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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev Nemanja Radulović (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Johan Dalene, Laure Favre-Kahn, Les Trilles du Diable, Santtu-Matias Rouvali [ Warner Classics / CD - released 13/Mar/2026 ] "There is something wondrous in the music of Sergei Prokofiev," says Nemanja Radulović, "as if it constantly moves between light and shadow, searching for truth through contrast, sarcasm, magic, love, irony, and beauty." Now the violinist - praised... |
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LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Operatic Orchestral Suites, Vol. 1 [Jenufa / The Excursions of Mr Broucek] New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Peter Breiner, with Vesa-Matti Leppanen, violin [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "These are fine performances and stunningly dynamic recordings, with some fine low drum rumbles and plenty of sparkle and colour in the spectrum." (MusicWeb April 2009) |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI / FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
Nicola Benedetti - Baroque Nicola Benedetti (violin) / Benedetti Baroque Orchestra [ Decca / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "Drawing on a hatful of tricks, Benedetti makes her violin sing and dance, rage and lament." BBC Music Five Stars |
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WYNTON MARSALIS
Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite Nicola Benedetti (violin) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Christian Macelaru [ Decca / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "Who would have thought that a trumpet master could have written so idiomatically and pungently for solo violin?" MusicWeb Recommended |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 Nicola Benedetti (violin) / Aurora Orchestra, Nicolas Collon [ Decca / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] ""Benedetti's first entry is swift, weightless and agile, landing as it does on the softest of pianissimos, the effect at once both virtuosic and ethereal.." Gramophone |
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EDWARD ELGAR / FREDERICK DELIUS
Elgar: Violin Concerto & Salut d'amour - Delius: Suite Nicolas Dautricourt; Frédéric Chaslin; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Capriccio Quartet [ Channel Classics / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] 'If you want to know who, for me, is the greatest living composer, I'll tell you without hesitation - it's Elgar, whom I place on the same level as my idols Beethoven and Brahms!' So said the great virtuoso Kreisler.' Nicolas Dautricourt continues:... |
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ROBERT RODRIGUEZ / LOU HARRISON / KATI AGOCS
Works for Violin and Percussion Orchestra Nicolas Kitchen (violin) / Members of the New england Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Frank Epstein [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] The unique instrumentation of the three works in this album was pioneered by the innovative Lou Harrison, whose 1959 concerto encapsulates his culturally wide-ranging aesthetic. |
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CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Violin, Flute & Clarinet Concertos Kim Sjogren (violin), Niels Thomsen (clarinet), Toke Lund Christiansen (flute) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Michael Schonwandt [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Nov/2007 ] "there is real depth here, thanks in no small measure to Schønwandt. The recording is first class." Penguin Guide |
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VIVALDI / BRUCH / ELGAR / BACH / BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / ELLINGTON / GERSHWIN / etc
Nigel Kennedy - Uncensored Nigel Kennedy (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate / Berliner Philharmoniker [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Nov/2021 ] This is not an autobiography, but a journey through Nigel Kennedy's sixty-four seasons played home and away. |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin Concerto / Introduction and Allegro for strings (Rec 1983 & 1984) Nigel Kennedy (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "Kennedy's first recording of the Elgar Concerto is aflame with a young man's passionate inspiration, though never lacking subtler nuance, while Handley simply breathed Elgar like no-one else." BBC Music |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Shostakovich/ Prokofiev: Violin Concertos No 1 Ning Feng (violin) / Bochum Symphony Orchestra, Tung-Chieh Chuang [ Channel Classics / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] |
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EDWARD ELGAR / GERALD FINZI
Elgar / Finzi: Violin Concertos Ning Feng (violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto [ Channel Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] 'Ning Feng delivers all these demanding works with the fire, ice, and sugar, in different measures, that they require. His technique is beyond cavil, of course, but he also plays with a purity and sweetness of tone rare among the current crop" AudAud |
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GANG CHEN / ZHANHAO HE
Chen & He: The:Butterfly Lover's / Three Chinese {oeces Takako Nishikazi (violin) / Shanghai Conservatory Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Romantic Violin Concertos / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "[Nishizaki] a violinist with gratifying tone and impressive agility ... the beautiful sound is assisted by Naxos's clear engineering" Fanfare |
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Solon MICHAELIDES / Manolis KALOMIRIS / Yannis CONSTANTINIDIS / Nikos SKALKOTTAS
TOPOS - 20th-Century Greek Orchestral Music Noé Inui (violin) / Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, Zoi Tsokanou [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Greek-Cypriot composer Solon Michaelides's evocative Dawn at the Parthenon is infused with impressionist elements whereas Manolis Kalomiris, the leading figure in Greek national music, turns more to the voluptuous richness of Rimsky-Korsakov. |
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W. A. MOZART
Noa Wildschut plays Mozart Noa Wildschut (violin) / Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Gordan Nikolić, with Yoram Ish-Hurwitz (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] The young Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut has been described as "a miracle of musicality", while Anne-Sophie Mutter has singled her out as "undoubtedly one of the musical hopes of her generation". For her debut as a Warner Classics recording artist,... |
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STAMITZ / BECK / CANNABICH / GOSSEC / CPE BACH / JC BACH / HOFMANN / DITTERSDORF / VANHAL / KRAUS
The World of the 18th Century Symphony Northern Chamber Orchestra ; Nicholas Ward, conductor ; Failoni Orchestra ; Uwe Grodd, conductor [ Naxos 18th Century Symphony / CD - released 2/May/2003 ] …an interesting disc prelude to a series that one can only wish well. © 2000 MusicWeb International |
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SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Orchestral Works Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra & Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling, with Ilya Kaler (violin) & Gnesin Academy Chorus [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 27/May/2022 ] Sergey Taneyev was a monumental figure of late 19th-century Russian music. He was a student of Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky, and became teacher to Rachmaninov and Scriabin. |
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OLA GJEILO
Ola Gjeilo: Voices - Piano - Strings Ola Gjeilo (piano) Thomas Gould (violin) Ciaran McCabe (violin) Jon Thorne (viola) Matthew Sharp (cello) / Voces 8 / Chamber Orchestra of London [ Decca / CD - released 15/May/2016 ] A rising composer's debut release on a major label, Gjeilo's album on Decca is an important release of heavenly, bewitching, eternal new choral music for our time. Ethereal yet tangible, this is music with wide appeal; music of purity and beauty;... |
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BLOCH
Violin Concerto / Poems of the Sea / Suite Symphonique Oleh Krysa (violin) Malma Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo [ BIS / CD - released 8/Jan/2002 ] Great music of Ernest Bloch |
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MARK BOWDEN
Bowden: Sudden Light Oliver Coates (cello), Julian Warburton (percussion), Hyeyoon Park (violin), Huw Watkins (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (co [ NMC / CD - released 16/Jan/2017 ] "the systems Bowden sets up [in Sudden Light] generate climaxes of great power, and his confidence in handling such large orchestral forces is unmistakable." The Guardian |