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SCHNITTKE
Violin Concertos no.1 & no.2 Mark Lubotsky (violin) / Mamlo Symphony Orchestra / Eri Klas (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/1990 ] Alfred Schnittke was born on 24 November 1934 in Engels, on the Volga River, in the Soviet Union. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: MASTERPIECE Beethoven Martha Modl (soprano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Academy St Martin-in-the-Fields [ EMI Studio / CD - released 10/Feb/1990 ] This CD contains all the most familiar and best-loved works by the Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by a galaxy of star musicans. |
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PHILIP GLASS / IGOR STRAVINSKY
Glass & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos David Nebel (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Baltic Sea Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] This breath-taking new album features exceptional works by two of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century: The Violin Concerto No.1 by American minimalist composer Philip Glass and Igor Stravinsky's neoclassical Concerto. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH / PAGANINI / SIBELIUS / BACH / MENDELSSOHN / BARTOK / etc
The Art of Midori Midori (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, with Robert McDonald (piano) [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 26/May/2017 ] "A very grand performance, full of swaggering confidence and interpretative panache..Strongly recommended for anyone fancying this coupling." (Gramophone on the Tchaikosvky/Shostakovich) |
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NICCOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 (with works by Tchaikovsky) [recorded 1987] Midori (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin [ Newton Classics / CD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] 'A splendid new version of Paganini's Violin Concerto in D, the most famous, because of the enticing lyrical theme of the first movement. Midori, an astonishingly accomplished 13-year-old, is fully equal to the work's formidable technical demands and... |
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schnittke: Quasi Una Sonata / Piano Trio / Piano Sonata No 2 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello/conductor) Mark Lubotsky (violin) Irina Schnittke (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "Quasi una sonata remains one of the composer's seminal pieces in either of its versions, marking the debut of his celebrated 'polystylism' and his breakaway from the avant-garde. Stravinsky, serialism and Bach rub shoulders in a fiery performance by... |
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J.S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Double Concerto Anne-Sophie Mutter, Salvatore Accardo (violins) / English Chamber orchestra, Salvatore Accardo [ Emi Classics / CD - released 23/Jan/1984 ] Recorded in 1983 |
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MARI TAKANO
LigAlien: Works by Mari Takano Nathan Nabb (soprano saxophone) / Winston Choi (piano) / Kioko Yasuda (violin) / Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Anne Manson (dir) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] BIS present a disc of works by the Japanese composer Mari Takano, composed between 2003 and 2009. The four duos and trios that share the title LigAlien are all results of the idea of what would it be like to implant 'alien' music into one of... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Songs (LP) Nicola Benedetti (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Gerald Finley (baritone) / Philharmonia Orchestra [ Decca / 2 LP - released 19/Jul/2024 ] "Unbend the Triple with big personalities and it can topple, but here the balance is absolutely right, a model of judicious pacing, too; there's character to spare, which is as it should be." Gramophone |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos / Concerto for oboe and violin / Concerto for two violins in D minor Nigel Kennedy (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, with Albrecht Mayer (oboe). [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "Charismatic Bach playing from Kennedy and the strings of the BPO in performances that are built on live concerts." (Gramophone) |
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BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto (with Mozart-Violin Concerto No 4) Nigel Kennedy (violin & conductor) / Polish Chamber Orchestra [ EMI Classics / CD - released 4/Jun/2008 ] Fifteen years after recording the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the late great Klaus Tennstedt (1992), Nigel Kennedy has recorded a new version with the Polish Chamber Orchestra, directing the ensemble from the violin. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Nigel Kennedy (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra [ EMI Classic DVD / DVD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] Nigel Kennedy's recording was released on September 25, 1989 on vinyl, cassette and CD and went on to become one of the best-selling classical albums of all-time. |
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J. S. BACH
Kennedy Plays Bach Nigel Kennedy (violin) / Irish Chamber Orchestra [ Emi Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2000 ] Nigel Kennedy teams up with the renowned Irish Chamber Orchestra in a live performance of Bach violin concertos. Filmed at the stunning church in Dingle in County Kerry with its fine acoustics and great intimacy with the audience. Bonus features... |
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SCHNITTKE
Violin Concerto Nos. 3 & 4 Oleh Krysa (violin) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Eri Klas (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/1991 ] Alfred Schnittke was born on 24 November 1934 in Engels, on the Volga River, in the Soviet Union. |
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GUBAIDULINA
Offertorium, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Rejoice! Sonata Oleh Krysa (violin) / Royal Stockholm Symphony Orchestra/ James DePreist; Torleif [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/1993 ] Great music of Sofia Gubaidulina |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Violin Concertos / Symphonies 26, 52 & 53 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Elizabeth Wallfisch / La Petite Band / Sigiswald Kuijken [ Virgin Veritas / 2 CD - released 5/Jul/2000 ] 'These are fresh, vital, cleanly articulated performances which wear their authenticity lightly' Penguin Guide |
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GERSHWIN / KHACHATURIAN / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / BEETHOVEN / RACHMANINOV / etc
A Rhapsody In Blue - The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant Oscar Levant (piano), with Isaac Stern (violin) / New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Morton Gould & Orchestra, Columbia Concert Orchestra [ Sony Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 17/Oct/2018 ] Special eight CD edition celebrating the musical genius of multi-talented Hollywood star Oscar Levant (An American in Paris). His complete recordings meticulously restored from the original analogue masters using 24 bit / 192 kHz technology. |
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Works for Violin and Orchestra Patrik Swedrup, Tale Olsson, Christian Bergqvist (violin) / Stockholm Chamber Orchestra / Lev Markiz (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/1991 ] For various reasons Bis been in the position to remake the packaging of this disc from the back catalogue. They have done so by updating the cover and modernizing the insides of the booklet. The recording itself is of course the original one. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 2 & 3 Pinchas Zukerman (violin & conductor) / Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Essential Classics / CD - released 20/May/2002 ] 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. |
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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. |