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GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: Violin Concerto / Lontano / Atmosphères / San Francisco Polyphony Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Ligeti's works on this disc provide an excellent cross-section of the metamorphosis in his compositional technique over a period of 30 years. The Violin Concerto incorporates influences from Medieval and Renaissance music, from late Romantic music... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos 3 & 4 Francesa Dego (violin), Francesca Leonardi (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 21/Sep/2021 ] "These performances capture the very essence of Mozart's Salzburg style best, setting up, meticulously matching and weaving in and out of the solo line with captivating suppleness and alertness." Five Stars BBC Music Recording of the Month Nov 21 |
VITO PALUMBO
Palumbo: Woven Lights Francesco D'Orazio (violin, electric violin), Vito Palumbo (electronics), Francesco Abbrescia (electronics), London Symphony Orchestra, Lee Reynolds [ BIS SACD / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] The critically acclaimed Italian composer Vito Palumbo has had works performed all over the world by leading orchestras. He began his career with postmodern experimentation, going on to different forms of music theatre. In recent years Palumbo has... |
ANTOINE & MAX BOHRER
Bohrer: Grande symphonie militaire Friedemann Eichhorn (violin) Alexander Hülshoff (cello) / Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolás Pasquet [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] The Bohrer family produced a succession of distinguished musicians of whom the brothers Antoine, a violinist who studied with Rodolphe Kreutzer in Paris, and cellist Max were the most eminent. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Francisco Fullana (violin), Apollo's Fire (Baroque orchestra), Jeannette Sorrell (director, harpsichord), Alan Choo (leader, violin) [ Avie / CD - released 22/Oct/2021 ] "Fullana and Sorrell's brilliant baroque band from Cleveland reveals Vivaldi's most popular work in spring-cleaned colours, like the restoration of an old master." - The Sunday Times (No. 3: Top 10 Classical Albums of the Year 2021) |
RAVEL
The Very Best of Ravel Francois-Joel Thiollier (Piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) / Howard Zhang (Violin) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Maurice Ravel was one of the most important French composers in the early twentieth century and developed his own musical idiom through the combination of French and Spanish influences. The 2 CD set contains selections of the most frequently... |
DEBUSSY
The Very Best of Debussy (Incls Reverie, Golliwogg's Cakewalk & Rapsodie for Saxophone & Orchestra) Francois-Joel Thiollier (Piano) / Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam (Cond) / Dong-Suk Kang (Violin) Pascal Devoyon (Piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Claude Debussy's music combines late nineteenth-century Romanticism with a soundscape that has been called an audible version of an impressionist painting. This 2 CD set includes Debussy's most frequently performed and recorded works. |
MAGNUS LINDBERG
Lindberg: Tempus Fugit / Violin Concerto No 2 Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Sep/2018 ] "Under Hannu Lintu, the Finish Radio Symphony Orchestra plays with such clarity and insight that is feels like a beautifully balanced clockwork mechanism - albeit one with a mightily exuberant spirit." The Strad |
SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto / The Bard / The Wood Nymph Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgards [ Ondine / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "Frank Peter Zimmermann matches intensity with passionate virtuosity in this performance of Sibelius's Violin Concerto, the Helsinki Philharmonic providing a backcloth of impressive detail, strength and incisiveness." The Telegraph, 17th September... |
PIERRE RODE
Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 5 & 9 Friedemann Eichhorn (violin) / Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolás Pasquet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Pierre Rode's concertos represent the full flowering of the French violin school, the origins of which can be traced back to his teacher Viotti's arrival in Paris in 1782. Bold and youthful, the First Violin Concerto contrasts with the more... |
PIERRE RODE
Rode: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 8 Friedemann Eichhorn (violin) / Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolás Pasquet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] Pierre Rode was the star pupil of Viotti (the greatest violinist of the day), in time becoming the leading exponent of the French Violin School. A great virtuoso - he premièred Beethoven's last Violin Sonata - he composed exclusively for his own... |
PIERRE RODE
Rode: Violin Concertos Nos. 7, 10, 13 Friedemann Eichhorn (violin) / South West German Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern / Nicolas Pasquet [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Mar/2009 ] "Mr. Eichhorn plays with a sweet and airy tone… There is ample technical display to support Rode's reputation as a virtuoso, and Eichhorn carries off florid passages with ease." MusicWeb |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Kreisler: Complete Concerto Recordings Vol.1 Fritz Kreisler (Violin) / Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Leo Blech [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 23/Jun/2001 ] The first of an important series |
FRITZ KREISLER / BALOGH / KORNGOLD / PADEREWSKI / etc
Kreisler: The Complete Recordings Vol 6 Fritz Kreisler (violin) & Carl Lamson (piano) / Victor Orchestra, Rosario Bourdon [ Naxos Historial Great Violinists / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Volume 6 of this series completes Fritz Kreisler's acoustic recordings for the Victor Talking Machine Company. The February 1925 sessions were the final months of acoustic recording techniques and, despite numerous takes, many of the sides were... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Great Violinists - Kreisler : Vol.5, Mendelssohn / Beethoven (Rec 35/36) Fritz Kreisler (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barbirolli, Ronald [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] Classic historic recordings remastered |
FRITZ KREISLER
Kreisler plays Kreisler (Tambourin chinois, Liebesfreud, Marche miniature viennoise, etc) (Recorded: 1942-1946) Fritz Kreisler (violin) Victor Symphony Orchestra / Charles O'Connell, conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] "The new transfers are remarkably good, and this is a gem of a reissue." (Classics Today) |
JOSEPH BOULOGNE SAINT-GEORGES
Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op. 2 & Op. 7 Fumika Mohri (violin) / Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Michael Halász [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] A brilliant swordsman, athlete, violin virtuoso and composer, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges might well lay claim to being the most talented figure in an age of remarkable individuals. The string quartet was still in its infancy in France... |
NIKOS SKALKOTTAS
Skalkottas: Two Concertos George Zacharias (violin), Alexandros Koustas (viola), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] "The fact that Nikos Skalkottas was one of Schoenberg's elite composition students obscures the fact that he began his career as a violinist of concert-artist level. The two concertos gathered here highlight this violinist/composer duality. The... |
W. A. MOZART / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / etc
Géza Anda: Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings Geza Anda (piano) / Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / 17 CD Box Set - released 8/Oct/2021 ] D. G. celebrates one of the greatest pianists of our time, Géza Anda - the "troubadour of the keyboard" (Furtwängler) - in a limited edition 17-CD set. Anda was for the most part of his sadly too-short career a Deutsche Grammophon artists. |
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BEETHOVEN
Harnoncourt - Beethoven [includes Symphonies, Piano & Violin Concertos, Overtures, etc] Gidon Kremer & Pierre-Laurent Aimard / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2006 ] A superb value 14 CD set of the complete Harnoncourt/Chamber Orchestra of Europe Beethoven recordings for Teldec Classics. |
