MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] "It is…good to welcome these new accounts to the market…the advantages of state-of-the-art recording techniques are immediately apparent in the immense gains in clarity and orchestral translucence." MusicWeb |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 / Serenade, Op. 75 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Nov/2004 ] "A warm welcome for Bruch's neglected Serenade and his compelling Fantasy" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Dec 2004 |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Konzertstuck / Romance, Op. 42 Maxim Fedotov (Violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] "Fedotov's playing takes no hostages; it is full-blooded in sound and passionately committed, at the same time clinically judged in clean intonation and phrasing, nevertheless the famous Adagio in the G minor concerto should bring a tear to the eye.... |
J. S. BACH
Cello Suites Nos. 1, 4 and 5 (arr. for viola) Maxim Rysanov (viola) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Rysanov eschews both puritan authenticity and inappropriate Romantic emoting. His phrasing pays due acknowledgement to the suites' dance roots." (BBC MUsic Five Stars) |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Maxim Rysanov plays Martinu Maxim Rysanov (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek, with Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/May/2015 ] Maxim Rysanov, one of today's leading viola players, explores Martinů's clear fascination with the viola on this disc, opening with the Rhapsody-Concerto from 1952. |
J. S. BACH
Suites for Solo Cello transcribed for the viola Maxim Rysanov, viola [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/Feb/2014 ] "Rysanov's playing has grown in depth of feeling, virtuosity and tone colour...Wit and springy rhythms mark his Courantes, Bourrées, Menuets and Gavottes; his Gigues are joyous apotheoses of the dance." (Sunday Times) |
PETERIS VASKS
Vasks: Viola Concerto & 'Voices' Maxim Rysanov (viola & conductor) / Sinfonietta Rīga [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] "The BIS recording is exceptionally good, offering some very striking music, in authoritative performances and excellently recorded." MusicWeb |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Chamber Works (Incls Viola Sonata by Glinka) Maxim Rysanov (viola), Evelyn Chang (piano) [ AVIE / CD - released 30/Sep/2007 ] "In this beautifully recorded recital Rysanov makes out an excellent case for taking up teh Franck A major sonata, his arrangement judiciously steering a middle course between the violin and cello versions, but gaining an extra degree of richness of... |
GIYA KANCHELI
Styx (with Tavener-The Myrrh-Bearer) Maxim Rysanov (viola) / Liepaja Symphony Orchestra / Chorus 'Kamere' / Men of the State Choir Latvija / Maris Sirmais [ Onyx / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "Rysanov yields little to Bashmet in terms of intensity of expression and the capacity to sustain an atmospheric melodic line." (BBC Music) |
SCHUBERT / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRUCH
Works for Viola & Orchestra Maxim Rysanov (viola) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Muhai Tang [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "Max Bruch's meltingly beautiful Romance makes for a serene envoi to this delectable disc...[Rysanov] makes [the Rococo's] viola transformation sound thoroughly idiomatic." (Daily Telegraph Five Stars) |
BRAHMS
Music for Viola Vol II Maxim Rysanov (viola) with Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) & Ashley Wass (piano), etc [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] Maxim Rysanov completes his survey of all Brahms's chamber works to feature the viola. |
BRAHMS
Music for Viola (2 CD set) Maxim Rysanov (viola) with Katya Apekisheva & Jacob Katsnelson (pianos) [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Jan/2009 ] "Strong-handedness and humour win over understatement, but nostalgia remains." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (January 2009) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Complete Recordings 1991-2007 (19CD + DVD) Maxim Vengerov (violin) [ Warner Classics / 20 CD/DVD Box Set - released 12/Jun/2014 ] This comprehensive collection - with Rostropovich, Abbado, Barenboim and Pappano among his partners - documents Vengerov's achievements over the first decade-and-a-half of his international career. |
JEAN SIBELIUS / CARL NIELSEN
Sibelius & Nielson: Violin Concertos Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Teldec Warner Apex / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "This Tchaikovsky reading immediately established itself as a big performance, both in the daring manner and in the range of dynamic of the playing." (Penguin Guide) |
QIGANG CHEN / FRITZ KREISLER / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Gateways Maxim Vengerov (violin) Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "Long Yu [is] a superpower of China's burgeoning music world" - Washington Post The second Deutsche Grammophon release "Gateways" by the newly signed Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Long Yu features Chinese and Russian works. |
AVSHALOMOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (recorded 2017) Maxim Vengerov (violin) Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu [ Accentus DVD / DVD - released 25/Jan/2020 ] "With first desk players of exceptional ability, the orchestra plays with exemplary polish and a fine sense of ensemble under their conductor Long Yu…Vengerov brings lustrous singing tone to Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto" BBC Music |
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Paris National Opera / Aida Garifullina, Yuriy Mynenko, Martina Serafin, Maxim Paster / Dmitri Tcherniakov (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/May/2021 ] "Tatarnikov is sensitive to the score's brilliant colours and vividly imagined textures, drawing on the fine playing of the Paris Opera Orchestra and the enthusiastic engagement - both vocal and dramatic - of the chorus." BBC Music Five Stars |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
100 Best Beethoven (6 CD set) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Emil Gilels (piano), Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), and others [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2019 ] Sit back, relax and take a wild Beethoven journey. Some of the world's most popular music are here performed by some of the finest artists from the Warner and Erato catalogue. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Concertos Riccardo Minasi (violin & direction), Johannes Hinterholzer (horn) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord, conductor) [ Warner / Erato Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] The period-instrument orchestra Il Pomo d'Oro, founded in 2012, has rapidly built a substantial international reputation. It now boasts two chief conductors: Riccardo Minasi, the Italian violinist and musicologist, and Maxim Emelyanychev, the young... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Phaedra, Op. 93 / A Charm of Lullabies / Lachrymae / Two Portraits / Sinfonietta, Op. 1 Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) / Maxim Rysanov (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ] "Gardner's sensitivity to the bittersweet Thirties idiom of the first portrait and the elegiac eloquence of viola soloist Maxim Rysanov in the second combine to highly atmospheric effect. Imaginative programme, highly recommended." Editor's Choice... |