BERIO / DENISOV
Violin duos Alexandr Bulov and Ilya Gringolts (violins) [ BIS / CD - released 24/Feb/2001 ] Two contemporary works for violin duo |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76, Nos 4 - 6 Alina Ibragimova & Pablo Hernán Benedí (violins), Emilie Hörnlund, (viola), Claire Thirion, (cello) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] The Chiaroscuros complete Haydn's last full set of quartets. |
W. A. MOZART
Style Galant: Concertone Amandine Beyer & David Plantier (violins) / Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini (violin & direction) [ Zig-Zag Territories / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini (violin & direction) |
BARTOK
44 Duos for two violins Andras Kiss, Ferenc Balogh (violins) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] 'Molto del merito della riuscita del CD va ai bravissimi Andras Kiss e Ferenc Balogh' (Musica) |
ALBINONI / BACH / BRUCH / TCHAIKOVSKY / MOZART / RODRIGO / etc
Classical Collection [10 CD set] Andrew Marriner (clarinet) Gordon Hunt, Sidney Sutcliffe (oboes) Angel Romero (guitar) David Nolan, Kenneth Sillito (violins) Angela Brownridge (piano [ EMI National Gallery Collection / 10 CD Box Set - released 15/Jan/2016 ] Produced by EMI Classics in partnership with the prestigious National Gallery in London, The National Gallery Collection is a budget-price catalogue series bringing together the very best in fine art and classical music. The collection features a... |
BARTOK
44 Duos for Two Violins (with music by Ligeti and Kurtag) Andras Keller, Janos Pilz (violins) [ ECM Records / CD - released 26/May/2002 ] "These performances are exemplary, hitting exactly the right tome of folk-like melancholy or exuberance (and sometimes both)." ***** Five Stars (BBC Music Magazine) June 2002 |
MARTINU / SHOSTAKOVICH / MILHAUD / YUN
Fantasy Angela & Jennifer Chun (violins) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Gifted violinists with elegant style, their unique approach to Bach double concerto was memorable." (Washington Post) |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Solo Violin Sonata Duos Gyorgy Pauk, Kazuki Sawa (violins) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2009 ] Pauk and Sawa make for an admirable partnership and Naxos's recordings are entirely satisfactory... I've often said that when it comes to recommending a CD on musical grounds, price is irrelevant. That claim still stands, although I'm happy to... |
J. S. BACH
Violin Concertos Catharine Mackintosh, Elizabeth Wallfisch (violins) / Paul Goodwin (oboe) / The Kings Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'Inspired performances combining a satisfying historical approach with interpretations that explore the music's emotional depth' (American Record Guide) |
ADRIAN JONES / DANIEL REID
Nybyggnan Daniel Reid (soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones), Jeanette Eriksson & Sérgio Crisóstomo (violins), Adrian Jones (viola), Anna Wallgren (cello) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] Nybyggnan is a folk music saxophone concerto in chamber music format. Its title, meaning 'new building', is a nod to other tunes in Swedish traditional music associated with buildings and construction work. |
David Owen Norris, square pianos, with Sonnerie: Monica Huggett, Emilia Benjamin - violins; Joseph Crouch, cello
The World's First Piano Concertos (Bach, Abel. Hayes, Hook, etc) [ Avie / CD - released 1/May/2003 ] Performed on the tiny square piano that dominated the European keyboard market for about 15 years in the late 18th century. |
NICOLAI PAGANINI
Paganini: Music for Violin & Strings Gabriele Pieranunzi (solo violin), with Salvatore Lombardo, Loana Stratulat (violins), Luca Improta (viola) & chamber ensemble [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Paganini was the first great 'star' of instrumental music, the precursor of the rock stars of today, able to induce collective hysteria as well as to dictate fashion and to influence the behaviour of entire generations. He did this by transforming... |
ROMANTIC VIOLIN
Romantic Violin (violin pieces by Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Bruch, etc) Gil Sharon, Bohuslav Matousek, Emmy Verhey, Ilya Grubert (violins) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/May/2008 ] Gil Sharon lives in the Netherlands, where he is concertmaster of the Limburg Symphony Orchestra. In 1971 he won first prize in the "Internatyional Emily Anderson Violin Competition" in London. As a result of this he was invited for solistic... |
BACH / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / MENDELSSOHN / SIBELIUS / etc
Violin Concertos [special priced boxed set] Giuliano Carmignola, Ilya Grubert, Leonid Kogan, David Oistrakh, Dimitry Sitkovetsky (violins) [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2010 ] A delightful collection of Violin concertos, featuring some rarer works amongst the well known. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Concertos for Two Violins Giuliano Carmignola, Viktoria Mullova (violins) / Venice Baroque Orchestra / Andrea Marcon [ DG Archiv / CD - released 10/Dec/2008 ] "Mullova and Carmignola provide one of the most consummate displays of period instrument playing that I have heard. True masters of their instruments." (MusicWeb Feb 2009) |
NICCOLO PAGANINI
The Best of Paganini (Incls Violin Concerto No.1 in D, Op.6 & Moto perpetuo, Op.11) Henryk Szeryng, Ivry Gitlis, Arthur Grumiaux (violins) / Orchestre National de l'Opara de Monte-Carlo / Warsaw National Philharmonic / etc [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 11/Jun/2006 ] Classic recordings from the Philips catalogue |
WILLIAMS / MORRICONE / BONFA / PREVIN / BERNSTEIN / LEGRAND / etc
John Williams Conductor Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell (violins) Yo Yo Ma (cello) / Pittsburg Symphjony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, John Williams [ Sony Classics / 20 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2018 ] In 1980, composer John Williams became one of the most visible conductors on the planet after being named Music Director of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Since then he has lead hundreds of high-profile concerts with the Pops and with many other leading... |
SIBELIUS
Piano Quintets and Melodramas Jaakko Kuusisto, Laura Vikman (violins) Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola) Joel Laakso (cello) Folke Grasbeck (piano) Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano ) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] Apart from Voces intimae, his final string quartet, the chamber music of Jean Sibelius has been rather over-shadowed by the orchestral masterpieces. |
SIBELIUS
Complete works for Violin & Piano Jaakko Kuusisto, Nils-Erik Sparf, Madoka Sato (violins) with Bengt Forsberg, Folke Grasbeck (pianos) [ BIS Complete Sibelius Edition / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2008 ] 'The soloists, violinist Kuusisto and pianist Gräsbeck, display consummate expertise as partners as well as in their individual expressions' (Classics Today.com) |
LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: Violin Duets 2 Jameson Cooper, James Dickenson (violins) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Dec/2019 ] Louis Spohr's reputation as one of Germany's leading violinists was at its height when he composed his 'Duets for Two Violins, Op. 39', and while it appears his intention was to finance an Italian concert tour with marketable duets, the publishers... |