The Romantic Violin Concerto
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Lassen, Scharwenka & