J.S. & C.P.E. BACH / HANDEL / TELEMANN / VIVALDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Classical James Galway James Galway (flute) with Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), Phillip Moll (harpsichord), National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zagreb Soloists, New Irish Chamber Or [ RCA Red Seal / CD Box Set - released 25/May/1985 ] The living legend of the flute, Sir James Galway, is widely considered the supreme interpreter of classical flute repertoire and a consummate entertainer whose appeal transcends musical boundaries. |
MIKLOS ROZSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rozsa: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Concerto For String Orchestra James Sedares (violin) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1997 ] "This is the fourth CD in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's admirable traversal of all of Rozsa's orchestral music. I suppose it's too much to think that an American orchestra would have undertaken such a project." Courant.com |
WOLFGANG RIHM / JOHANNES BRAHMS / JOHN HARBISON
Brahms, Rihm, Harbison: Double Concertos Jan Vogler (violoncello). Mira Wang (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra [ Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2018 ] The cellist Jan Vogler, who lives in New York and Dresden, has recorded three Double concertos for violin, cello and orchestra with his wife, the outstanding violinist Mira Wang, with the renowned Royal Scottish National Orchestra under direction of... |
BELA BARTOK / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Bartok / Brahms: Violin Concertos Janine Jansen (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Decca / CD - released 22/Jan/2016 ] "Jansen gives us a lyric reading [of the Brahms] of rare inwardness and beauty...it is a performance that marries meditation with motion, such is the suppleness of Jansen's and Pappano's feel for the concerto's larger symphonic movement" Gramophone |
SAINT-SAENS / TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / RAVEL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janine Jansen: Debut Album Janine Jansen (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth [ Decca Records / CD - released 4/Aug/2003 ] "Here is a truly musical virtuoso with a dazzling technique, individual character and the warmest of lyrical tones." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Sept 03) |
EDUARD TUBIN
Tubin: Double Bass Concerto / Violin Concerto No. 2 / etc Hakan Ehren (double bass) Gustavo Garcia (violin) / Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jan/1987 ] Tubin was born in Torila, Tartu County, Governorate of Livonia, then part of the Russian Empire. Both his parents were music lovers, and his father played trombone in the village band. |
J.S. BACH / BRAHMS / TCHAIKOVSKY / SIBELIUS / GLAZUNOV / GERSHWIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jascha Heifetz: The Supreme Jascha Heifetz (violin), Chicago Symphony, Fritz Reiner, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Brooks Smith (piano) [ RCA Red Seal Artists of the Century / 2 CD - released 4/Feb/2000 ] Jascha Heifetz has been called the first and greatest of all virtuosos. Critics agree when RCA Victor once dubbed him "The Violinist of the Century". |
ANNA CLYNE
Clyne: Mythologies Jennifer Koh (violin), Irene Buckley (voice), BBC Symphony Orchestra [ Avie / CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] "...compelling and tautly directed by Oramo. Irrespective of the conductors, it is the BBC Symphony Orchestra who shine throughout, with superbly mastered sound (by Jody Elff). Another winner from Avie." Gramophone |
SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto / Finlandia, Op. 26 / Karelia Suite, Op. 11 / etc Jennifer Pike (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] Jean Sibelius is perhaps best known for his seven great symphonies but there is also a large body of music for the concert hall, the theatre, and the salon, some of which is explored on this release. The Violin Concerto in D minor, Sibelius's only... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Jennifer Pike (violin), Sina Kloke (piano) / Chamber Orchestra of New York, Salvatore Di Vittorio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] Vaughan Williams withdrew or destroyed many works from his earliest period, but he considered The Solent, with its haunting opening and luminous polyphonic textures, as among his 'most important works'. The Fantasia is his earliest known piece for... |
CARL NIELSEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
Nielsen & Sibelius: Violin Concertos Johan Dalene (violin), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] BBC MUSIC AWARD NOMINATION 2023 - Concerto |
PETERIS VASKS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vasks: Symphony No. 2; Violin Concerto John Storgards (violin) / Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgards. Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra /J uha Kangas [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Feb/2005 ] "These are two rewarding lyrical works written during the last decade, generously coupled, passionately performed and luminously recorded." - MusicWeb |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN / ANTONIN DVORAK
Violin Concerto Collection Joseph Swensen (violin & conductor) Scottish Chamber Orchestra [ Linn / 4 CD Box Set - released 27/Feb/2019 ] Linn Records successful partnership with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and conductor violinist have resulted in four highly acclaimed recordings, now repackaged into a specially priced box. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Concerto / 2 Romances Joseph Swensen (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 25/May/1988 ] Joseph Swensen was born in 1960 in Hoboken, New Jersey, and grew up in Spring Valley, New York, Pearl River, New York and Harlem, New York City. His mother was Japanese-American and his father Norwegian-American. |
CHEN GANG / HE ZHANHAO
Butterfly Lovers Joshua Bell (violin), Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Tsung Yeh (conductor) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Aug/2023 ] Grammy-award winning violinist Joshua Bell presents a captivating performance of the Butterfly Lovers Concerto, one of the best-known classical works in China and inspired by the ancient legend of the same name. In addition, Bell performs new... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn/Bruch/Mozart: Violin Concertos Joshua Bell (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, English Chamber Orchestra. Peter Maag [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] This 2-CD set couples Joshua Bell's first concerto recording for Decca of two of the most popular violin concertos in the repertory |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto / Hungarian Dances Nos 1 - 10 Joshua Bell (violin) / Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi / Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer [ Decca Classic FM The Full Works / CD - released 25/Jun/2018 ] "Joshua Bell, in one of his finest recordings to date, is daring in his expressiveness, often more expansive, using a far wider range of dynamics." Gramophone |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Concertante Works Julie Price (bassoon), Tasmin Little (violin), Michael McHale (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] Written when Strauss was only fifteen, the Romanze is his first attempt at writing for a soloist and orchestra. The influence of Mozart's piano concertos, which Strauss was studying at the time, is apparent, not least in the writing for solo clarinet... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Concertos Jurgen Schuster (trumpet) Dmitri Babanov (horn) Harald Hoeren (harpsichord) Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Haydn's popular Trumpet Concerto is best known for its thrilling first movement cadenza and brilliant and inventive Rondo finale.The Horn Concerto No. 1 is also notable for the technical demands made on the soloist, not least the large octave leaps... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Michel Schwalbe (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] Recorded: 1972 |