W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds [ Pentatone / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] After having recorded Mozart's last three violin concertos in 2014, Arabella Steinbacher, the Festival Strings Lucerne and its leader Daniel Dodds now complete the cycle by presenting Mozart's less well-known, but equally enchanting Violin Concertos... |
CHRISTOPHER BLAKE
Angel at Ahipara Strings of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Young [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] Works for string orchestra based on four images from A Journey (1994) by Robin Morrison, a photographic presentation of Northland, New Zealand. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
United Strings of Europe: In Motion United Strings of Europe, Amalia Hall (violin) / Julian Azkoul (director), Franck Fontcouberte (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] The streets of eighteenth-century Madrid; a contaminated test-bombing site in Australia and a song from El Salvador provide some of the subject matter for this album by the United Strings of Europe (USE). Formed in 2012 by students at London's... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
The Best Of Handel Johann Aratore (organ), Jozef Cejka (oboe), Miroslav Kejmar (trumpet) Cappella Istropolitana, Budapest Strings, Handel Festival Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 7/May/1997 ] Handel was successful in developing a new form, the English oratorio, which combined the musical felicities of the Italian operatic style with an increased role for the chorus, relative economy of production, and the satisfaction of an English text. |
101 Strings
Symphony For Blues [ Alshire / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] |
BRITTEN
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings / Lachrymae / Young Apollo Richard Watkins (french horn) Allan Clayton (tenor) / Aldeburgh Strings, dir. Markus Däunert [ Linn / CD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] This international ensemble of crack musicians reveals the next generation's star soloists; led by violinist Markus Däunert (leader of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra), they deliver fresh and energetic performances of some of Britten's finest music for... |
ROBIN MILFORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milford: Fishing by Moonlight Guildhall Strings, with Julian Sperry (flute) Julian Milford (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Aug/2004 ] 'This is music for an English summer evening, rewarding in its unpretentious, melodious, nicely crafted way; especially when played with sympathy and elegance by Robert Salter and the excellent Guildhall Strings' Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1-7 BWV1052-1058 Igor Kipnis (harpsichord) / London Strings, Sir Neville Marriner, with Janet Craxton (oboe) [ Sony Essential Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1993 ] Original recordings from 1971 |
MOZART / HAYDN / FALLA / ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A concert for harpsichord and orchestra Igor Kipnis (harpsichord) / London Strings, Sir Neville Marriner, with Janet Craxton (oboe) [ CBS Masterworks Fineline / CD - released 1/Dec/1993 ] Original recordings from 1967, 1968 and 1976 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Romances Midori GotÅ (violin) / Festival Strings Lucerne [ Warner Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The violinist Midori has been a celebrated performer for more than 35 years, this recording of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, complemented by his two Romances for violin and orchestra, marks the composer's 250th birthday in December 2020. Midori plays... |
Music by Anita Kerr, Words by Rod McKuen, with The San Sebastian Strings
The Sea / The Earth / The Sky [ Cherry Red Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2021 ] A 'must-have' for the true romantic, these timeless recordings were the fruit of the inspired collaboration between the popular American poet Rod McKuen and the great arranger / vocalist Anita Kerr. |
JOHN BURGE
Burge: Sinfonia Antiqua / Forgotten Dreams / One Sail / Upper Canadian Fiddle Suite Joanna G'froerer, Rachel Mercer, Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra Kevin Mallon [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Aug/2022 ] John Burge is a JUNO Award-winning composer and a passionate advocate for Canadian music who has a strong affinity with writing for string instruments. All of the works in this recording were commissioned and premiered by the Thirteen Strings Chamber... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Metamorphosen / Symphony For Wind Instruments Aldeburgh Strings & Winds [ Linn / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] Two super groups - the strings led by violinist Markus Däunert (leader of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra), and the winds led by oboeist Nicholas Daniel (whose distinguished career began with him being named BBC Young Musician of the Year) - combine in... |
GIYA KANCHELI
Kancheli: Letters to Friends Andrea Cortesi, Georgian Strings [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 28/Jun/2019 ] Giya Kancheli is a Georgian composer whose intensely personal style is closely related to Minimalism and New Spiritualism. Kancheli's "Letters to Friends" is an anthology of themes from his film music, rewritten and collected in a cycle for violin... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5 Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Mar/2015 ] "Performances that exude sheer joy, from a soloist who sounds completely at ease in these works." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Concerto) |
ARIANNA SAVALL
Peiwoh Arianna Savall (vocal, triple harp, gothic harp, celtic harp) Petter Johansen (vocal) Ferran Savall (vocal and theorb) JavierMas (12-strings guitar) [ Alia Vox / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "The sound is out of this world, literally, for AliaVox has captured something immediate and real which is like being in a 3D stone chamber, sometimes the bedroom of a castle, sometimes a dungeon." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
Billy Strings
Me / And / Dad (LP) [ Concord / LP - released 18/Nov/2022 ] Recorded with his father Terry, Me / and / Dad finds Billy exploring the songs that inspired him to become the breakout musician he is today, including songs popularized by Mac Weisman and Doc Watson. The record was produced by Billy and Gary... |
J. S. BACH
The Best of Bach Volume 1 Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Takako Nishizaki (violin), Capella Istropolitana, Budapest Strings, Wolfgang Rubsam (organ), Hungarian State Symphony Orch. [ Naxos Best Of / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] Popular classics from the giant Bach catalogue, including excerpts from the Mass in B minor, and, St Matthew Passion, along with the famous Organ Toccata, and, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. |
NIELSEN / GRIEG
Suites for String Orchestra Copenhagen Young Strings / Morten Ryelung Sorensen [ Scandinavian Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] Streicherklänge aus dem hohen Norden - präsentiert vom dänischen Ensemble Copenhagen Young Strings; die Leitung hat Morten Ryelund Sørensen. |
DOPPLER / HUMMEL / HAYDN / de BORNE / von WEBER / etc
Flute Fantasies and Flute Trios Eckart Haupt (flute), Janos Balint (flute) & Gotz Teutsch (cello) / Budapest Strings [ Capriccio / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] The flute fantasies include Fernand de Borne's Carmen Fantasy and Albert Fanz Doppler and Karl Doppler's Fantasie et variations sur des motifs de l'opera Rigoletto. The trios are by Haydn, Hummel, Gyrowetz and Weber. This is a new package available... |