CD, Vieuxtemps (composer)
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Overall, what leaps out is the sheer quality, consistency and stylishness of Janine Jansen’s playing. She conjures up the mood of each piece with seemingly effortless and flawless technique...Pappano... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th September 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 12 - Vieuxtemps
Chloë Hanslip (violin)
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins
At 40 minutes, the First Concerto has its longeurs...But it's beautifully shaped by Martyn Brabbins, with a warm resonant sound to the recording, and Chloe Hanslip's entry doesn't disappoint.... —
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 8 - Vieuxtemps
Viviane Hagner (violin)
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins
Hagner is a marvellous exponent of both works, as she is in the more overt technical show piece of the Fantasia appassionata. The Royal Flemish Philharmonic are thoroughly committed. —
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Zimmermann & Gerstein: Sonatas for Viola & Piano Vol. 1
RecommendedTabea Zimmermann (viola) & Kirill Gerstein (piano)
Tabea Zimmermann achieves these whirling arabesques effortlessly, and she and Kirill Gerstein transform the atmosphere with deft economy as Debussy’s ghost materialises in a mournful second... —
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Building a Library, October 2015, First Choice
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The major discovery here is Hans Sitt's Op. 39 Albumblatter, six Schumannesque miniatures that Zimmermann nurtures and caresses with a bewitching range of tonal colours, further enhanced by... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, Chamber Choice
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Jascha Heifetz in ‘live’ Performances
Jascha Heifetz (violin), The Telephone Hour Orchestra and Chorus, Emanuel Bay, Jack Benny, Donald Voorhees
Aside from much else to tug at the heart‑strings there’s the humour, Heifetz a real sport rehearsing Mairzy Doats or taking part in a skit with Jack Benny...The audience’s laughing response... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2025, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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The Romantic Cello Concerto, Vol. 6: Ysaye & Vieuxtemps
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Josep Caballé-Domenech
The elegance that Vieuxtemps displayed in his violin concertos is on show here, with graceful melodies, and some more showy passages. These are never gratuitous, however, and are expertly written... —
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Peijun Xu's gloriously fulsome tone, immaculate intonation and precise tonal focus prove especially compelling in the Vieuxtemps and Franck Sonatas, alongside Milhaud's Quatre visages. —
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French Elegy
Giacomo Sermoneta (performer), Beatrice Barison (performer), Alessandro Guaitolini (performer), Diego Di Paolo (performer), Lorenza Marta Grieco (performer), Lorenzo Rundo (performer), Elisa Eleonora Papandrea (performer), Angela Gravina (performer), Roma Tre Orchestra, Sieva Borzak
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