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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 & 'Triple' Concerto Elizabeth Sombart (piano), Richard Harwood (cello), Duncan Riddell (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Vallet [ Signum Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] Born in Strasbourg, Elizabeth Sombart studied piano from the age of seven. She studied all over the world with various teachers, including Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Peter Feuchtwanger, Hilde Langer-Rühl and Sergiu Celibidache. Elizabeth received the... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / LALO
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 / Lalo: Symphonie espagnole: Ellinor D'Melon (violin), RTE Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martin (conductor) [ Rubicon / CD - released 31/Mar/2023 ] Born to Cuban and Jamaican parents, Ellinor D'Melon started to learn the violin aged just two. Today at only twenty, 'she is one of those rare players who gives the impression that her command - both technical and musical is total ' (The Irish... |
SAMUEL BARBER
Adagio for Strings / The School for Scandal Overture / Violin Concerto / Canzone for flute & piano / etc Elmar Oliviera (violin) Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Leonard Slatkin [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2001 ] "This splendid collection contains three gems in the shape of his orchestral Essays-a favoured form of his: concise enough to encourage structural discipline but free enough to give full rein to his considerable dramatic and melodic gifts. I don't... |
W.A. MOZART
The Complete Violin Concertos Emmy Verhey (violin), Gil Sharon (violin), Yuri Gundelsmann (violin) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra / etc [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 13/Mar/2006 ] Of course we can not ignore Mozart’s anniversary. So in addition to our best-selling 170 CD box with the complete works by this composer we celebrate his 250th birthday with a special series. |
HUBAY / TCHAIKOVSKY / GODARD / KREISLER / GRANADOS / etc
Violinissimo - Great Violin Encores Erich Gruenberg [violin], Josef Sakonov [violin]./ London Festival Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra. [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] Two "Phase 4" recordings reappear in their entirety on this double-CD of violin bon-bons. Josef Sakonov's is of virtuoso violin pieces (including Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen) and sentimental miniatures by Godard, Tchaikovsky, Ponce and others. This is... |
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SIBELIUS / GLAZUNOV
Sibelius & Glazunov: Violin Concertos Esther Yoo (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "Yoo is a convincing advocate, lavishing thick, dark tone on its long melodies, though occasionally making the ends of phrases sound blunt." (The Guardian) |
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE
Violin Concerto / Der Gerettete Alberich / etc Evelyn Glennie (percussion) Cho-Liang Lin (violin) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Sep/2006 ] "Evelyn Glennie has been presented with few more effective-sounding vehicles for her virtuosity than this entertaining and often extremely rackety pieces... Demonstration-class recording." BBC Music Magazine ***** |
GIUSEPPE TARTINI
Tartini: Violin Concertos Evgeny Sviridov (violin), Millenium Orchestra [ Ricercar / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] After devoting a disc to sonatas by Giuseppe Tartini, for this anniversary year of the illustrious Paduan virtuoso, Evgeny Sviridov offers us a recording of violin concertos. |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY Ewa Marczyk (violin solo) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 29/Jul/2011 ] On their CD release, these thrilling interpretations of Szymanowski's Symphony No. 1 earned 5 STARS from BBC Music Magazine, while Symphony No. 2 gained Gramophone Editor's Choice and 5 STARS for these "deliriously sensual scores" from ClassicFM. |
CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra (with Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 5 in D) Fenella Humphreys (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] "Fenella Humphrey's performance is a wonder, and Christopher Watson, too, though backwardly balanced, sings with total conviction...The performance is very fine. I warmly recommend this beautifully recorded disc." (International Record Review) |
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... |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Busoni/Brahms: Violin Concerto Francesca Dego (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] The celebrated violinist Francesca Dego is joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and her regular collaborator Dalia Stasevska for this recording of the violin concertos by Brahms and Busoni. A cornerstone of the repertoire, Brahms's Concerto dates... |
NICCOLO PAGANINI / ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
Paganini / Wolf-Ferrari: Violin Concertos Francesca Dego (violin) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Daniele Rustioni [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "Dego and her maestro husband, Rustioni, are highly idiomatic interpreters; she is alert to the Paganini's bel canto lyricism and wittily demonic in its devilish pyrotechnics. Rustioni encourages a lush, rhapsodic account of the Wolf-Ferrari." Sunday |
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. |
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. |
PROKOFIEV
Complete Music For Violin (Includes Violin sonatas & Cinq Malodies, Op. 35b) Frank Peter Zimmerman (violin), Alexander Lonquich (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker under Lorin Maazel / Philharmonia Orchestra under Mariss Jansons [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Mar/2006 ] Prokofiev did not play the violin himself. Nevertheless he composed a substantial amount of varied works for this instrument: orchestral and chamber music. |
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... |
