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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos 3 & 4 (stereo re-release) Julia Fischer, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Pentatone re-issues Julia Fischer's epoch-making Mozart Violin Concertos recordings, starting with her readings of the famous 3rd and 4th concertos, as well as the Adagio in E Major and Rondo in B-flat Major, first released in 2005. Fischer performs... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Stereo Re-release) Julia Fischer (violin), Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone / CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] First released in 2006, Julia Fischer's recording of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, alongside other gems by this composer has proven to be a reference recording. It not only highlights Fischer's exceptional skill, but also her unique congeniality... |
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BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 / Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 Julia Fischer (violin) & Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/May/2007 ] "A winning Brahms Double, violinist and cellist playing with warmth." RECORDING OF THE MONTH Gramophone Magazine August 2007 |
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W.A. MOZART
Sinfonia concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E flat, K. 364 / Concertone for 2 Violins and Orchestra in C, K. 190 Julia Fischer (violin) Gordan Nikoli (violin & viola) Hans Meyer (oboe) / Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 10/Nov/2007 ] Gramophone Award Winner - Artist of the Year 2007 |
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W.A. MOZART
Violin Concertos (complete) / Concertone for 2 Violins and Orchestra / etc [3 SACDs plus DVD] Julia Fischer (violin) / Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] This boxed set includes all the works which Mozart composed for violin and orchestra, performed by the internationally acclaimed Julia Fischer. "These are crisply aerated and flexible performances" (MusicWeb Sept 2005 on Violin Ctos 3 & 4) |
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W.A. MOZART
Violin Concertos Nos 1, 2 & 5 Julia Fischer (violin) / Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 26/Sep/2006 ] On August 21, 1772, the 16-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was appointed by the Salzburg Archbishop Colloredo as leader in his orchestra, with an annual salary of 150 florins. |
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W.A. MOZART
Violin Concertos Nos 3 & 4 / Adagio K.261 / Rondo K.269 Julia Fischer (violin) / Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/Oct/2005 ] MARBECKS STAFF RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2006 - "These are crisply aerated and flexible performances. With Kreizberg at the helm of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra the orchestral sound world is strong on textual clarity and string choir... |
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KHACHATURIAN / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV
Russian Violin Concertos Julia Fischer, violin, Russian National Orchestra. Conducted by Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2005 - Concerto "I don't believe I have heard a better performance of the Khachaturian than Fischer's, and with the hi-res surround sonics we have here a sure winner. The Prokofiev and Glazunov concertos prove... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Concertos Jurgen Schuster (trumpet) Dmitri Babanov (horn) Harald Hoeren (harpsichord) Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Haydn's popular Trumpet Concerto is best known for its thrilling first movement cadenza and brilliant and inventive Rondo finale.The Horn Concerto No. 1 is also notable for the technical demands made on the soloist, not least the large octave leaps... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.10 / Symphony in C Major for Piano, Cello and Violin Op. 56 Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio / English Chamber Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Walter Weller [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Violin Concerto (with works by Halvorsen, Sinding & Svendsen) Dong-Suk Kang (violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD ] "Even if it were at full price it would feature quite high in the current lists." Penguin Guide |
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BO LINDE
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto Karen Gomyo (violin) / Maria Kliegel (cello) / Gavle Symphony Orchestra / Petter Sundkvist (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] Rosette [highest rating] - Penguin Stereo Guide - "Two romantic-dramatic concertos full of explosive action and searing sunny lyricism. I don't buy the suggestion that Linde is a neo-classicist. Not to be misse" (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
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SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Complete Orchestral Works [6 CD set] Karina Gauvin (soparno), Thomas Trotter (organ), Stéphane Rancourt (oboe), John Gracie (trumpet) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "The RSNO positively glows in this extremely welcome and romantically rewarding and alluringly-priced set. It hardly matters that this is in fact the only such collection." (MusicWeb Sept 2010) |
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LIOR ROSNER
Awake and Dream Katia Popov (violin) Janai Brugger (soprano) Lior Rosner (piano) / Hollywood Studio Orchestra, Lior Rosner [ Bridge / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] Lior Rosner divides his time between the creation of concert music and composing for film, television and other media. Recent credits include the score for the upcoming film "The Geography Club", the popular video game "Assassin's Creed 3", the film... |
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SAEVERUD
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 Katrine Buvarp (violin) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "A triumphant addition with a strong mix of the accessible and the more subtle. This should win many new and agreeably surprised friends for Sæverud." (MusicWeb May 2006) |
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Keith Jarrett: piano, Michelle Makarski : violin. Marcia Butler : oboe. Patricia McCarty : viola. The Fairfield Orchestra / Thomas Crawford : conduct
Keith Jarrett - Bridge of Light (Elegy for Violin and String Orchestra ; Bridge of Light for Viola and Orchestra ; etc) [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded March 1993 |
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OLIVER DAVIS
Dance Kerenza Peacock (violin) & Huw Watkins (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Bateman [ Signum Classics / CD - released 16/Dec/2016 ] Oliver Davis writes: "Dance is the third in a series of albums, Flight and Seasons having been released in 2015. My musical association with dance began when Erico Montes (First Artist with the Royal Ballet) choreographed the ballet Within the Hours... |
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OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Liberty Kerenza Peacock (violin) & Huw Watkins (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Bateman [ Signum / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] "Slick, lyrical and bubbly, Davis's concert music is a happy extension of his work for TV and film. Bacchus is a joyful pizzicato piece of mischief." BBC Music 4 out of 5 stars |
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BENJAMIN BRUCH / MAX BRUCH
Britten & Bruch: Violin Concertos Kerson Leong (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra; Patrick Hahn [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] "it is the coupling of the Britten Violin Concerto (gratifyingly becoming more and more core repertoire these days) which...sets this disc apart…I can't recall a better account of the piece than this." Editor's Choice Gramophone July 2023 |
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J.S. BACH
Violin Concertos, BWV 1041-1043 and BWV 1052 Kolja Blacher (violin) / Christine Pichlmeier (violin) / Lisa Stewart (violin) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "What you will hear is a performance and recording that is not unlike 'The Stokowski Sound.' Deep, rich and firm bass line, smooth strings and lushness around. The soloists are as romantic..." |