Browse: Instrumental, Violin Solos, Bartók (composer)

Zimmermann has fully absorbed the slightly eclectic style of [the First Concerto] and produces a performance of conviction, not to mention dazzling virtuosity. Hrůša accompanies with understanding... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Israeli violinist Nurit Stark brings together works by four composers of the same pedagogical lineage. Her violin tone is pure, but never pale, admirably capturing the otherworldly eeriness of... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

As a duo they're breathtaking, with Tetzlaff soaring sweetly over Bartok's gritty piano part in the Sonata No. 1, with his soft-grained sound and almost breathy phrasing bringing a vocal quality... — Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 16th September 2004 More…

Saluste-Bridoux’s bracingly insightful playing on her debut disc encompasses a dazzling stylistic range…she creates the uncanny impression of there being more than one player at work, colouring... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Best of all is Bartók’s Rhapsody No. 1, robust and earthy. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Vilde Frang's micro-sensitive responses to dynamic, articulation and phrasing...prove a revelation in the heady opulence of the Strauss, which has never sounded so urgently seductive or expressively... — Classic FM Magazine, May 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…