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Saint-Saëns - Havanaise, Op. 83
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Dueñas’s performance favours the Concerto’s abundant lyrical qualities. In the magical Larghetto she combines unaffected simplicity with rich sentiment while her account of the ‘Rondo’ is certainly... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Young Talent of the Year
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Camille Saint-Saens: Complete Concertos (new Talents Edition #1)
Leia Zhu (violin), Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Howard Griffiths
This is quite a debut...Requiring exceptional virtuosity allied to clean musical textures and utmost refinement, Saint-Saëns’s works for violin and orchestra are a test for any performer, but... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Concerto Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Young Talent of the Year
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Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
RecommendedKyung Wha Chung (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
It's enough to make you weep – Saint-Saëns wrote his first tune at the age of three, analysed Mozart's Don Giovanni from the full score when he was five, and at 10 claimed he could play all... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. 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... —
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Le Boeuf sur le toit
French works for violin and orchestra
Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2002, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1
Michael Rabin (violin) & Lothar Broddack (piano)
RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Thomas Schippers
…a technical wizard and an artist in total command of his instrument, someone who would surely have developed an extra musical dimension had he been granted another 30 or so years to do so. —
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Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1
and works by Chausson, Massenet & Saint-Saëns
Nicola Benedetti (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
Benedetti shows a real individuality and maturity. It's an interesting programme well suited to her excellent technique and tone, which she intuitively adapts to suit each of the works...Best... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2005, Editor's Choice
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Saint-Saëns - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 3
Kyung Wha Chung (violin)
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal & London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit & Lawrence Foster
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Saint-Saëns: Works for Violin and Orchestra
Tianwa Yang (violin), Gabriel Schwabe (cello)
Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot
Yang is a remarkable player with a scintillating technique, interpretative sensitivity and soaring tonal purity…[her] intuitive way with the Hispanic style is evident immediately from her elegantly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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