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BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 58 / Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 Jack Liebeck (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 17 / CD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] "Jack Liebeck and conductor Martyn Brabbins work hard to make the music come alive. Liebeck's playing is consistently fresh and his phrasing always imaginative" (The Guardian) |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 / Romance / Serenade Jack Liebeck (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto 19 / CD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1 is the daddy-the most popular ever written. Much recorded, Jack Liebeck turns in a dazzling performance of youthful vigour, prefacing the Concerto with the gorgeous Serenade and a Romance. |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Schoenberg / Brahms: Violin Concertos Jack Liebeck (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Gourlay [ Orchid / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "Liebeck responds with astonishing command, allowing the music's expression to speak with a real degree of freedom, even fantasy, so that the solo part can interact with similarly deft accompaniment by the orchestra." Recording of the Month BBC Music |
MLYNARSKI / ZARZYCKI
Violin Concertos & other works Eugene Ugorski (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 15 / CD - released 31/Mar/2014 ] "Not only the first recording of both Mlynarski's Violin Concertos together, but the premiere of his haunting First Concerto in a warm performance. The smaller Zarzycki works are attractive, too." (BBC Music) |
ROREM
Double Concerto / After Reading Shakespeare Jaime Laredo (violin) / Sharon Robinson (cello) / IRIS Orchestra / Michael Stern [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] Rorem's music is conceived largely in accordance with traditional, tonal norms, treated with originality and immense inventiveness. He has had a long acquaintance with both Sharon Robinson and Jaime Laredo, the soloists on this disc, of whom he says... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Complete Ballets Jame Ehnes (violin), Robert de Maine (cello), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / 5 Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] To celebrate the eightieth birthday of Neeme Järvi, one of today's most prolific conductors, Chandos have gathered his recent recordings of Tchaikovsky's three full-length ballets (complete versions) in a box set at special price. |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Violin Concerto / Serenade for Strings / Souvenirs (Ballet Suite) James Buswell (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Apr/2002 ] "This is a performance with a genuine heart, superbly played, with a marked care for detail, instrumental colour and melodic inflection, and with a deeply communicative warmth and affection." Daily Telegraph |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto / Apollon musagète / etc James Ehnes (vioin) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] "…James Ehnes gives a performance of unobtrusive elegance … Ehnes's intonation is, as ever, second to none." Gramophone |
PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Complete Works for Violin James Ehnes (violin) with Amy Schwartz Moretti (violin) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 24/Sep/2013 ] "This is an outstanding Chandos set from James Ehnes of Prokofiev's complete works for violin. It includes quite stunning performances of the two violin concertos." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Sept 2013) |
LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA
Orchestral Works Vol 1 (Incls Divertimento for Violin and Orchestra) James Ehnes, violin. BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2004 ] "A beautiful and moving release. Five masterpieces of lyrical serial music that just demands to be discovered. I cannot praise this CD too highly" MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Violin Concerto / Three Pieces for Orchestra James Ehnes (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Sep/2022 ] "His mellow tone is ideally captured on the recording, as is his readiness to play the role of accompanist when the main melodic line lies in the orchestra." Five Stars BBC Music - Concerto Choice Dec 2022 |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Two Rhapsodies / Dance Suite James Ehnes (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "A fierce, lucid account of Bartók's last great masterpiece, Concerto for Orchestra...The Bergen orchestra sounds wonderfully alive to Bartók's rhythmic exactitudes" The Observer |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Symphony No.4 / Violin Concerto James Ehnes (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/May/2023 ] Nielsen's epic Violin Concerto was premièred in Copenhagen in February 1912, by the violinist Peder Møller. Nominally the work is structured in two movements; each opens with a slow section and moves to a faster one. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20 James Ehnes (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 7/Oct/2013 ] "The Bergen Philharmonic offers the most polished playing, driven by Järvi at often faster than usual tempos...when it matters Järvi abandons his brisk manner for an understated yet manifest sensitivity to Tchaikovsky's poignant lyricism." BBC Music |
BRITTEN / SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concertos James Ehnes (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits [ ONYX / CD - released 30/Jul/2013 ] "The partnership between Ehnes, Karabits and the BSO comes across as a true meeting of minds, and these outstanding performances cannot be recommended highly enough." (Daily Telegraph) |
DOHNANYI
Violin Concerto No. 2,Op. 43 in C minor / Concertino for Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 45 / Piano Concerto No. 2,Op. 42 in B minor James Ehnes (violin) Clifford Lantaff (harp) Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Philharmonic .Matthias Bamert, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Oct/2004 ] "These beautifully crafted compositions offer tangible proof that a true master could breath new life into late Romanticism decades after the style had apparently fallen out of fashion. As always the recording has a rich ambiance, which serves... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Don Quixote / Violin Concerto James Ehnes (violin) Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ ABC Classics / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and their Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis continue their acclaimed survey of the orchestral music of Richard Strauss, with this latest volume featuring three world-class soloists James Ehnes, Daniel Müller-Schott... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 / Octet in E flat major, Op. 20 James Ehnes (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy / Seattle Chamber Music Octet [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "The first thing that hits you about Ehnes's reading is the rhythmic propulsion of the concerto's outer movements, which lifts the music, revealing its glorious bone-structure." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, February 2011 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Romances (with Schubert: Rondo in A) James Ehnes (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] "Technically, Ehnes's playing is a marvel...But, really, it's his - and Manze's - thoughtfulness and patience that make this recording so satisfying." Gramphone Editor's Choice November 2017 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 33 / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 53 James Ehnes (violin) Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Jul/2005 ] 'James Ehnes is an excellent soloist in the magnificent Violin Concerto on this Chandos release. His phrasing has a most natural elasticity and he has a sure sense of the dramatic that seems to filter through to the orchestra, who impart a layer of... |
