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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] This album is a tribute features Lydia Mordkovitc's famous 1989 recording of Shostakovich's violin concertos with Neeme Järvi and the Scottish National Orchestra. Lydia Mordkovitch was one of the founding artists of Chandos and over the years made... |
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SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stanford: Symphony No. 5 "L'Allefro ed il Penseroso" / Irish Rhapsody No 4/ Irish Rhapsody No 6 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] Originally released in 1987 |
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ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moeran: Violin Concerto & 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] |
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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Cello Concerto & Violin Concerto Lynn Harrell (cello) Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Kyung Wha Chung (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca The World of British Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/1994 ] Two classic performances on one budget CD |
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ALEXANDER MacKENZIE
Mackenzie: Violin Concerto / Pibroch Suite Malcolm Stewart (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Vernon Handely, conductor / David Davies, conductor [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] 'Stewart is the real red-blooded article, with a big sound and a bow that travels across the strings so fast that it must look like a blur in the concert hall. But not a single note is blurred or slighted here' - Fanfare, USA |
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WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Stenhammar: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat Minor / Sentimental Romances / Florez and Blanzeflor Peter Mattei (baritone) Ulf Wallin (violin) Love Derwinger (piano) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/1992 ] The pianist, conductor, and composer Wilhelm Stenhammar ranks among the most important Scandinavian musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century. He achieved wide recognition as pianist and conductor, and lasting fame as a composer, creating... |
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JALBERT / BACH / PART / VASKS
Jalbert, Bach, Pärt & Vasks: Music for violin and orchestra Margaret Batjer (violin), Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Kahane [ BIS SACD / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] Making their first appearance on BIS, Margaret Batjer and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) cross great distances in both time and space in this programme of concertante violin works. The disc opens with a Violin Concerto by the American... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Triple Concerto Maria João Pires (piano), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] "Haitink keeps the orchestra firmly in classical territory, helped by reduced instrumentation. Pires follows suit technically and stylistically but exploits every opportunity to remind us of the voice she is interpreting," The Whole Note |
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FRANZ BERWALD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berwald: Piano Concerto, Violin concerto, Festival of the Bayaderes, etc Marian Migdal (piano) Arve Tellefsen (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Ulf Bjorlin [ EMI Classics Maxtrix 1 / CD - released 1/Mar/1994 ] Berwald was born in Stockholm and came from a family with four generations of musicians; his father, Christian Friedrich Georg Berwald a violinist in the Royal Opera Orchestra, taught Franz the violin from an early age; he soon appeared in concerts.... |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Viotti - Eight Symphonies, Op. 2 Mark Kaplan (violin), Padua Chamber Orchestra, David Golub [ Arabesque Recordings / CD - released 25/Nov/1997 ] Giovanni Battista Viotti [1755-1824] wrote twenty-nine concertos for violin, most of which, unfortunately, have not yet been recorded. |
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MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] "It is…good to welcome these new accounts to the market…the advantages of state-of-the-art recording techniques are immediately apparent in the immense gains in clarity and orchestral translucence." MusicWeb |
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MAX BRUCH / EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar/Bruch: Violin Concertos Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Edward Elgar, Landon Ronald [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] "This is the first concerto recording made by Menuhin, in 1931. He is playing his 'Prince Khevenhüller' Stradivari, which was purchased for him when he was 12 years old. There is a strong sense in this recording of the promise of the future" Gramopho |
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NIKOLAI MIASKOWSKI / MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Miaskowski/Weinberg: Violin Concertos Ilya Grubert (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Jul/2010 ] "...Grubert seems a thoughtful as well as bravura interpreter. Dmitry Yablonsky, whose recent Naxos disc of Miaskovsky symphonies I thought absolutely first rate, directs excellent orchestra support." BBC Music |
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VERDI / PAER / ROSSINI / MOZART / TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN / etc
The Peter Maag Edition New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag, with Barry Tuckwell (horn) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 20 CD Box Set - released 5/Feb/2021 ] Newly compiled for the first time, the Decca career of a pre-eminent Mozart conductor, complemented by his recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and Westminster. |
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MAX BRUCH / TRADITIONAL
Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy Nicola Benedetti (violin), with Julie Fowlis, Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald [ Decca / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "As visions of Scotland go, Homecoming is exceedingly romantic. Benedetti's stylistic position has always been middle-of-the-road: nothing too extreme attempted, no piercing interpretations, easy listening guaranteed." The Times |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Concertos for Two Violins [2003 recording] Nigel Kennedy (violin) Daniel Stabrawa (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2003 ] |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch/Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Nigel Kennedy (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate [ EMI / CD - released 20/Feb/1988 ] "Kennedy has shrewdly augmented the regular concerto coupling of Bruch and Mendelssohn with the rare Schubert work, and the result is a generous issue which on every front can be warmly recommended for exceptionally strong and positive performances" |
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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Violin Concerto Nigel Kennedy (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 1/Apr/2000 ] Rosette (Highest Award) - Penguin Stereo Guide |
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MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 2 & 3 Nikolaj Znaider (conductor, violin), London Symphony Orchestra [ LSO Live / CD - released 6/Nov/2018 ] Taking on the roles of both conductor and soloist, Nikolaj Znaider concludes his Mozart series on LSO Live with the great composer's first three concertos for the violin. While they were penned before he was even out of his teens, the music of... |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Jean [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "Takako Nishizaki gives a warm and colourful reading, tender but purposeful and full of temperament. As in the Mendelssohn with which this is coupled..With excellent playing and recording, this makes a first-rate recommendation" Penguin Guide |