More By Artist: Violins
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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... |
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: Piano Concertos BWV 1052, 1054, 1056, 1058 & 1065 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Les Violins du Roy, Bernard Labadie [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "..played with stylish, spontaneous-sounding elaboration of lines and sparing use of the sustaining pedal...Yet it all works remarkably well...this is a thoroughly enjoyable 'piano' version of these glorious Concertos." (BBC Music) |
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) |
J.S. BACH / BRAHMS / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Bach/Brahms/Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos David Oistrakh, Igor Oistrakh (violins) / Wiener Symphoniker / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Staatskapelle Dresden [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] "strong, warm performances which bring out both the sweetness and purity of Oistrakh's playing" (Gramophone) |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Six String Sonatas Elizabeth Wallfisch, Marshall Marcus (violins) Richard Tunnicliffe (cello) Chi-Chi Nwanoku (double bass) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 17/Sep/2005 ] 'These wonderful works are best heard in their original quartet version' (Gramophone) |
LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: Violin Duets Vol 1 Jameson Cooper, James Dickenson (violins) [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Jul/2018 ] "Jameson Cooper and James Dickenson combine on a new recording on the Naxos label, their playing dexterous, witty and nicely judged, the two instruments frequently required to swap roles in a delightfully playful interchange." The Observer |
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... |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold - Concertos Michael Collins (clarinet) Richard Watkins (horn) Kenneth Sillito, Lyn Fletcher (violins) / London Musici, Mark Stephenson [ Conifer / CD - released 20/May/1990 ] "One of the most prolific British composers of the 20th century, Sir Malcolm Arnold remains best known for his phenomenal success in film and light music, as well as Concertos and Symphonies. |
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 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (with Mark-Anthony Turnage: "Shadow Walker" Concerto) Vadim Repin, Daniel Hope (violins) / Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] "Vadim Repin and Daniel Hope are, not surprisingly, ideally fluent, and the excellent Turkish players recreate Turnage's enigmatic soundworld with aplomb." BBC Music |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Play Gershwin Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli (violins) [ EMI / CD - released 12/Nov/1988 ] 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... |
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) |
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 |
HENRI DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux: Centenary Edition Mstislav Rostropovich, Truls Mørk (cellos), Renaud Capuçon, Christian Tetzlaff (violins), Dawn Upshaw, Renee Fleming (sops), Jérôme Ducros (piano), et [ Erato / Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2019 ] "The performances here are uniformly excellent, while some must be taken as definitive - not in the sense of saying the last word…rather in indicating directions of travel." BBC Music Five Stars |
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... |
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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. |
BERIO / DENISOV
Violin duos Alexandr Bulov and Ilya Gringolts (violins) [ BIS / CD - released 24/Feb/2001 ] Two contemporary works for violin duo |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76, Nos 4 - 6 Alina Ibragimova & Pablo Hernán Benedí (violins), Emilie Hörnlund, (viola), Claire Thirion, (cello) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] The Chiaroscuros complete Haydn's last full set of quartets. |
W. A. MOZART
Style Galant: Concertone Amandine Beyer & David Plantier (violins) / Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini (violin & direction) [ Zig-Zag Territories / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini (violin & direction) |
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 |
MARTINU / SHOSTAKOVICH / MILHAUD / YUN
Fantasy Angela & Jennifer Chun (violins) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Gifted violinists with elegant style, their unique approach to Bach double concerto was memorable." (Washington Post) |
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... |
J. S. BACH
Violin Concertos Catharine Mackintosh, Elizabeth Wallfisch (violins) / Paul Goodwin (oboe) / The Kings Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'Inspired performances combining a satisfying historical approach with interpretations that explore the music's emotional depth' (American Record Guide) |
ADRIAN JONES / DANIEL REID
Nybyggnan Daniel Reid (soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones), Jeanette Eriksson & Sérgio Crisóstomo (violins), Adrian Jones (viola), Anna Wallgren (cello) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] Nybyggnan is a folk music saxophone concerto in chamber music format. Its title, meaning 'new building', is a nod to other tunes in Swedish traditional music associated with buildings and construction work. |
