Browse: Concertos, Violin Concertos, Takemitsu (composer)

In everything from the Goldbergs to Takemitsu – taking in the Diabellis along the way – he illuminates music I should know better. The lucidity of his thought, translated to the keyboard with... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2020 More…

[Nostalghia] forms the memorable conclusion to this impressive new disc from the Scottish Ensemble. The more poignant for its restraint, this miniature concerto for violin and strings requires... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2016 More…

this release, celebrating [Hope's] mentor's 100th anniversary, is nothing if not authentic. All the repertoire has a connection to Menuhin, embracing everything from Baroque to contemporary classical... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2016 More…

A bejewelled performance of Andriessen's haunting Miroir de Peine is framed by hypnotic Takemitsu (Nostalghia) and a majestic but underpowered Tchaikovsky Serenade. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is the first recording of … Tan Dun's Pipa Concerto, and it's an absolute knockout. With strong, vigorous direction from Yuri Bashmet and some wonderfully extrovert playing from both the... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 More…

Full marks to Nimbus for variety. The danger is that three such different composers, combined in a way you'd never expect in a concert, will cancel each other out. Fortunately, the performances... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…