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VARIOUS ECM COMPOSERS
Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher BLU-RAY Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Truls Mork (cello) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Simon Rattle [ ECM Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Dec/2011 ] Over a period of five years, Swiss filmmakers Norbert Wiedmer and Peter Guyer followed producer Manfred Eicher and the artists of ECM around the world. |
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QIN WEN-CHEN
Qin: Violin Concerto 'The Border of the Mountains', Cello Concerto 'Dawn', Suona Concerto 'Calling the Phoenix' Li-Wei Qin (cello) Mengla Huang (violin) Qianyuan Zhang (suona) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gottfried Rabl [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] A native of Inner Mongolia, Wenchen Qin grew up with the folk music of his homeland and is now one of China's most influential composers. His violin concerto The Border of the Mountains exploits the extraordinary colors and flexibility of both... |
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MAX BRUCH / DANIEL SHALIT / YEHEZKEL BRAUN / LEIB AILENBERG
Music from the Ghetto: Ailenberg, Braun, Bruch, Shalit London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor), Simca Heled (conductor / cello), Jack Liebeck (violin) [ Signum / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] The central thread linking all the works featured in this recording is their assimilation of various elements of Jewish music, whether directly stemming from Chassidic folk traditions, or relating to material directly associated with religious... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Vivaldi London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green / Monica Huggett (violin) / Taverner Choir & Players / Lorenzo Cavasanti (revcorder) / Europa Galan [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Aug/2005 ] Complete concertos and works of Vivaldi on period instruments |
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ELGAR / ARNOLD / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / SEARLE / HOLST / WALTON
Sir Adrian Boult - The Decca Legacy, Volume 1 - British Music London Philharmonic Orchestra / BBC Chorus & BBC Symphony, Adrian Boult / Melos Ensemble / Alfredo Campoli (violin) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/2022 ] The first in a three-volume edition of the complete Decca recordings of Sir Adrian Boult, this set represents the most complete survey ever issued of Sir Adrian Boult's British music recordings for Decca. |
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SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Adagio for Strings / Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto / 4 Choral Pieces Ittai Shapira (violin) Tedd Joselson (piano) / Joyful Company of Singers / London Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Schenk [ Alto / CD - released 1/May/2016 ] "Particularly beautifully captured, are the LSO's strings in the Adagio for Strings ... However, it is the Piano Concerto which is the main attraction, with superb playing by the soloist. His piano is nicely placed in a sensible relationship with the... |
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DVORAK / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MOZART / VERDI / SCHUBERT / etc/
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition - Volume 2 London Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, with Alfred Brendel, Henryk Szeryng, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 15 CD Box Set - released 29/Sep/2023 ] Supplementary to his legendary Beethoven cycles for Decca are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt's recordings for Philips, Mercury, Deutsche Grammophon and Accord. They date from 1944 (Sutermeister) to 1972, when he made his last recording, fittingly by Mozart. |
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CARLOS CHAVEZ
Carlos Chávez - The Complete Columbia Album Collection Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional De México, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Carlos Chávez [ Sony Classical / 7 CD Box Set - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Carlos Chávez is one of Mexico's most important and prolific 20th century composers. He championed the symphony form at a time when it was generally neglected by other Latin American composers, and the results are magnificent: when his first symphony... |
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ELGAR / SULLIVAN / HAYDN / HANDEL / SCHUBERT / BARTOK / etc
Malcolm Sargent - Complete Decca Recordings London Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, with Ruggero Ricci (violin), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Clifford Curzon (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 11/Jul/2025 ] The complete Decca recordings of Sir Malcolm Sargent, from 78s to LPs, newly remastered and in original jackets |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Violin Concerto / Canadian Carnival / Mont Juic Lorraine McAslan (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra / Steuart Bedford (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] “McAslan’s fiery reading of the Concerto is ideally partnered by Bedford bring out the depth of the orchestral writing, as well as the fun in the Overture and the collaborative dance suite Mont Juic.” Five Stars ***** BBC Music Mag (November 2005) |
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MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE
Orchestral Works Vol 3 Lawrence Power (viola) Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Michael Collins (clarinet) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Contemporary |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Butterfly Lovers Lu Siqing (violin) / Taipei Chinese Orchestra, Chung Yiu-Kwong [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jun/2015 ] With the eminent violinist Lu Siqing, this disc forms the sixth instalment in a series which features Western solo instruments against the thrilling soundscapes of the Chinese traditional orchestra. |
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GEORGE FREDERICK McKAY
Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No. 4 / Song Over the Great Plains Ludmilla Kovaleva, piano / Brian Reagin, violin / Ukraine National Radio Symphony Orchestra / John McLaughlin Williams, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2005 ] "Naxos's third McKay disc ... a worthy revival of music that could otherwise have been lost to posterity" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
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LUDIVICO EINAUDI
Einaudi: Cinema Ludovico Einaudi (piano), with Daniel Hope (violin), Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Prague [ Decca Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] Presenting Cinema - a brand new handpicked 2CD collection of Ludovico's most emotive musical works from film and television, including tracks from Oscars favourites Nomadland and The Father and much more. |
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ARTHUR BLISS
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / A Colour Symphony Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] 'Bliss's A Colour Symphony needs a full Technicolour acoustic to do justice to its heraldic splendour. The Chandos sound certainly gives us that...A rewarding release.' The Times |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN / JOHN VEALE
Violin Concertos Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] 'It is a fine piece, at times not far from Walton in manner, and Lydia Mordkovitch obviously enjoys its resourceful writing for her instrument.' - Gramophone |
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ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Orchestral Works, Volume 1 (Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Morning Song) Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] 'The Cello Concerto is rhapsodic in feeling and Raphael Wallfisch plays it with marvellous sensitivity and finesse, given splendid support by the LPO under Bryden Thomson.' The Penguin Complete Guide |
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WALTON
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Sonata for Violin and Orchestra / etc Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jan Latham-Koenig [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] Recorded in: St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead, London |
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KABALEVSKY
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 19/May/2003 ] The quirky fun music of Kabalevsky |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Concerto for Violin & Cello / Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/1989 ] Recorded in St Jude's Church, Central Square, London, July 1988 |