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Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19
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Sibelius & Prokofiev: Violin Concertos
RecommendedJanine Jansen (violin)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä
So impressive. Janine Jansen essentially strips these pieces of all the years of what one might call ‘performance adornment’ and takes them back to their elemental roots. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th June 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winners 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Concertos
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Prokofiev: Complete Works for Violin
RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin), with Amy Schwartz Moretti (violin), with Andrew Armstrong (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda
I have not heard such a beautiful performance of the First Violin Concerto since Itzhak Perlman's 1982 EMI recording, and Ehnes enjoys the advantage of a more natural balance with the orchestra...Ehnes... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, January 2023, Recommended Recording - Violin Concerto No. 2
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Hilary Hahn - Paris
RecommendedChausson, Rautavaara, Prokofiev
Hilary Hahn (violin), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Hahn praises the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France as one where ‘emotion is embraced rather than exaggerated’, and the disc is an embodiment of this crucial virtue...She admits [the Prokofiev... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Prokofiev & Shostakovich Violin Concertos No. 1
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Concerto
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New. Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Vioin Concertos
Daniel Matejča (violin), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tomáš Netopil
the playing here is fabulous, with some sparky, colourful backing from Tomáš Netopil’s on-form Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Matejča’s Prokofiev is swifter than Vengerov’s, the scherzo zipping... — More…
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Visions of Prokofiev
RecommendedLisa Batiashvili (violin)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Nézet-Séguin cues a fine-spun accompaniment at the start and close of No. 1. Whereas he, the COR and Batiashvili collude for a carping attack at the centre of the Scherzo…She perfectly captures... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Concert Recording (20th/21st-century music)
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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New. The Mono Era on HMV & Columbia Graphophone - 1926-1959
Sir Thomas Beecham, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
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As Julia Fischer explains in the booklet-notes to this, her first CD, she has an abiding love of the Khachaturian Concerto, a work she found impossible to sell to concert-promoters. The freshness... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2005, Editor's Choice
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Great Violinists - Joseph Szigeti
RecommendedJoseph Szigeti (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris, Thomas Beecham, Constant Lambert, Charles Munch
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Symphony No. 3
Vadim Repin (violin), Simon Callow (narrator)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev
[Violin Concerto] Repin has a superb sense of line and a wonderful cantabile. Tensile and lyrical, his playing is mesmeric. The LPO are also on form, the Scherzo stunning in every respect. A... — More…
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