PER NORGARD
Norgard: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Spaces of Time Peter Herresthal (violin) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra / Rolf Gupta [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "Herresthal plays compellingly...The 'filler' is scarcely less substantial than the concertos...The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra deliver sensitive accompaniments in the concertos and relish taking centre stage in Spaces of Time. Gupta, a former... |
KORNGOLD
Schauspiel Ouverture / Marchenbilder Peter Manning (violin) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] 'The BBC Philharmonic under Matthias Bamert give an altogether excellent account of these scores and are recorded with remarkable realism.' Classic FM |
HOLST
Four Songs for Voice & Piano / Two Carols / Six Canons / etc Peter Pears (tenor) Norbert Brainin (violin) / The Purcell Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Imogen Holst [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "Throughout the record the Purcell Singers are in splendid form. Miss Holst is a most sensitive conductor, and the choir seems able to reflect every nuance of her intention." (Gramophone) |
GEORGE ROCHBERG
Violin Concerto (restored original version) Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin) / Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] "The Rochberg concerto is a powerful work with music of grit and emotionally fluency sustained across five meaty movements. It stands alongside the superb William Schuman concerto (also recorded by Naxos) as one of the finest concerted works by an... |
NIGEL CLARKE
Carke - The Prophecies of Merlin - Symphony for Violin and Orchestra Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neil Thomson, with Alexandru Cozma (bassoon) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] The Brussels-based British composer Nigel Clarke is renowned for his virtuosic style, and an uncompromising contemporary musical language that speaks with an authentic voice to today's audiences. |
CLIFFE / ERLANGER
Violin Concertos Philippe Graffin (violin) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 10 / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "Graffin plays superbly, with all the fire and tenderness required, and with glorious tone. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales is as attentive and sympathetic as one would expect with David Lloyd-Jones conducting, and the recording is well judged in... |
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / DVORAK
Violin Concertos Philippe Graffin (violin) / Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Hankinson [ Avie / CD - released 2/Jul/2004 ] "An irresistable discovery, winningly championed by a new orchestra" Editor's Choice Gramophone July 2004 |
DAVID MATTHEWS
Violin Concertos 1 & 2 / Oboe Concerto / etc Philippe Graffin (violin) Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, George Vass [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] After the warm and positive reception by critics and listeners alike of the Dutton Epoch recordings of David Matthews' Symphonies, the Dutton Epoch Matthews series reaches its fourth volume with his two Violin Concertos played by Philippe Graffin,... |
ELGAR
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 (with Chausson - Poeme for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 25) Philippe Graffin (violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Avie / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "I'd say that Graffin loves the concerto very much and that comes through." (MusicWeb Sept 2009) |
CHARLES AUGUSTE de BERIOT
Beriot: Violin Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 5 Philippe Quint (Violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra usually play very well for Kirk Trevor and they do so again and they've been warmly recorded in their home hall. If you have a penchant for fireworks and songful concertos of the Paganinian era then these will... |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Serenade / Facsimile / Divertimento Philippe Quint (violin) / Timothy Walden (cello) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Dec/2005 ] "Marin Alsop offers another welcome collection of her mentor's music" Editor's Choice Gramophone Dec 2005 |
BARKAUSKAS
Barkauskas-Jeux for violin and orchestra / Partita for violin solo / Two Monologues for viola solo / Duo Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra Phillipe Graffin, violin / Nobuko Imai, viola / Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra / Robertas Servenikas, conductor [ Avie / CD - released 24/Aug/2005 ] |
ERIC KORNGOLD
Korngold: Violin Concerto / Schauspiel Overture / Much Ado About Nothing Suite Phillipe Quint (violin) / Minera Symphony Orchestra / Carlos Minguel Prieto [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] Much admired today as a pioneer of film music, Erich Korngold was a precociously talented composer of concert and chamber music, opera and stage works, as his Schauspiel Overture, written when he was only fourteen, shows. |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Jedermann / Earnest Melodies / etc Pia Pajala (soprano) Tuomas Katajala (tenor), Nicholas Soderland (bass) Mikaela Palmu (violin) / Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Rarely performed but recognized as a hidden masterpiece, Sibelius's score for Jedermann is unusual in that the music closely follows the words and action of this morality play, intensifying Everyman's hubris, penance, escape from the Devil's clutches... |
SCHOENBERG
Pelleas und Melisande / Variatione for Orchestra / Violin & Piano Concertos Pierre Amoyal & Peter Serkin / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 19/Mar/2007 ] "Boulez keeps the music moving, and brings welcome clarity to Pelleas's potentially murky orchestration. The more angular Variations and concertos aren't as comfortable, though both soloists are persuasive." (BBC Music |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Op 35 (rec 1954) / Le Coq d'Or [The Golden Cockerel] Suite Pierre Nerini (violin) / Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] While Ansermet's stereo Suisse Romande recording of Scheherazade is well-known and has been frequently reissued, his early (1954) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra recording of this piece is a relative rarity and here receives its first CD outing on... |
W. A. MOZART
Violin Concertos Nos 4 & 5 / etc Pinchas Zukerman (violin & conductor) / Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Israeli-born Pinchas Zukerman has kept his face and music before the public for more than four decades with his wide range of activities: he is a world-class violinist, violist, conductor, and administrator. |
BRAHMS / SIBELIUS
Violin Concertos [with Beethoven - Romance No 1 in G] Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] "I think the performance is superb and Barenboim's evident enthusiasm for the music, allied to the splendid orchestral playing and a flawless recording, all add up to a desirable record." Lionel Markson, Records and Recording, October 1975 (Sibelius) |
BERG
Violin Concerto / Chamber Concerto for Violin and Piano / Three Orchestral Pieces Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] |
MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto / Symphony No 4 'Italian' / 'Hebrides' Overture Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Bernstein Century / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] Zukerman has recorded over 100 works and has been nominated for 21 Grammy Awards, winning two. |