BEETHOVEN / ELGAR / SVENDSEN / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / KREISLER
Romances Gil Shaham (violin) / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Apr/2006 ] This features some of the best-known "romance" works for violin from Beethoven to Elgar. |
BEETHOVEN
Itzhak Perlman conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (rec March 2010) BLU-RAY Giora Schmidt (violin), Zuill Bailey (cello) & Navah Perlman (piano) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman [ EuroArts Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2014 ] The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is a cultural ambassador for Israel, and is regarded as one of the best orchestras in the world. Recorded in the Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv in March 2010, this concert sees the Israel Philharmonic conducted in this... |
KUHLAU
Violin Sonatas Giorgio Leonida Tosi (baroque violin), Zero Emission Baroque Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Apr/2016 ] Friedrich Kuhlau (1786‐1832) was born in Hannover, but as a student he went to Denmark, where he stayed the rest of his life, becoming an important national composer. Kuhlau was a near contemporary of Beethoven, and his style shares elements of... |
ALBINONI
12 Trattenimenti armonici per camera Op. 6 Giorgio Tosi (baroque violin), Marlise Goidanich (baroque cello) & Carlo Centemeri (organ) Zero Emission Baroque Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] Tomaso Albinoni is one of the greatest composers of the Italian Baroque...Italian Baroque specialist Carlo Centemeri...now leads the Zero Emission Baroque Orchestra in this new recording of Albinoni, playing on period instruments. |
LOLLI / NARDINI / STRATICO / DALL'OGLIO
Concerto Italiano Giuliano Carmignola (baroque violin) / Venice Baroque Orchestra / Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "Carmignola displays the qualities of the concertos brilliantly and eloquently, sailing through all the difficulties with fine, clear tone and pure intonation, and the string-players of the Venice Baroque Orchestra show finesse and enthusiasm."... |
VIVALDI
Concertos for Violin, Strings and Continuo Giuliano Carmignola (baroque violin) / Venice Baroque Orchestra / Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 28/Jul/2006 ] "The engineers are to be congratulated for providing a well balanced sound that is cool and clear. The high standard liner notes add to the excellent presentation of the release. Vivaldi lovers will not want to be without this beautifully performed... |
J. S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051 (complete) Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Michala Petri (recorder) & Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet) / Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/May/2011 ] |
J.S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos 1 - 6 Giuliano Carmignola (violin) / Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado [ Medici Arts / Euro Arts DVD / DVD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "The excitement is palpable, reflected in smiling glances between the players, bodies swaying through musical suspensions, a sense of uninhibited joy." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
J.S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos 1 - 6 BLU-RAY Giuliano Carmignola (violin) / Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado [ Medici Arts / Euro Arts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2009 ] Blu-Ray "The playing is stylish throughout: ornaments are apt, all the more telling for their restraint; trills are paced to match mood, languid in slow movements, sparkling in allegros." (BBC Music) |
VIVALDI / LOCATELLI / TARTINI
Concerto Veneziano Giuliano Carmignola (violin) / Venice Baroque Orchestra / Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] "An immensely novel sound . . . able to evoke the rough often abrasive sounds of early Italian music yet also deliver an incredible sweetness of tone . . . Carmignola's gestures called to mind both the wild spontaneity of a Hirschfeld caricature and... |
VIVALDI / LOCATELLI / TARTINI
Concerto Veneziano Giuliano Carmignola (violin) / Venice Baroque Orchestra / Andrea Marcon [ Archiv SACD / SACD - released 3/Sep/2007 ] "An immensely novel sound . . . able to evoke the rough often abrasive sounds of early Italian music yet also deliver an incredible sweetness of tone . . . Carmignola's gestures called to mind both the wild spontaneity of a Hirschfeld caricature and... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
The Best Of Glazunov Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Ilya Kale (violin), POlish National Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Glazunov, a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov, received encouragement also from Belyayev, an influential patron and publisher whose activities succeeded and largely replaced the earlier efforts of Balakirev to inspire the creation of national Russian music.... |
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA
In tempus praesens / Glorious Percussion Glorious Percussion / Vadim Gluzman (violin) / Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Nott [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "BIS has come up with a real winner here. It will likely rank high on my list of best recordings of 2012." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2012) |
PAUL CRESTON
Creston: Symphony No 5 / Toccata / etc Scott Goff (flute), Ilkka Talvi (violin) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] |
JOSE SEREBRIER
Serebrier: Symphony No. 2, Partita / Fantasia / Violin Sonata / Winterreise Gonzalo Acosta (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jose Serebrier [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2007 ] "José Serebrier's conducting has been so triumphant that we tend to forget he is an equally distinguished composer" (The Times). Symphony No. 2, 'Partita', written at the age of 19 and premièred by the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington with... |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 7 / Triple Concerto Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) Lars Vogt (piano) London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor) [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "Haitink demands attention from an orchestra, in his telling pauses as much as in the playing itself and the results were revelatory … To experience Haitink conducting is to witness a master at work" Daily Telegraph (UK), 19 November 2005 |
BRAHMS
Symphony No 2 / Double Concerto Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live / CD - released 15/Jan/2004 ] "Haitink revisits Brahms in these imposing and beautifully shaded new accounts" Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (March 2004) |
LEOPOLD van der PALS
Van der Pals: Concertos fro Violin, Cello & Piano Gordan Trajkovic (Violin) Tobias van der Pals (Violoncello) Marianna Shirinyan (Piano) / Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Fredrik Burstedt [ CPO / CD - released 10/May/2020 ] Leopold van der Pals wrote a total of three works in which he dealt with the concerto genre. |
KURT ATTERBERG
Symphony No 3 / Three Nocturnes from 'Fanal' / etc Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, with Sara Trobäck Hesselink (violin) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] The warm and tuneful music of Atterberg - one of Sweden's leading composers in the twentieth century - meets the idiomatic spirit and commitment of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi, for volume four in this series. The... |
KURT ATTERBERG
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, with Sara Trobäck Hesselink (violin), and Per Högberg (viola) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Järvi's is the truest and most opulent [Sixth Symphony]...The couplings are equally beguiling...Järvi's accounts of these at least match their rivals and together comprise an excellent start to the series." Gramophone Magazine, June 2013 |