Special offer. Thomas de Hartmann Rediscovered
Joshua Bell (violin), INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra, Matt Haimovitz (cello), MDR Sinfonieorchester, Dalia Stasevska, Dennis Russell Davies
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Premiere Recordings
Hartmann’s fundamentally tonal language in the Violin Concerto] contrasts, and sometimes intertwines, passages of lush romanticism with more dancing, folklike material – think Barber’s Concerto,...
Special offer. Thomas de Hartmann Rediscovered
Joshua Bell (violin), INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra, Matt Haimovitz (cello), MDR Sinfonieorchester, Dalia Stasevska, Dennis Russell Davies
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Premiere Recordings
Hartmann’s fundamentally tonal language in the Violin Concerto] contrasts, and sometimes intertwines, passages of lush romanticism with more dancing, folklike material – think Barber’s Concerto,...
About
This album brings the glowing, cinematic Violin and Cello Concertos of Ukrainian composer Thomas de Hartmann, an important compositional voice in his own time, back into the limelight. Using an international all-star cast, the recording not only aims to re-establish de Hartmann's oeuvre, but also to bring musicians together in times of war. The Violin Concerto was recorded in Warsaw with Joshua Bell as soloist and Dalia Stasevska conducting the INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra, managing to temporarily leave their besieged country. The Cello Concerto is presented by Matt Haimovitz and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Dennis Russell Davies. This album is made possible by the dedication and generous support of the Thomas de Hartmann Project, aimed to reintroduce his colourful and compelling music.
Contents and tracklist
- Joshua Bell, INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska
Spotlight on this release
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Thomas de Hartmann's Esther
24th Apr 2026
De Hartmann's 1946 opera-oratorio about the Biblical queen who thwarts a poisonous courtier's bid to annihilate the Jewish race receives its first complete professional recording courtesy of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits, with Corinne Winters in the title-role.
Awards and reviews
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International Classical Music Awards2025Nominated - Premiere Recordings
October 2024
Hartmann’s fundamentally tonal language in the Violin Concerto] contrasts, and sometimes intertwines, passages of lush romanticism with more dancing, folklike material – think Barber’s Concerto, and you won’t be far off…Bell and the the orchestra give a totally engaged performance.
October 2024
The orchestration is exquisite, glowing reinforcing the illusion that we are listening to expert movie music.
22nd August 2024
Of the two, the violin concerto is unquestionably the stronger work..Recorded in Warsaw with the International Symphony Orchestra Lviv conducted by Dalia Stasevska, it gets a powerfully intense performance from Joshua Bell. Matt Haimovitz is a persuasive enough soloist in the cello concerto too.
22nd August 2024
Of the two, the violin concerto is unquestionably the stronger work..Recorded in Warsaw with the International Symphony Orchestra Lviv conducted by Dalia Stasevska, it gets a powerfully intense performance from Joshua Bell. Matt Haimovitz is a persuasive enough soloist in the cello concerto too.
15th August 2024
This is a most attractive album, and should do de Hartmann’s cause much good. It won’t hurt Joshua Bell either.
15th August 2024
This is a most attractive album, and should do de Hartmann’s cause much good. It won’t hurt Joshua Bell either.
