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) |
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 |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: 44 Violin Duos Angela & Jennifer Chun (violins) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "The Chuns' caring, committed, and stylistically perceptive Bartók playing deserves serious consideration." (9 / 9 ClassicsToday) |
Violins
Amoral [ Shock Records / CD - released 11/Oct/2010 ] |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold: Serenade / Sinfoniettas / Concerto for Two Violins San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Donald Barra, with Igor & Vesna Gruppman (violins) [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1992 ] "This 90s release is fine example of the late, lamented Koch International and Malcolm Arnold. For someone not familiar with Arnold's music, this long out-of-print CD is a fine introduction (especially the Serenade for Small Orchestra)" Thomas Martin |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Double Concerto Anne-Sophie Mutter, Salvatore Accardo (violins) / English Chamber orchestra, Salvatore Accardo [ Emi Classics / CD - released 23/Jan/1984 ] Recorded in 1983 |
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... |
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 |
SAINT-GEORGES / STILL / COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / CORDERO / KAY / WALKER / etc
Black Composer Series - The Complete Album Collection Miriam Fried, Jaime Laredo, Sanford Allen (violins) Faye Robinson, Doralene Davis (sopranos) Juilliard String Quartet, London Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 18/Jan/2019 ] "The sound is in general typical of Sony at this period in time, close set with good spatial definition. Some journey, this, and I'd heartily recommend it." Gramophone |
MAX RICHTER
Richter: The Blue Notebooks Max Richter (piano), with Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner (violins), Chris Worsey, Philip Sheppard (cellos), John Metcalfe (viola) with Tilda Swinton [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 8/Jun/2018 ] A 15th anniversary reissue of Max Richter's masterpiece The Blue Notebooks. Released in 2004, the album was written and recorded in 2003 in response to the US invasion of Iraq. It's become one of the most iconic pieces of classical and protest music... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2 Renaud Capuçon, Christoph Koncz (violins), Gérard Caussé, Marie Chilemme (violas) & Gautier Capuçon, Clemens Hagen (cellos) [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Jun/2017 ] "Best of all, the musicians find a near-ideal balance of urgency and patience - the hallmark of a great Brahms interpretation." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - June 2017 |
KALEVI AHO
Chamber Works [incls 'Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet'] Osmo Vänskä, clarinet, Sarah Kwak & Gina DiBello, violins, Thomas Turner, viola, Anthony Ross, cello, Susan Billmeyer, piano, Etc. [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] Renowned for his rich production in the field of orchestral music, Kalevi Aho is also a prolific composer for chamber forces. On this disc, three works spanning two decades have been combined. |
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... |
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) |
SPOHR
Concertantes No. 1 in A major, for two violins and orchestra, Ulf Hoelscher, Gunhild Hoelscher (violins) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Christian Frohlich [ CPO / CD - released 30/Oct/2004 ] "A refreshing alternative to the usual repertoire. Well performed and recorded!" (MusicWeb Aug 2004) |
DVORAK
Concertos: Cello, Violin & Piano Milos Sadlo (cello), Vaclav Hudecek, Josef Suk (violins), Ivan Moravec (piano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra [ Supraphon / 3 CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] This collection, intended for Dvorák devotees, also contains the lesser-known Cello Concerto in A major in orchestral instrumentation, originally composed with piano accompaniment. |
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) |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Solace Oliver Davis (Piano and Vocals), Kerenza Peacock, Jonathan Hill (Violins), Katherine Jenkinson, Nicholas Holland (Cellos) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] Recorded at the height of the international Covid lockdown, Oliver Davis's sixth album for Signum is a feat of both technological as well as artistic achievement. Following from draws together artists from across the globe for a selection of moving... |
J S BACH / VASKS
Distant Light Renaud Capuçon & Celine Frisch (violins) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe [ Erato / CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Renaud Capuçon's first recording as both soloist and conductor is also his first recording with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. He has chosen to juxtapose Bach's violin concertos in A minor and E major with a haunting concerto written more than 350... |
CHARLES AUGUSTE de BERIOT
Duos concertants / 6 Duos caracteristiques John Marcus, Christine Sohn (violins) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Complementing the release of Bériot's Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 8 & 9 (8.555104) and Nos. 2, 3 & 5 (8.570360), this disc presents his equally virtuosic Duos concertants for two violins whose disarming lyricism, cheerful vivacity and Classical... |