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WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutosławski: Symphonies / Concertos / Choral and Vocal Works Olga Pasichnyk (soprano) Andrzej Bauer (cello) Krzysztow Bakowsk (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Choir, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 29/Jul/2013 ] "Naxos has collected its existing recordings and issued a 10-CD box Lutosławski-Symphonies; Concertos; Choral and Vocal Works…featuring the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (and others) under the direction of Antoni Wit." The WholeNote |
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ARVO PART
Part: The Collection Ulster Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera, Leeds Cathedral Choir, Elora Festival Singers, Benjamin Hudson (violin, viola) Jurgen Kruse (piano), etc [ Brilliant Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 17/Dec/2021 ] The most comprehensive collection ever issued of Arvo Pärt's music, surveying the full range of an output from one of the most distinctive voices in late 20th-century music. |
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GLAZUNOV
The Seasons / Violin Concerto Ilya Kaler (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Camilla Kolchinsky (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Mar/2008 ] Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov has not fared well at the hands of later critics. He enjoyed a remarkably successful career in music, becoming Director of the St Petersburg Conservatory in 1905 in the aftermath of the political disturbances of... |
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DVORAK
Dvorak Jubilee set Various artists incls Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind, Ruggiero Ricci (violin) [ Brilliant Classics Masterworks / 10 CD - released 16/Dec/2006 ] All composers are represented by some of their best known works. Also included are some pieces one might not expect. Performances are by prominent musicians. Some of the recordings were made as recent as only a few months ago. |
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CLASSICAL MUSIC / BEETHOVEN / MOZART/ TCHAIKOVSKY / PIANO / VIOLIN / LULLABY / ORCHESTRA / BALLET
My First Classical Albums Various performers from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / 9 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2016 ] The 'My First' album series from Naxos is the ideal springboard for a lifelong journey through classical music. Each selection is carefully tailored for younger listeners and includes famous tracks as well as unexpected gems. The booklet is full of... |
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POUL RUDERS
Music of Poul Ruders Vol. 6 Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin) Vassily Primakov (piano) Mikko Luoma (accordion) / Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Thomas Sondergard [ Bridge / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Gramophone Awards 2011 Finalist - Contemporary |
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MOZART / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, KV 219 / Rondo in A for violin and strings, D. 438 / Violin Concerto in D minor Vesko Eschkenazy (violin) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra / Conducted by Marco Boni [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] "This is the most enjoyable recording of the young Mendelssohn ever put on record". ---Luister (September 2002) |
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IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL
Symphonies Concertantes / Violin Concerto in D Major Victoria Chiang, Isabella Lippi, David Perry (violins) / Baltimore Chamber Orchestra / Markand Thakar [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] Pleyel's symphonies concertantes are characteristic expressions of his idiosyncratic style. They are expansive, leisurely-paced works, texturally transparent in their solo sections and rich in melodic invention. |
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BORIS TISHCHENKO
Tishchenko: Concerto for violin, piano & string orchestra, Op. 144, etc. Victoria Postnikova (piano) & Alexander Rozhdestvensky (violin) String Orchestra of St. Petersburg & Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] Boris Tishenko's composer's career spans the modest thaw under Khrushchev, the Brezhnev freeze, Gorbachev's perestroika and the great leap into liberal economics under Yeltsin that continues strong under Putin.Though he was Shostakovich's favourite... |
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FRANZ WAXMAN
Rebecca (Film Score) Viktor Simcisko (violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adriano [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] "At budget price interested parties could hardly refuse such a textually intelligent, well-played and con amore production." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
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ARVO PART
Arvo Part Viktoria Mullova (violin) / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi [ Onyx / CD - released 21/Sep/2018 ] "Immutable, austere, impassable - the strength of Arvo Pärt's music lies in its ability to project an image as powerful and complete as the religious iconography it often seeks to replicate." Gramophone |
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BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / BRUSTAD / GRIEG
Europakonzert 2016 from Røros, Norway - Beethoven: Symphony No 3 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / etc Vilde Frang (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] The Berliner Philharmoniker celebrate their founding day (May 1st, 1892) in a European city of cultural significance every year. In 2016, they travelled to Røros in Norway, to play in the town's beautiful baroque church. Norwegian violinist Vilde... |
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SAINT-SAENS / BLOCH / CHAUSSON / BRUCH / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Incantation Virgil Boutellis-Taft (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ Aparté / CD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] Incantation holds many mysteries. The brilliant violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft strips away the veil of its secret powers, the ones that lie inside his violin's fascinating chant. |
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BEETHOVEN / SAINT-SAENS / WEBER / BEN-HAIM / RAVEL
Joint Concert Tel Aviv (From the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium Tel Aviv 1990) Viviane Hagner (violin), Sharon Kam (clarinet) Berliner Philharmoniker, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 10/Nov/2012 ] Includes 11 minutes of documentary footage |
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MORTON FELDMAN
Violin and Orchestra Carolin Widmann (violin) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Emilio Pomarico [ Ecm New Series / CD - released 13/May/2013 ] Carolin Widmann's widely acclaimed ECM recordings have traversed a broad arc of music - from Schubert to Xenakis. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / RICHARD WAGNER / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Furtwangler: Brahms/Wagner/Mendelssohn (Commercial Recordings 1940-50 Volume 6) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] All recordings from 1949 |
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DAVID GOMPPER
Violin Concerto / Ikon / Flip / Spirals Wolfgang David (violin) / Peter Zazofsky (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Emmanuel Siffert [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Honoured in 2009 with an Academy Award, David Gompper has travelled the world working as a pianist, conductor and composer, and developing a fascination with all manner of things, from the experience of echoes in the mountains, to the images of... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / KHATCHATURIAN
Tchaikovsky & Khachaturian: Piano Concertos Xiayin Wang (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian, with Maya Iwabuchi (violin) & Aleksei Kiseliov (cello) [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] "Xiayin Wang astounds at every turn, as does the recording; a terrific coupling, too." (MusicWeb March 2016) |
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PABLO de SARASATE
Sarasate: Music for Violin and Orchestra, Vol. 1 (Incls 'Zigeunerweisen') Yang Tianwa (Violin) / Orquesta Sinfonica de Navarra / Ernest Martinez Izquierdo [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "(Tianwa Yang) has bold tone, a bright sound and immaculate clarity in her left hand pizzicato; her conductor and orchestral accompanists accurately follow her weaving rubato." (MusicWeb Dec 2010) |