Concertos, Violin Concertos, Saint-Saëns (composer)
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Paganini: 24 Caprices
Recommendedplus Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Wieniawski
María Dueñas (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Boris Kuschnir (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mihhail Gerts
The Paganini Caprices have energy in the bowing from the outset, confident octaves and portamento, and impeccable double stops...You could listen straight through, but I’d recommend random shuffling... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th February 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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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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Orchestral players will travel long distances to make music with [Wilson] and this recording shows why…It’s far from being all noise, the woodwind in particular being exquisitely agile…All the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: La Muse et le Poète
RecommendedRenaud Capuçon (violin), Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Gautier Capuçon (cello), Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier
In the Violin Concerto, Renaud Capucon and the conductor provide a lesson in how to generate rubato organically from the material...the soloist's tone and technique deserve the highest praise...The... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor 'Organ'
and other works
Noah Geller (violin, Noah Geller (violin), Mark Gibbs (cello), Jan Kraybill (organ)
Kansas City Symphony, Michael Stern
There is an appealing family feel to this disc…Geller exudes lyrical warmth and a perky rhythmic spirit in the first work, and in the second he uses the violin's wily flights of fancy to engage... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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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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The Romantic Violin Concerto 1 - Saint-Saëns
Philippe Graffin (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
The first two violin concertos of Saint-Saëns were composed in reverse order. The Second is the longer and lesser-known of the two, but the First Concerto more resembles the thematic charm and... —
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Paganini: 24 Caprices
Recommendedplus Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Wieniawski
María Dueñas (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Boris Kuschnir (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mihhail Gerts
The Paganini Caprices have energy in the bowing from the outset, confident octaves and portamento, and impeccable double stops...You could listen straight through, but I’d recommend random shuffling... —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th February 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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2 Vinyl Records + CD
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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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Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 & other works for solo instrument and orchestra
Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) & Heini Kärkkäinen (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow & Kees Bakels
Right from the opening appassionato phrase on the G string, Jean-Jacques Kantorow goes for broke… Kantorow can be delicate too, while his brisk speeds… ensure that nothing sags - the second... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Editor's Choice
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