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JEAN SIBELIUS / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Sibelius/Schoenberg: Violin Concertos Hilary Hahn (violin) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 3/Mar/2008 ] "Hilary Hahn's wonderfully assured and generously expressive performance shows what an approachable and important work it is, and one that deserves a place in the Austro-German tradition alongside Berg's almost exactly contemporary violin... |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Orchestral Works Vol 2 [Incls. 'Suite For Orchestra - The B's'] Yvonne kenny (soprano) Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / The London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] "Essential listening for pursuers of the English pastoral vein: stunningly performed and recorded." MusicWeb |
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JOHN ADAMS
John Adams - Collected Works San Francisco Symphony, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, London Sinfonietta, Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Leila Josefowicz (violin), etc [ Nonesuch Records / 40 CD Box Set - released 17/May/2024 ] Nonesuch Records releases the forty-disc John Adams Collected Works, a box set featuring recordings spanning more than four decades of the composer's career with the label. |
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EVGENI SVETLANOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Svetlanov: Symphony No 1 in B minor Op. 13 / Poem for Violin & Orchestra Igor Oistrakh (violin) / State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in 1975 & 1978 |
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PIETRO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: Il Labirinto Armonico Ilya Gringolts (violin & direction) / Finnish Baroque Orchestra [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] Ilya Gringolts takes on the challenge of Locatelli's virtuosic capriccios. |
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KARLOWICZ
Serenade / Violin Concerto Ilya Kaler (violin) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] "In the Warsaw Philharmonic it enjoys one of the world's most elegant string sections, and throughout both performances Antoni Wit moulds the music with much affection. Outstanding sound quality." (David'S review Corner) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Immortal Beloved Original Soundtrack featuring Emmanuel Ax (piano) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Gidon Kremer (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the film "Immortal Beloved" by Bernard Rose |
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SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barber: Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto / Adagio for Strings Isaac Stern (violin) John Browning (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein, George Szell (conds) [ Sony Essential Masterworks / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "Isaac Stern's Barber Concerto with Bernstein was the recording which belatedly gave this warmly expressive masterpiece the international currency it plainly deserved. The superb performance can stand comparison with any version since" (Gramophone) |
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / SATIE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Isaac Stern - "Humoresque" - Favourite Violin Encores Isaac Stern (violin) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Frank Brieff, Milton Katims [ Sony Music / CD - released 3/Dec/1996 ] Classic recordings of Isaac Stern with the New York Philharmonic |
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BEETHOVEN / ALBAN BERG
Beethoven / Berg: Violin Concertos Isabelle Faust (violin) / Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "The Beethoven and Berg Violin Concertos aren't commonly paired on disc. However, in this case it seems like an inspired piece of programme planning. Outstanding performances of both concertos, then; I'll want to return to them often." (Gramophone... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D (with extra DVD of Beethoven Violin Concerto - 1st movement) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ EMI Classics CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 20/Nov/1999 ] The classic 1977 recording reissued with an DVD bonus of the first movement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto live with the Berlin Philharmonic, filmed in 1992. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven - Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasy Itzhak Perlman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Itzhak Perlman is joined by fellow veteran Daniel Barenboim and Yo-Yo Ma in two great Beethoven works |
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SARASATE / SAINT-SAENS / LALO / CHAUSSON / RAVEL / BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Itzhak Perlman: Greatest Hits (Incls Saraste - Carmen Fantasy) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta / Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Oct/1993 ] Born in Israel in 1945, Itzhak Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He came to New York and soon was propelled into the international arena with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. (Wiki) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Double Concerto Op 102 (with Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor) Itzhak Perlman (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Teldec / CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] "Perlman's 1993 Chicago version, strong and volatile, was recorded live… It makes an excellent coupling… with the powerful Perlman / Ma version of the Brahms Double Concerto" The Penguin Guide *** |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Violin Concerto / Violin sonata & sonatina Jack Liebeck (violin) Katya Apekisheva (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Garry Walker [ Sony Classical / CD - released 24/Aug/2009 ] "He shines most with the pianist Katya Apekisheva in Dvorák's Violin Sonata, winningly dispatched with plenty of depth and colour... Sweetness of tone and a prancing gait enliven the Violin Concerto." The Times, 30th May 2009 |
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SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Violin Concerto / Serenade for Strings / Souvenirs (Ballet Suite) James Buswell (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Apr/2002 ] "This is a performance with a genuine heart, superbly played, with a marked care for detail, instrumental colour and melodic inflection, and with a deeply communicative warmth and affection." Daily Telegraph |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto / Apollon musagète / etc James Ehnes (vioin) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] "…James Ehnes gives a performance of unobtrusive elegance … Ehnes's intonation is, as ever, second to none." Gramophone |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Complete Violin Concertos James Ehnes (violin) / Mozart Anniversary Orchestra [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] "A must for devotees" Northern Echo, 2nd February 2017 |
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ALBAN BERG
Berg: Violin Concerto / Three Pieces for Orchestra James Ehnes (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Sep/2022 ] "His mellow tone is ideally captured on the recording, as is his readiness to play the role of accompanist when the main melodic line lies in the orchestra." Five Stars BBC Music - Concerto Choice Dec 2022 |
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CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Symphony No.4 / Violin Concerto James Ehnes (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/May/2023 ] Nielsen's epic Violin Concerto was premièred in Copenhagen in February 1912, by the violinist Peder Møller. Nominally the work is structured in two movements; each opens with a slow section and moves to a faster one. |