KIRCHNER / KILLMAYER / HARRISON / LEES / DENNY / ROSEN / etc
Fromm Music Foundation - Twentieth Century Composer Series Nathan Rubin, Ludwig Shapero (violins) George Neikrug (cello) Leon Kirchner (piano) / The New York Concert Choir & Orchestra, Juilliard String Quartet [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2020 ] From January 1957 to March 1962 Columbia Masterworks in collaboration with the Fromm Music Foundation released a series of 9 highly acclaimed LPs in the Twentieth Century Composer Series with music by, then, contemporary composers. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Suites & Concertos Osian Ellis (harp), Desmond Dupre (lute), Carl Pini, Neville Marriner (violins) / Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis, Granville Jones [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Oct/2018 ] The works on this collection are drawn from two of the very first stereo LPs released by the L'Oiseau-Lyre sub-label of Decca. 'Music of Handel' was a 1958 album containing arias (recently reissued by Eloquence 482 4759) and this instrumental suite... |
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. |
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ von BIBER
The Rosary Sonatas Pavlo Beznosiuk (violins) David Roblou (harpsichord/organ) Paula Chateauneuf (Theorbo) Richard Tunnicliffe (viola da Gamba) & Timothy West (reader) [ Avie / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] |
MANZOLI / PROKOFIEV / YSAYE
Works for 2 Violins PimaDuo: Matteo and Maddalena Pippa (violins) [ Dynamic / CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] The sound of a violin duo is very special: two instruments with the same timbre but with distinct, sometimes contrasting but always perfectly attuned. Performing as PimaDuo, siblings Matteo and Maddalena Pippa bring to life a programme of rarely... |
GERSHWIN / KERN / PORTER / ROGERS & HART / GADE / etc
Play... Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli (violins) [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2004 ] Today it does not look in the least absurd, but in the early 1970s it seemed strange to match a self-taught, somewhat unorthodox jazz violinist who came to prominence with the guitarist Django Reinhardt and the Quintette du Hot Club de France with a... |
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... |
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 |
AITCHISON / CROFT / MCCABE / MATTHEWS / MOERAN / RAWSTHORNE
English Violin Duos Retorica (Philippa Mo & Harriet Mackenzie, violins) [ NMC / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] |
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA
In the Mirror (Chamber music) (incl. Der Seiltanzer with Gidon Kremer) Rieko Aizawa (piano) Kai Vogler and Mira Wang (violins) Gidon Kremer (violin) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] "In this excellent performance, its a very enjoyable, exhilarating experience in its own right." (BBC Music Magazine) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ultimate Violin Classics: Includes Violin Concerto in E minor [Mendelssohn] the Kreutzer & Spring sonatas [Beethoven] & Songs my mother taught me Ruggiero Ricci, Henryk Szeryng, David Oistrakh, Arthur Grumiaux (violins) [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD - released 22/May/2007 ] 5 CDs in presentation slip case at SUPER-BUDGET price. Great value gift purchase. |
STEVE REICH
Octet / Music For A Large Ensemble / Violin Phase Shem Guibbory, Robert Chausow : violins and Ensemble [ ECM Records / CD - released 2/May/2001 ] Recorded February & March 1980 |
J.S. BACH
The Violin Concertos Simon Standage, Micaela Comberti, Miles Golding (violins) / Collegium Musicum 90 / Simon Standage [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1996 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "A notable virtue of Aimon Standage's recording lies in its chamber music approach, which allows us to listen to performances of unusual intimacy." (NA 1001 Classical) |
HUMFREY / COOKE / BLOW
Music from the Chapel Royal: The King's Musick The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (with Walter Reiter, Miles Golding, violins & David Miller, theorbo) [ Coro / CD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] It was largely through the efforts of ‘Captain’ Henry Cooke (c.1615-1672) that the choir of the Chapel Royal was successfully restored at the Restoration in 1660. |
BARTOK
The Three Piano Concertos / The Two Violin Concertos / Two Portraits Pascal Roge (piano) Kyung Wha Chung, Iona Brown, Chantal Juillet (violins) / Chicago Symphony / Philharmonia Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "Iona Brown gives a clean-cut and stylish performance, superbly recorded" Penguin Guide |
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) |
IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL
Symphonies Concertantes / Violin Concerto in D Major Victoria Chiang, Isabella Lippi, David Perry (violins) / Baltimore Chamber Orchestra / Markand Thakar [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] Pleyel's symphonies concertantes are characteristic expressions of his idiosyncratic style. They are expansive, leisurely-paced works, texturally transparent in their solo sections and rich in melodic invention. |
Violins
Amoral [ Shock Records / CD - released 11/Oct/2010 ] |
Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli (violins), Instrumental Ensemble, Max Harris
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strictly For The Birds [ EMI Classics For Pleasure / CD - released 17/Dec/1980 ] Original recording made at Abbey Road Studios, London, November 1979 |