JOSE SEREBRIER
Serebrier: Symphony No. 1 / Violin Concerto Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / José Serebrier [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "Serebrier gets back to his roots in a couple of agreeable tangos but the First Symphony is a fascinating document from a teenage composer." Gramophone Magazine, November 2010 |
WILLIAM SCHUMAN
Schuman: Violin Concerto, New England Triptych (with Ives-Variations on 'America') Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jose Serebrier (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Jun/2001 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (July 2001) |
Breuninger/Gentscheff
Ysaye: Violin/Orchestra Works [ Cpo / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Beethoven/Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos (Rec 1928 & 1934) Bronislaw Huberman (violin) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Berlin Staatskapelle / George Szell [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "There is no reason to prefer the more expensive issues; Naxos's transfers, effected by David Lennick (Beethoven) and Mark Obert-Thorn (Tchaikovsky) are excellent." - Classical.Net (Raymond Tuttle) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Violin Sonata No 9 "Kreutzer" (Rec 1930 & 1934) Bronislaw Huberman (violin) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, George Szell, with Ignaz Friedman (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "Certainly no one who cares about great violin artistry should be without these justly famous recordings." classicstoday.com |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 (Complete) / Sinfonia Concertante Carmignola Giuliano (violin) / Orchestra Mozart (on period instruments) / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD - released 18/Aug/2008 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Concerto - "Mozart-conducting and interpretation are in the realms of greatness." |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Four Seasons & Violin Concertos RV257, 376 & 211 Giuliano Carmignola (baroque violin), Andrea Marcon (harpsichord & organ) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon [ Sony Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2000 ] Giuliano Carmignola and the Venice Baroque Orchestra use a slightly different scoring of Vivaldi's masterpiece, the 1996 Ricordi critical edition, and somehow unveil world premieres of three Vivaldi concertos. Their period-instrument performance of... |
JULIAN ANDERSON
Julian Anderson: In lieblicher Bläue / Alleluia / The Stations of the Sun Carolin Widmann (violin) / London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / CD - released 20/May/2017 ] Vladimir Jurowski ensures everything is deftly paced in all three pieces, while the LPO's joyous commitment to new music shines through" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2017 - Premiere Winner |
PAGANINI
Works for Violin & Piano [Incls 'Variations' & 'Moto perpetuo'] Salvatore Accardo (violin) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Franco Tamponi [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2009 ] A classic 1984 recording now available in limited quantities. |
CECIL ARMSTRONG GIBBS
The Crossings / Suite in A for Violin and Orchestra / The Cat and the Wedding Cake / etc Charles Mutter (violin) Ben Dawson (piano) / BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Dutton Epoch SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2016 ] This varied selection of tuneful but largely unfamiliar orchestral music by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs includes the delightful suite from his collaboration with Walter de la Mare, the "fairy play" Crossings. Gibbs's music is very much an escapist art,... |
JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Leshnoff: Violin Concerto / Distant Reflections / String Quartet No. 1 Charles Wetherbee (violin) / Carpe Diem String Quartet / Baltimore Chamber Orchestra / Markand Thakar [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Named by the Baltimore Sun as an 'Artist to Watch', New Jerseyborn Jonathan Leshnoff is swiftly gaining international recognition. This disc shows three facets of his musical personality: the Violin Concerto, praised as 'remarkably assured,... |
JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Leshnoff: Das Buch der Klänge, 12 pieces for piano Charles Wetherbee (violin) / Roberto Díaz (viola) / IRIS Orchestra / Michael Stern [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Romances Charlie Siem (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Oleg Caetani (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Having been by all accounts somewhat reluctantly taught the violin from the age of five, it may or not be a surprise that Beethoven went on to write relatively little specifically for the instrument. Here we have the one completed violin... |
BORIS TISHCHENKO
Tishchenko: Symphony No. 8 / Concerto for violin, piano & string orchestra / etc Chingiz Osmanov (violin) & Nikolai Mazhara (piano) Mila Shkirtil (mezzo-soprano) / St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Yuri Serov [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] Boris Tishchenko was one of the most recognisable and important Russian composers of his time. His studies with Shostakovich - whose mantle as Russia's leading symphonist he assumed after his teacher's death in 1975 - proved decisive. Symphony No. 8,... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV / OTHMAR SCHOECK
Glazunov/Schoeck: Violin Concertos Chloe Hanslip (violin) Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexander Vedernikov [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 14 / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "The engineering forms a perfectly adroit complement to the demands of these sunset works in performances that seem faithfully to emote the composers' intentions. In a word: glorious." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb March 2013) |
JOHN ADAMS / JOHN CORIGLIANO
Adams: Violin Concerto / Corigliano: The Red Violin: Chaconne Chloe Hanslip (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin, with Charles Owen (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2006 ] "(Chloe's) debut with Naxos is a formidable addition to the label's encyclopaedic series of American classics...Throughout this major 20th-century concerto, the clarity of the Naxos recording is immaculate, making the balance between soloist and... |
NAI-CHUNG KUAN
Kuan: Memory of Mountain / Hoffman, J: Nautilus Symmetry Violin Concerto No 2 'Snow in Spring' Cho-Liang Lin, Taipei Chinese Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2020 ] Nai-Chung Kuan's Memory of Mountain, originally a banhu concerto and here recast for the violin, is inspired by the magnificent scenery and culture of Taiwan's Alishan mountains, and explores three scenic topics employing native instruments to great... |
TAN DUN
Out of Peking Opera for Solo Violin and Orchestra; Death and Fire; etc Cho-Liang Lin (violin) Kalevi Olli (bass) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Kari Kropsu, conductor. Muhai Tang, conductor [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] Ondine 20th anniversary presents 20 top selelrs at a special price. |
CARL NIELSEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Nielsen Cho-Liang Lin (violin) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2017 ] The second core cycle of symphonic works in this Masters Series comes from the 20th century. The six masterful symphonies by Nielsen with the Swedish Radio Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, "performances of great thrust and unflagging energy,... |
FRANCESCO MARIA VERACINI / PIETRO LOCATELLI / GIUSEPPE TARTINI / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Duello d'archi a Venezia Chouchane Siranossian (violin) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 26/May/2023 ] "For this recording we have created an imaginary 'battle of the bows' between Vivaldi, Veracini, Tartini and Locatelli, the 'four musketeers' of the violin in Venice during the first half of the 18th century", said Chouchane Siranossian and Andrea... |