MENDELSSOHN / LALO
Violin Concerto / Symphonie Espagnole (with Chausson: Poeme) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Paris Symphony Orchestra / Orchestre des Concerts Colonne [ Naxos Historic Great Violinists / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] |
BARTOK
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Violin Sonata No. 1 (recorded 1947 & 1953) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler, with Adolph Baller, piano [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] Yehudi Menuhin commissioned and gave the first performance of Bartók's Sonata for Solo Violin and was an influential advocate of his music. This 1947 recording of the First Violin Sonata finds Menuhin in particularly intense and vivid form, his... |
W.A. MOZART / BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 / Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 3) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 19/Jun/2006 ] "Furtwängler's commercial legacy wasn't huge so collectors will welcome this latest instalment with alacrity" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
ANTONIO SACCHINI
Sacchini: L'abbandono delle ricchezze di S. Filippo Neri ('Saint Philip Neri's Renunciation of All Worldly Wealth') Yeree Suh, Ketevan Chuntishvili, Markus Schäfer, Daniel Ochoa (soloists) Giovanni Michelini (harpsichord and organ) / Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] Antonio Sacchini's renowned melodic gifts and facility as a composer were developed amid the flourishing Neapolitan school of opera but, outgrowing the Italian tradition, he later found inspiration working in London and Paris. |
JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: Le Due Duchesse (complete opera) Young -Jun Ahn, Jaegyeong Jo, Eun-Hye Choi, Markus Scafer, Jorg Lindemann / Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 1/May/2020 ] As one of the leading operatic composers of his generation, Johann Simon Mayr nurtured a fascination with the chivalric stories of medieval England. Le due duchesse, an opera semiseria with buffa elements, is set during the reign of the 10th-century... |
BARBER
Barber conducts Barber - Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 / Cello Concerto, Op. 22 / Medea Orchestral Suite, Op. 23 Zara Nelsova (cello) / New Symphony Orchestra of London / Samuel Barber [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 2/Feb/2011 ] |
ERNEST BLOCH
Violin Concerto / Baal Shem / Suite hebraique Zina Schiff (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Jose Serebrier [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2007 ] "This disc has to be given a real thumbs-up, giving us as it does all Bloch's major works for violin and orchestra in thrilling performances and with demonstration sound quality. Don't hesitate." (recording of the Month MusicWeb Dec 2007) |