Browse: Britten - Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15
Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913–76)Genres:
Concertos » Violin Concertos
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Offer, Britten: Violin Concerto, Chamber Works RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Boris Faust (viola), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hrůša
In the Concerto, Faust digs deep and her tone has a visceral immediacy that goes straight to the heart of the music. She is unafraid and unflinching, and vividly unleashes the passion in these... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th April 2024
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Baiba Skride plays Benjamin Britten Violin Concerto & Double Concerto
Baiba Skride (violin), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
The subtlety of her phrasing and range of her tonal palette reveal Skride as a Romantic player of real stature, and in the Prokofiev-like scherzo she’s not afraid to dig in and make less beautiful... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2024, Concerto Choice
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Britten & Korngold: Violin Concertos
RecommendedVilde Frang (violin)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony, James Gaffigan
Frang has a beautiful tone and superb intonation, and in both concertos applies a satisfying range of colour - there's much to enjoy, technically speaking. The spiky, lonely atmosphere of the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2016, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Concerto
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Britten: Violin Concerto & Piano Concerto RecommendedTasmin Little (violin), Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner
Shelley and Edward Gardner create something more mercurial [than Britten's own reading], Gardner conjuring that lithe, high-tension drama he has so successfully achieved with Britten's stage... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also recommended
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In his booklet note, violinist Augustin Hadelich highlights the Britten...Yet, perhaps precisely by not identifying so closely to the Prokofiev, Hadelich actually shows greater respect for that... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Weinberg & Britten: Violin Concertos
Linus Roth (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mihkel Kütson
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Editor's Choice
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Britten: Violin Concerto & Double Concerto RecommendedAnthony Marwood (violin), Anthony Marwood (violin) & Lawrence Power (viola), Lawrence Power (viola)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
Aided by the alert Ilan Volkov, Anthony Marwood and Lawrence Power form a persuasive partnership...we are left in no doubt about the levels of searing commitment behind Marwood's performance.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th January 2012
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Britten & Shostakovich: Violin Concertos James Ehnes (violin)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
Karabits and Ehnes share a powerful idea of [the Britten's] narrative, and each scene is vividly realised...Karabits draws searing clarity, balance and detail from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra...his... — More…
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Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15, etc.
RecommendedMaxim Vengerov (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropivich
When artists of the stature of Vengerov and Rostropovich tackle English music it's often a revelation, and here's some of the most ravishing string-playing ever heard in either of these masterpieces.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2003, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Britten & Hindemith: Violin Concertos
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski
Steinbacher’s lithe playing, alive to both concertos’ volatilities, is matched by orchestral playing of depth and heart. — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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