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PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev (incls Violin Concerto No.1 in D & Symphony No.1 in D Op.25) Martha Argerich, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Michel Baroff / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal [ Warner Classics 20th Century Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "Rattle's...is a pretty stunning Scythian Suite, combining foundation-threatening pagan spectacle and heart-stopping beauty in ideal equilibrium. A terrific display, excitingly engineered" (Gramophone on the Synthian Suite) |
BEETHOVEN / PROKOFIEV / SCHUMANN
A Piano Evening with Martha Argerich - Live Recordings from 2005 Martha Argerich (piano) / Renaud Capuçon (violin) / Gautier Capuçon (cello) / Flanders Symphony Orchestra / Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] For a significant number of people, she is simply the greatest pianist of our time. No matter what repertoire she plays, she sounds, as they say, "in her element". Indeed, her playing is entirely lacking in vanity, yet never remotely anonymous. |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI / LUIGI CHERUBINI
Viotti: Violin Concerto No.22 / Cherubini: Symphony in D Massimo Quarta (violin) / Nuova Orchestra Ferruccio Busoni, Massimo Belli [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] Giovanni Battista Viotti was a man of humble origins who studied with Gaetano Pugnani in the tradition of the Corelli school. By the age of 20 he was already an esteemed violinist, performing concerts in Geneva, Bern, Berlin and Saint Petersburg, and... |
ERNST von DOHNANYI
Dohnányi: Orchestral Works BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert (conductor), with Howard Shelley (piano), James Ehnes (violin) & Clifford Lantaff (harp) [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 15/Jul/2016 ] Ernst von Dohnányi was for many years a little-known and unjustly neglected composer. Chandos' series of recordings of his orchestral works, performed by the BBC Philharmonic under Matthias Bamert, with a distinguished roster of soloists,... |
LYAPUNOV
Violin Concerto in D minor / Symphony No. 1 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov belonged to the second generation of Russian nationalist composers who were professionally trained and strongly influenced by Balakirev and his associates. |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 / Serenade, Op. 75 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Nov/2004 ] "A warm welcome for Bruch's neglected Serenade and his compelling Fantasy" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Dec 2004 |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Konzertstuck / Romance, Op. 42 Maxim Fedotov (Violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] "Fedotov's playing takes no hostages; it is full-blooded in sound and passionately committed, at the same time clinically judged in clean intonation and phrasing, nevertheless the famous Adagio in the G minor concerto should bring a tear to the eye.... |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Maxim Rysanov plays Martinu Maxim Rysanov (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek, with Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/May/2015 ] Maxim Rysanov, one of today's leading viola players, explores Martinů's clear fascination with the viola on this disc, opening with the Rhapsody-Concerto from 1952. |
QIGANG CHEN / FRITZ KREISLER / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Gateways Maxim Vengerov (violin) Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "Long Yu [is] a superpower of China's burgeoning music world" - Washington Post The second Deutsche Grammophon release "Gateways" by the newly signed Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Long Yu features Chinese and Russian works. |
AVSHALOMOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (recorded 2017) Maxim Vengerov (violin) Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu [ Accentus DVD / DVD - released 25/Jan/2020 ] "With first desk players of exceptional ability, the orchestra plays with exemplary polish and a fine sense of ensemble under their conductor Long Yu…Vengerov brings lustrous singing tone to Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto" BBC Music |
RAVEL
Symphonies Concertantes / Violin Concerto in D Major MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig / Lyon National Orchestra / Jun Markl [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "This is totally recommendable - especially at the price" (MusicWeb June 2009) |
JANACEK
Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (Incls Violin Concerto 'Pilgrimage of the Soul') Melina Mandozzi (violin) James Ehnes (violin) Susanna Andersson (soprano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] "James Ehnes is the plush-toned soloist, but it is the intense and gritty playing of the Bergeners, and Gardner's evident empathy with Janacek, that make this music so compelling and dramatic." (Sunday Times) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis [ Signum / CD - released 2/Sep/2013 ] "Waley-Cohen makes the utmost of [the D minor Concerto's] innocent, songful lyricism...The playing from the soloists is virtuosic and the Orchestra of the Swan give light-footed support." (Observer) |
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN
Beethoven / Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 21/Aug/2015 ] Yehudi Menuhin and Wilhelm Furtwängler shared the same philosophical and spiritual approach to making music. This, their second recording of the work, was made in London in 1953, the year after they recorded the Mendelssohn Concerto in Berlin. |
COLON NANCARROW
Nancarrow: Pieces for Small Orchestra / Tango? / String Quartet No. 1 Mia Wu (violin) Mark Steinberg (violin) Rachel Evans (viola) Maria Kitsopoulos, cello / Cheryl Seltzer (piano) Joel Sachs (piano) etc [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] The United States has spawned numerous composers so original that they were initially rejected as eccentrics. Among the best known are Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, John Cage, and Lou Harrison. For many years, rumours told of another such musician,... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
An Introduction To Vaughan Williams (incls 'The Lark Ascending' & 'A London Symphony') Michael Davis (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "Thomson's mighty London risks creating a following. This is a magnificent performance which impresses more with each hearing" (MusicWeb bargain of the Month Sept 2006) |
SUK
Fairy Tale / Fantasy for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 24 / Fantastické Scherzo Op. 25 Michael Ludwig (violin) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 18/May/2011 ] Encouraged by Brahms and Dvorák while embracing the innovative influences of Debussy, Mahler and Richard Strauss, Josef Suk ranked among the most important composers of the Romantic Czech school. |
CORIGLIANO
Violin Concerto, "The Red Violin" / Phantasmagoria Michael Ludwig (violin) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] With this new recording, JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic continue their revelatory exploration of Corigliano's highly engaging and imaginative symphonic music. Phantasmagoria draws material from his immense opera The Ghosts of Versailles,... |
ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnanyi: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Michael Ludwig (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "These are excellent pieces that ought to be in the modern performance repertory. If you don't know these works, you owe to yourself to hear this disc." -- ClassicsToday 10/10 |
MARCEL TYBERG
Tyberg: Symphony No. 3 / Piano Trio in F major Michael Ludwig (violin) / Ya Fei Chuang (piano) / Roman Mekinulov (cello) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "...one of the finest conductors of her generation" The New York Times on Falletta |
