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SCHUBERT / FAURE / MASSENET / ELGAR / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Violin Favourites Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin) / Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Jan/2014 ] |
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JARNEFELT / KASKI / SIBELIUS / RAUTAVAARA / MADETOJA
Finnish Orchestral Favourites Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Jorma Panula. With Maarit Kirvessalo, violin [ Naxos / CD - released 14/May/2002 ] Composers who have all achieved fame in their native Finland |
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WOLF-FERRARI
Violin Concerto / Serenade for Strings Ulf Hoelscher (violin) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alaun Francis [ CPO / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Ulf Hoelscher; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alaun Francis |
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LOUIS SPOHR
Complete Violin Concertos Ulf Hoelscher (violin) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christain Frohlich [ CPO / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Christian Fröhlich |
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MAX BRUCH
Works for Violin and Orchestra Ulf Wallin (violin) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Okko Kamu [ BIS SACD / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] A highly versatile musician, Ulf Wallin has recorded a succession of discs for BIS, including music by Schoenberg, Schnittke, Janacek and Hindemith. Lately he has focussed on Romantic composers, resulting in an acclaimed recording of Schumann's... |
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SCHUMANN
Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra Ulf Wallin (violin) / Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie / Frank Beermann [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] This release brings together Robert Schumann's complete production for violin and orchestra - three works from the period just before the composer was confined to the mental institution where he would die within two years. |
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ALLAN PETTERSSON
Allan Pettersson - Violin Concerto & Symphony No.17 (fragment) Ulf Wallin,Norrköping Symphony Orchestra [ BIS / CD - released 10/Mar/2019 ] In terms of genre, Allan Pettersson was uniquely single-minded: during his entire career as a composer (1953-80) he produced only a dozen or so works that were not symphonies. By name, Violin Concerto No. 2 is one of these, but it is fair to say that... |
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RESPIGHI
Complete Orchestral Music Vol 3 [Incls 'Concerto gregoriano'] Vadim Brodsky (violin) Chiara Bertoglio (piano) Andrea Noferini (cello) / Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "[La Vecchia] conducts with energy and conviction throughout. The Rome orchestra responds enthusiastically, and the orchestral sound has plenty of colour and presence, with nice grip from the brass at the tuttis. A must for Respighi fans" MusicWeb |
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BRUCH
Concerto No.1 in G minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op.26 / Romance in F major, Op.85 (orig. for viola and orchestra) / String Quintet in A minor Vadim Gluzman (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Vadim Gluzman must be one of the two or three finest violinists currently active, and we can only hope he stays loyal to BIS. He plays the Bruch concerto as if it were a completely new discovery, with a level of fire and passion that beggars... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 (with Glazunov - Violin Concerto in A minor) Vadim Gluzman (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] The great Russian tradition of violin playing, as exemplified by Efrem Zimbalist, Jascha Heifetz and Nathan Milstein, was largely founded by the distinguished violinist Leopold Auer, who taught at the St Petersburg Conservatory for fifty years. |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Vadim Gluzman (violin), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi [ BIS SACD / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] "A positively explosive account of the Sonata for solo violin" Gramophone September 2016 |
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PETERIS VASKS
Vasks: Distant Light etc. Vadim Gluzman (violin), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Having spent much of his childhood in Latvia, where he also began his violin studies, Vadim Gluzman makes a return to his roots with this disc of music by Pēteris Vasks. The ample programme (+ 84 minutes!) opens with the violin concerto 'Distant... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto & Violin Sonata No. 1 Vadim Gluzman (violin) / Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, James Gaffigan, with Angela Yoffe (piano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 22/May/2017 ] One of Johannes Brahms's sunniest works, the Violin Concerto in D major was conceived during the summer of 1878, which Brahms spent by the idyllic Wörthersee in Kärnten, Austria. By the end of the summer he was able to send the violin part of the... |
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BARBER
Violin Concerto, Op. 14 (with works by Bernstein & Bloch) Vadim Gluzman (violin) / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, John Neschling [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "There are plenty of recordings of the three works featured here but not many with the effortless command of Gluzman and his 1690 Stradivarius." Gramophone Magazine, March 2010 |
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JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 4 Vadim Repin (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [ Onyx Classcis / CD - released 10/May/2017 ] "Donald Runnicles and his BBC forces navigate the arresting work's excitement and beauties with fearless panache." BBC Music |
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TIKHON KHRENNIKOV
Violin Concertos & Piano Concertos Vadim Repin (violin) Evgeny Kissin (piano) Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio, Vladimir Fedoseyev [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] Tikhon Khrennikov was certainly an equivocal figure in the history of 20thcentury Russian music. A composer with a tendency towards popular theatrical genres and lyricism, the naively optimistic nature of his music was soon noticed by the Soviet... |
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JOAN MANÉN
Manen: Violin Concerto No 3 'Ibérico' Symphony No 2 'Ibérica' Valderrama, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Darrell Ang [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Joan Manén was an admired and prolific Catalan composer who wrote in all genres, from opera to transcriptions. He was also one of the leading violinists of his day and made the first recording of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Manén's Violin Concerto... |
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J. S. BACH / GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Bach & Telemann: Arias Valer Barna-Sabadus (counter-tenor), Julia Schröder (violin) / Basel Chamber Orchestra, Julia Schröder [ Sony Classics / CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] In 2013, Valer made his debut at the Aix-en-Provence Festival as Menelao in Cavalli's opera Elena. Since 2014, he has been under contract with the major label Sony. At the Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe and at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruh |
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J. S. BACH / MAX BRUCH / etc
Vanessa-Mae: The Classical Album Vanessa-Mae (Violin) / The London Symphony Orchestra [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/1996 ] Vanessa Mae is a Singaporean-born British violinist with album sales reaching several million, having made her the wealthiest entertainer under 30 in the United Kingdom in 2006. (Wiki) |
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Beethoven
The Best of Beethoven Volume 1 Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Jeno Jando (piano) / Kodaly Quartet / Takako Nishizaki (violin) Inga Nielsen (soprano) [ Naxos Best Of / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] Classic Beethoven highlights drawn from the vast Naxos catalogue. |