David Owen Norris, square pianos, with Sonnerie: Monica Huggett, Emilia Benjamin - violins; Joseph Crouch, cello
The World's First Piano Concertos (Bach, Abel. Hayes, Hook, etc) [ Avie / CD - released 1/May/2003 ] Performed on the tiny square piano that dominated the European keyboard market for about 15 years in the late 18th century. |
NICOLAI PAGANINI
Paganini: Music for Violin & Strings Gabriele Pieranunzi (solo violin), with Salvatore Lombardo, Loana Stratulat (violins), Luca Improta (viola) & chamber ensemble [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Paganini was the first great 'star' of instrumental music, the precursor of the rock stars of today, able to induce collective hysteria as well as to dictate fashion and to influence the behaviour of entire generations. He did this by transforming... |
ROMANTIC VIOLIN
Romantic Violin (violin pieces by Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Bruch, etc) Gil Sharon, Bohuslav Matousek, Emmy Verhey, Ilya Grubert (violins) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/May/2008 ] Gil Sharon lives in the Netherlands, where he is concertmaster of the Limburg Symphony Orchestra. In 1971 he won first prize in the "Internatyional Emily Anderson Violin Competition" in London. As a result of this he was invited for solistic... |
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BACH / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / MENDELSSOHN / SIBELIUS / etc
Violin Concertos [special priced boxed set] Giuliano Carmignola, Ilya Grubert, Leonid Kogan, David Oistrakh, Dimitry Sitkovetsky (violins) [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2010 ] A delightful collection of Violin concertos, featuring some rarer works amongst the well known. |
WILLIAMS / MORRICONE / BONFA / PREVIN / BERNSTEIN / LEGRAND / etc
John Williams Conductor Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell (violins) Yo Yo Ma (cello) / Pittsburg Symphjony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, John Williams [ Sony Classics / 20 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2018 ] In 1980, composer John Williams became one of the most visible conductors on the planet after being named Music Director of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Since then he has lead hundreds of high-profile concerts with the Pops and with many other leading... |
SIBELIUS
Piano Quintets and Melodramas Jaakko Kuusisto, Laura Vikman (violins) Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola) Joel Laakso (cello) Folke Grasbeck (piano) Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano ) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] Apart from Voces intimae, his final string quartet, the chamber music of Jean Sibelius has been rather over-shadowed by the orchestral masterpieces. |
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) |
LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: Violin Duets 2 Jameson Cooper, James Dickenson (violins) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Dec/2019 ] Louis Spohr's reputation as one of Germany's leading violinists was at its height when he composed his 'Duets for Two Violins, Op. 39', and while it appears his intention was to finance an Italian concert tour with marketable duets, the publishers... |
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... |
ASSANDRA / CACCINI / LEONARDA / STROZZI
Il Canto delle Dame María Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Amandine Beyer, Alba Roca (violins), Sylvie Moquet (viole de gambe), Mara Galassi (harp) & Jean-Marc Aymes (harpsichor [ Ambronay Editions / CD - released 25/Aug/2010 ] The genesis of Concerto Soave is closely bound up with the music of 17th -century Italian composers. Thus the ensemble was the first, some 15 years ago, to devote a recording to the Sacri Musicali Affetti of Barbara Strozzi (for empreinte digitale).... |
LOCATELLI
Sonatas, Op 8 The Locatelli trio with Elizabeth Wallfisch & Rachel Isserlis (violins) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 23/Jan/2006 ] "The performances are altogether admirable; no one who admires good violin playing will want to miss Elizabeth Wallfisch's crisp, rhythmic playing, her precise articulation or her impeccable intonation or indeed her general command of the style and... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Frost & Friends: Encores Martin Frost (clarinet) with Roland Pöntinen (piano) Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano) Torleif Thedeen (cello) Christian Svarfvar, Asa Thedeen (violins) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Obviously a must for clarinettists; but other performers, and listeners too, will enjoy this demonstration of what can be achieved with impeccable technique, a fertile imagination and a light touch." (BBC Music) |
PROKOFIEV / PIAZZOLLA
Sonata for 2 violins in C, Op.56, Sonata for solo violin in D, Op.115 / 6 Tango Etudes Maya Levy & Hrachya Avanesyan (violins) [ Rubicon / CD - released 20/Aug/2021 ] With their concerts celebrating the anniversaries of Piazzolla and Prokofiev in 2021 cancelled due to Covid, violinists Maya Levy and Hrachya Avenesyan decided to put their time in Lockdown to good use by recording a programme of works by both... |
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. |
