Massenet - Meditation (from Thaïs)
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Concertos » Violin Concertos
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Orchestral players will travel long distances to make music with [Wilson] and this recording shows why…It’s far from being all noise, the woodwind in particular being exquisitely agile…All the... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Here’s an archetypal recital programme which every emerging violin virtuoso would dream of recording, though few recent contenders have done so with such unerring assurance and mastery as Johan... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Chamber Choice
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Special offer. Tortelier's French Bonbons
Peter Dixon (cello), Yuri Torchinsky (violin)
BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Yan Pascal Tortelier
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Special offer. Neeme Järvi conducts Massenet
Truls Mørk (cello)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi
Of the three more substantial items, the two most familiar [Le Cid and the Scenes pittoresques]...are played by Neeme Jarvi and his Swiss orchestra with infectious panache and finesse. — More…
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2001, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Great Violinists - Albert Sammons
RecommendedAlbert Sammons (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Hamilton Harty
Awards:
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Nicola Benedetti - Fantasie
Nicola Benedetti (violin), Alexei Grynyuk (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, Andrew Litton, Daniel Harding
The Lark Ascending is beautifully played, with pure, unforced tone, and in the unmeasured passages Benedetti imaginatively suggests the bird's unfettered, unpredictable flight. By contrast,... — More…
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Fantasies, Rhapsodies and Daydreams
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
This recital is something of a triumph for violinist Arabella Steinbacher. [Waxman’s Carmen Fantasy] is finger-cripplingly difficult, and…Steinbacher makes it sound like a neat-masterpiece…saving... — More…
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Capuçon sheds fresh light on popular classics, and performers newer pieces by Sollima and Ducros with virtuosity and lyricism. — More…
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Popper’s Elfentanz zips by in a hummingbird whirr of iridescent colour and needlepoint precision: spectacular playing by any standards. And Nadia Boulanger would surely have enjoyed the neoclassical... — More…
