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KAIJA SAARIAHO
Graal theatre for violin & chamber orchestra / Solar / etc John Storgards (violin) / Avanti! Chamber Orchestra / Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 28/Jun/2008 ] 10/10 for performance and recording quality (Classics Today) - Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952) is today one of the world's most significant contemporary composers. She was recently named 'Composer of the Year 2008' by Musical America. |
ERNST MIELCK
Symphony in F Minor / Concert Piece for Violin and Orchestra John Storgards (violin) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo, conductor [ Ondine 20th anniversary / CD - released 25/Feb/2005 ] "the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra give an ardent account of the symphony" (Gramophone) |
SAMUEL BARBER
Violin Concerto, Op. 14 / Piano Concerto, Op. 38 Jon Kimura Parker (piano) Robert McDuffie (violin) / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Yoel Levi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/2007 ] "…Parker is commanding…McDuffie is powerful…" - Gramophone |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 10 / The Gadfly (excerpts) Jonathan Carney (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Frank Shipway [ Royal Philharmonic / SACD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] |
ELGAR / DELIUS / ARNE / HOLST / WOOD
The Ultimate Last Night of the Proms (rec 1996) Jonathan Carney (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Cooke [ Royal Philharmonic / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] The Ultimate Last Night of the Proms includes legendary pieces such as Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on Greensleeves, Delius's On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and classics such as Rule, Britannia! and Jerusalem. |
ELGAR / DELIUS / ARNE / HOLST / WOOD
The Ultimate Last Night of the Proms (rec 1996) Jonathan Carney (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Cooke [ Royal Philharmonic / SACD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] The Ultimate Last Night of the Proms includes legendary pieces such as Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on Greensleeves, Delius's On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and classics such as Rule, Britannia! and Jerusalem. |
DVORAK / JANACEK / SUK
Violin Concertos Josef Špaček (violin) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek [ Supraphon / CD - released 20/Jun/2015 ] "the violinist's individual, deeply considered and virtuosic account of Dvorak's solo part is the highlight of this keenly conceived programme. He is extrovert in the dancing rhythms of the outer Allegros and spellbindingly inward in the serene Adagi |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Concerto / 2 Romances Joseph Swensen (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 25/May/1988 ] Joseph Swensen was born in 1960 in Hoboken, New Jersey, and grew up in Spring Valley, New York, Pearl River, New York and Harlem, New York City. His mother was Japanese-American and his father Norwegian-American. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major / Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor / Five Melodies for Solo Violin and Strings Joseph Swensen (violin) Scottish Chamber Orchestra [ Linn SACD / SACD - released 14/Jul/2005 ] Linn Records continues its successful partnership with the SCO, with this, the sixth release in the series (the fourth with conductor Joseph Swensen). |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 3 in A minor 'scottish' / Hebrides Overture Joseph Swensen (violin) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra [ Linn ECHO / CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] "Lack[s] nothing in attack or passion but benefit[s] in clarity of detail from the chamber size of the ensemble and the superb recording standards befitting this label." The Observer |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Brahms/Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Joseph Szigeti (violin) / Hallé Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 31/Dec/2001 ] "The problem that Mark Obert-Thorn faced in his startlingly fine transfer of Brahms was the disparity of pitches from side to side on the original 78s. You'd never know, though, from the pains taken to match them." ClassicalCD |
CHEN GANG / HE ZHANHAO
Butterfly Lovers Joshua Bell (violin), Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Tsung Yeh (conductor) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Aug/2023 ] Grammy-award winning violinist Joshua Bell presents a captivating performance of the Butterfly Lovers Concerto, one of the best-known classical works in China and inspired by the ancient legend of the same name. In addition, Bell performs new... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn/Bruch/Mozart: Violin Concertos Joshua Bell (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, English Chamber Orchestra. Peter Maag [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] This 2-CD set couples Joshua Bell's first concerto recording for Decca of two of the most popular violin concertos in the repertory |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Corigliano: The Red Violin Concerto / Sonata for Violin & Piano Joshua Bell (violin) / Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop [ Sony Classical / CD - released 21/Sep/2007 ] American composer John Corigliano (b. 1938) has summed up his artistic aims thus: "It has been fashionable of late for the artist to be misunderstood. I think it is the job of the composer to reach out to his audience with every means at his disposal |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto / Hungarian Dances Nos 1 - 10 Joshua Bell (violin) / Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi / Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer [ Decca Classic FM The Full Works / CD - released 25/Jun/2018 ] "Joshua Bell, in one of his finest recordings to date, is daring in his expressiveness, often more expansive, using a far wider range of dynamics." Gramophone |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
The Red Violin - Original Soundtrack Joshua Bell (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra , Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Sony Classical / CD - released 21/Sep/2007 ] American composer John Corigliano (b. 1938) has summed up his artistic aims thus: "It has been fashionable of late for the artist to be misunderstood. I think it is the job of the composer to reach out to his audience with every means at his disposal |
TCHAIKOVSKY / SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 / Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 Joshua Bell (violin) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Sakari Oramo [ Accentus Music DVD / DVD - released 8/Aug/2011 ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / SAINT-SAENS / WIENIAWSKI / KREISLER / etc
Joshua Bell - Complete Decca Recordings Joshua Bell (violin), with Samuel Sanders (piano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal , Cleveland Orchestra, etc [ Decca Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 15/Nov/2024 ] A new-world virtuoso with old-world musicianship: the complete Decca recordings of JOSHUA BELL, capturing the first decade of the violinist's career on record. |
ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Symphony No. 6 'Strata' / Noesis: Concerto for clarinet, violin and orchestra Jörg Widmann (clarinet) / Carolin Widmann (violin) / Nordic Symphony Orchestra / Anu Tali [ ECM New Series / CD - released 17/Nov/2010 ] "The craftsmanship [of Strata] is obvious, and the textures it generates are often striking...[Noésis is] an exercise in fusion, beginning with the solo instruments as distinct musical entities, and gradually bringing them into a closer relationship.... |
