Since you are interested in Beriot: Violin Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 5, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.4 in A-minor, Op.23 / Violin Sonata No.10 in G-major, Op.96 / 12 Variations on 'se vuol ballare' Takako Nishizaki (violin) Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2002 ] "they are particularly good at bringing out the dry and delicate wit that abounds in the music" - Classic CD |
Eugene YSAYE
String Trio / sonata for Two Violins / Cello Sonata Henning Kraggerud (violin) Bard Monsen (violin) Lasrs Anders Tomter (viola) Ole-Eirik Ree (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] While Ysaÿe's Six Solo Violin Sonatas remain his best known works, the Belgian virtuoso also composed other pieces which translate his thorough knowledge of the violin's capabilities into thrilling music. |
JOHANN BAPTIST VANHAL
Vanhal: Violin Concertos in G major, B flat major, and G major Takako Nishizaki (Violin) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] "I can't imagine VaĆhal being anything other than overjoyed by the superb playing of Takako Nishizaki on this captivating and invigorating disc." (MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Violin Miniatures (Incls 'Humoresque' & 'salut d'amore') Takako Nishizaki (violin) Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "Guaranteed to bring back many happy memories of the past for those of us who still enjoy the Romantic Age of music" - Sunday Star (Malaysia) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Sonatas, K. 378, K. 376 and K. 296 Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Wolf Harden (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "Wolf Harden is an excellent pianist." - Penguin Guide |
PAUL FETLER
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Capriccio / 3 Poems by Walt Whitman Thomas H. Blaske (narrator) Aaron Berofsky (violin) / Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra / Arie Lipsky, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "The performers seem to be enjoying themselves immensely, and it's all quite agreeable, as is Naxos's sound." Classical Candor, December 2009 |
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante / Gran Concerto in F sharp minor / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Jose-Luis Garcia (violin) Emma Johnson (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 1 / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "At the heart of most of the music by Bottesini which I have heard, there is an essential simplicity, a kind of directness of feeling, a sense of social conversation, which while it may not make for music of great profundity certainly led Bottesini... |
PABLO SARASATE
Sarasate: Music for violin and piano Vol 2 (Incls Homenaje a Rossini) Tianwa Yang (violin) Markus Hadulla (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Dec/2007 ] "Sarasate's Concert Fantasies on operas by Rossini, Hérold , Verdi and Flotow may not be quite as imaginative as Liszt's, but they still offer many entertaining moments in these sparkling accounts." (BBC Music) |
LEOPOLD HOFMANN
Hofmann: Concertos Tim Hugh (cello) Lorraine McAslan (violin) / Northern Chamber Orchestra. Nicholas Ward, conductor [ Naxos 18th Century Concerto / CD - released 1/May/2004 ] Leopold Hofmann was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the most gifted and influential composers of his generation. Although a church musician by profession, Hofmann was also an important and prolific composer of instrumental music . |