totally spontaneous, and in the Glazunov that is particularly impressive." (Gramophone) |
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 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Violin Concertos / Sinfonia Concertante Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Yuri Bashmet (viola) / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 24/Oct/2005 ] "Mutter is the undisputed queen of violin-playing . . . Mutter, you will gather, is a classic driven perfectionist. It's no surprise to learn that her preferred relaxation is mountaineering." The times - The Knowledge / 10 September 2005 |
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) |
SCHUMANN
Violin Concertos Anthony Marwood (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Boyd [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 13 / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "Marwood's tone is notably characteristically focused with a notable sweetness which is matched by Wallin...Boyd and his Scottish players set ideal tempi in outer movements, enabling Marwood to negotiate fearlessly the fairly awkward and largely... |
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / SIR ARTHUR SOMERVELL
Coleridge-Taylor/Somervell: Violin Concertos Anthony Marwood (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 5 / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] 'Marwood's unflashy, sweet-toned playing lends just the right note of enchantment and authenticity to these forgotten scores. In short, this is Hyperion at its best' - Gramophone |
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 |
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."... |
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 |
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. |
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... |
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. |
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... |
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... |
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... |