MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Virtuoso violin works

Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (February 2005)

"Sweetness and lightning as Vengerov mixes bonbons and more filling fare. (2005) sees the 10th anniversary of Vengerov's triumph at the Gramophone Awards when, aged only 21, he took the Concerto Award as well as Disc of the Year for concertos by Prokofiev and Shostakovich. And his virtuosity is as acute as ever in this frothy collection of encores. Ian Brown, for years a stalwart Nash Ensemble member, accompanies superbly."
(Gramophone)

Recorded 17-19 September 2004 at Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studio, London

Maxim Vengerov pays homage to the great violinists of the past - Sarasate, Paganini and Kreisler - with this new
recording of virtuoso violin encore pieces

These highly commercial pieces test the outer limits of what it is possible to do with the violin and Maxim
Vengerov, with his dazzling showmanship and lyrical musicianship, is equal to the challenge

The violin is the virtuoso instrument par excellence and in this repertoire Maxim Vengerov is second to none on
the world stage