W. A. MOZART
Violin Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 5 Henning Kraggerud (violin) / Norwegian Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] "Kraggerud serves up all of the necessary vivacity and fizz in the outside movements while sustaining the soaring tunes of their slow centres. Throughout the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra provide solid and sympathetic support." (ClassicFM) |
GRIEG
Three Concerti for Violin and Chamber Orchestra Henning Kraggerud (violin) / Tromsø Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jul/2013 ] "Kraggerud, as director of the Tromso Chamber Orchestra, has provided its players with some very attractive repertoire and they clearly respond with enthusiasm, producing performances that are precise, alert and expressive." |
GADE / TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / YSAYE
Romantic Novelties for Violin & Orchestra Hideko Udagawa (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] Hideko Udagawa has performed extensively throughout the world and captivates international audiences with her artistry and enthusiasm. As a protégée of Nathan Milstein, she has inherited the great Russian romantic tradition of violin playing, and... |
KHACHATURIAN / LYAPUNOV
Violin Concerto & Rhapsody Hideko Udagawa (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Buribayev [ Signum Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "the [Lyapunov] concerto's rather grand manner suits Udagawa's noble style and steely tone wonderfully well. I prefer a warmer sound in Khachaturian, though there's no mistaking the commitment and dexterity she brings to both works." The Guardian,... |
LEONARDO LEO
Cello Concertos Hidemi Suzuki (baroque cello / cello piccolo) Orchestra 'Van Wassenaer' / Makoto Akatsu violin/director [ BIS Baroque / CD - released 30/Jun/2004 ] "Uno splendido disco." CD Classica |
J.S. BACH
Violin Concertos No. 1 BWV 1041 - No. 2 BWV 1042; Concerto for Violin and Oboe BWV 1060; Double Concerto BWV 1043 Hilary Hah (violin) Margaret Batjer & Allan Vogel / Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane [ DG SACD / SACD - released 30/Sep/2003 ] Debut album of Bach Concertos on Deutsche Grammophon by one of the finest young violinists. "America's best young classical musician": Time Magazine - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD... |
BARBER / MEYER
Violin Concertos Hilary Hahn (violin) / St Paul Chamber Orchestra / Hugh Wolf [ Sony Music / CD - released 9/May/2000 ] "There have been a number of outstanding versions of the Barber Concerto in recent years... and Hahn's is among the finest ever." (Gramophone) |
ANTONIN DVORAK / ALBERTO GINASTERA / PABLO de SARASATE
Hilary Hahn - Eclipse Hilary Hahn (violin) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2023 - Concerto |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin Concerto: op. 61 (with Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending) Hilary Hahn (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Sep/2004 ] "The recording has a grandiloquent presence that adds crucially to the favourable impact of this disc." MusicWeb |
J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): Concertos (LP) Hilary Hahn (violin) / Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Deutsche Grammophon presents the first vinyl release of Hilary Hahn's first recording on Deutsche Grammophon of Bach Violin Concertos. |
JENNIFER HIGDON / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Higdon/Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos Hilary Hahn (violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] "This release is a must acquisition for anyone interested in new music, and for all lovers of great violin playing." (10 / 10 ClassicsToday Oct 2010) |
NICOLO PAGANINI / LOUIS SPOHR
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Spohr: Violin Concerto No. 8 Hilary Hahn (violin) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eiji Oue [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Sep/2006 ] 'Hilary Hahn, this queen of Apollonian clarity and compelling concentration...In her playing the wondrously singing lyrical passages were a response to the flawless ecstasy of supreme violinistic artistry.' Süddeutsche Zeitung |
PETER DICKINSON
Three Concertos / Merseyside Echoes Howard Shelley (piano) Chloe Hanslip (violin) Jennifer Bate (organ) / BBC Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales [ Heritage / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Heritage presents a brand new recording of a British violin concerto. Chloe Hanslip gives the world premiere recording of Peter Dickinson's Violin Concerto, accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conducted by Clark Rundell. This... |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: String Sonatas Nos. 4, 5 & 6 / Variations for violin and small orchestra in C Hungarian Virtuosi / Tamas Benedek (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Feb/2002 ] Beautifully recorded in Festetich Castle, Budapest |
JOHN ADAMS
John Adams - Collected Works San Francisco Symphony, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, London Sinfonietta, Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Leila Josefowicz (violin), etc [ Nonesuch Records / 40 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Nonesuch Records releases the forty-disc John Adams Collected Works, a box set featuring recordings spanning more than four decades of the composer's career with the label. |
ANTON REICHA
Sinfonia concertante G major / Symphony Eflat major Op. 41 / etc Ida Bieler (violin) Jean-Claude Garard (flute) / Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra / Peter Galke [ MDG / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] The Reichas of Bohemia were very much a part of the busy music world of the late-eighteenth century. Antonín took in all that this world had to offer as a flautist under his uncle Josef in the Electorate of Cologne Orchestra in Bonn and as a friend... |
SIBELIUS / ELGAR
Violin Concertos (recorded 1984 & 1993) Ida Haendel (violin) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ Testament / CD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] "..it is Haendel's thoroughly personal input of humanity, expressive power, and her dynamic fusion of immediacy and profound insight that puts this performance in a class of its own. It is simply mind-blowing." The Telegraph, 28th July 2009 ***** |
MENDELSSOHN / STRAVINSKY/ SZYMANOWSKI / etc
Ida Haendel plays Mendelssohn & Stravinsky (rec 1941-47) Ida Haendel (violin) with Ivor Newton (piano) Adela Kotowska (piano) National Symphony Orchestra [ Dutton Historic Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] Malcolm Sargent conducting the National Symphony Orchestra accompanies Haendel in a performance of Mendelssohn's Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, while in contrast Stravinsky's La Baiser de la Fée |
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Fire and Blood / MotorCity Triptych / Raise the Roof Ida Kafavian (violin) / Brian Jones / Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "Michael Daugherty is a wonderful composer, and these three pieces make splendid listening. Fire and Blood is a violin concerto, and a damn fine one....Great sonics too." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
MOZART / Max RICHTER / DOWLAND / ADES / BOWIE
Music of the Spheres Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Sam Swallow (vocalist) Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] "Aurora is the most bracing breath of fresh air to invigorate the British classical music scene in the past ten years." (Richard Morrison, The Times) |