Instrumental, Violin Solos, Bartók (composer)
-
Martinů: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Zimmermann has fully absorbed the slightly eclectic style of [the First Concerto] and produces a performance of conviction, not to mention dazzling virtuosity. Hrůša accompanies with understanding... —
Awards:
-
Record Review, 5th December 2020, Record of the Week
-
Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Recording of the Month
-
BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, Concerto Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Concerto
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Concerto
-
-
Throughout, the playing is thoughtful and full of poetry, recorded in intimate sound. There’s an elusive quality to this multifaceted programme, for sure, but on balance it repays attentive... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
-
-
Israeli violinist Nurit Stark brings together works by four composers of the same pedagogical lineage. Her violin tone is pure, but never pale, admirably capturing the otherworldly eeriness... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Instrumental
-
-
Pietsch truly takes ownership of Bartók’s Solo Sonata. Her interpretation is prompted by the idea of his ‘explosive seriousness’, a notion that fans the flames of her performance…always spinning... —
Awards:
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
-
-
Park is adept at guiding us through the complex solo line with lucidity, contouring phrases and providing a wide dynamic and timbral range to enthral. —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Instrumental Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, October 2025, Editor's Choice
-
-
Ida Haendel & Josef Hassid
The Polish-Jewish Violin Prodigies - Their HMV Encores
Ida Haendel (violin), Josef Hassid (violin), Gerald Moore (piano)
-
The Lost Art of Frances Cole
Live Performances by the Great Black Harpsichordist
Frances Cole (harpsichord)
she comes across as a powerful player who goes for broke. Her harpsichord is a big instrument, and suits her style in the Baroque, where Scarlatti and Rameau are played with imaginative freedom;... —
-
As a duo they're breathtaking, with Tetzlaff soaring sweetly over Bartok's gritty piano part in the Sonata No. 1, with his soft-grained sound and almost breathy phrasing bringing a vocal quality... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, September 2004, Editor's Choice
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Bartok - Violin Sonatas
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), with Ewa Kupiec (piano), with Florent Boffard (piano)
…outstanding…full of grit and fantasy —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Young Artist of the Year
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Saluste-Bridoux’s bracingly insightful playing on her debut disc encompasses a dazzling stylistic range…she creates the uncanny impression of there being more than one player at work, colouring... —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, Instrumental Choice
-
