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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. |
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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,... |
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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 ] |
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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... |
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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,... |
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ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT / VERNON DUKE
Bennett / Duke: Violin Concertos etc. Chloë Hanslip (violin), Andrew Litton (piano), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Oct/2025 ] Both these violin concertos have been long-neglected for the same reason: their composers were much better-known for their achievements in musical theatre rather than for their works for the concert hall. Robert Russell Bennett studied... |
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CHEN GANG / NICCOLO PAGANINI
Gang: Butterfly Lovers, Sunshine Over Tashkurgan / Paganini: Violin Concerto No 1 Chloe Chua (violin), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago [ Pentatone / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] "The SSO give tremendously impassioned support to the individual instrumentalists, led by Chua's expressive, storytelling violin." BBC Music |
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JENO HUBAY
Hubay: Violin Concertos Chloe Hanslip (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "…Hanslip's radiant artistry and phrasal sensitivity is highly seductive. …witness her first entry in the Second Concerto which is shaped with exquisite finesse...well-balanced engineering rounds out a splendid release." Five Stars BBC Music |
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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... |
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BENJAMIN GODARD
Godard: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Concerto Romantique / Scenes Poetiques Chloe Hanslip (violin) / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Kirk Trevor [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Feb/2008 ] "Praise for Chloë Hanslip's confident excursion into unfamiliar territory." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (April 2008) |
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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... |
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MAX BRUCH / FELIX MENDELSSOHN / HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto Cho-Liang Lin (violin) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Sony Music / CD - released 15/Feb/1994 ] "Cho-Liang Lin is accompanied most sensitively by Slatkin and the Chicago orchestra, and this reading is totally compelling in its combination of passion and purity, strength and dark, hushed intensity. The recording is excellent." *** Penguin Guide |
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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. |
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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,... |
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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... |
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GIUSEPPE TARTINI
Tartini: Violin Concertos Chouchane Siranossian (violin) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] International Classical Music Awards 2021 Winner - Baroque Instrumental |
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CHAUSSON / RAVEL / HONEGGER / DEBUSSY / FAURE
French Violin Masterpieces Christian Ferras (violin) Pierre Barbizet (piano) / Belgian National Orchestra [ Decca Legends / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] "..the remastering has done justice to the recordings and the memory of a fine artist." (Amazon.co.uk) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Concertos For Oboe And Oboe D'Amore Christian Hommel (Oboe/Oboe D'Amore) / Lisa Stewart (Violin) / Cologne Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl [ Naxos Bach Complete Orchestral Works 1 / CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "A delightfully different disc that is most entertaining." - Sunday Tribune (Dublin), March 19, 2000 |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Christian Li (violin/director) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra [ Decca / CD - released 20/Aug/2021 ] "Whatever he touches, this young violinist emerges as an extraordinary wunderkind." BBC Music |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Nordic Showcase Christian Lindberg conducts the Nordic Chamber Orchestra (with Richard Tognetti, violin) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "Tonhallen, the concert hall in Sundsvall, is well-known for its good acoustics. Swedes in general know it from hundreds of sing-along programmes on TV and a BIS recording is always a BIS recording – so why hesitate?" (MusicWeb Aug 2007) |