Baiba Skride
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Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District
RecommendedYuja Wang (piano), Baiba Skride (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir, Andris Nelsons
It truly is a monumental collection that shows both Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the height of their capabilities...If forced to choose I would say that the second movement of... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th March 2025
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Tchaikovsky: Souvenir Russe
RecommendedBaiba Skride (violin)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Baiba Skride is arguable the most exciting violin talent to have emerged since Elisabeth Batiashvilli a few years back… she weaves her way through the Tchaikovsky as though she is unfolding... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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... —
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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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Sofia Gubaidulina - Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Bayan & Rejoice! for Violin and Cello
Baiba Skride (violin), Harriet Krijgh (cello), Elsbeth Moser (bayan), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Andrew Manze
Those who want the Triple Concerto cannot go wrong with this Orfeo album, Andrew Manze securing a fearless response from the NDR Radiophilharmonie to make one hope he will tackle other contemporary... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Szymanowski: Violin Concertos 1 and 2 & Myths Op. 30
Baiba Skride (violin), Lauma Skride (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
The First Concerto's opening here is vigorous and cleanly etched, with detailed recording...Skride's performance...is full of tonal variety, and fearless in the often vertiginous tessitura.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Schumann: Violin Concertos & Phantasie
Baiba Skride (violin)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, John Storgårds
[the Concerto] has a slow movement of otherworldly beauty… Baiba Skride negotiates it admirably… her silky pianissimo playing in the Violin Concerto is a decided asset. It’s a valuable and enterprising... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Editor's Choice
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Grieg’s Second Sonata sounds gorgeously, openly melancholic. —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Chamber Choice
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Skride’s championship of a fellow Latvian [Eduard Erdmann] is welcome, but she is unpartisan and brings the same affection and sense of authority to his music as the rest of the programme. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Skride delivers beautifully nuanced accounts of these works. Her sweet-toned performances of the first two concertos balance grace, elegance and wit in the outer movements with seductively expressive... —
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…Baiba Skride… is… indeed a magnificent player, with a bold style that puts strong expression foremost, yet without any compromise in tonal quality or accuracy. —
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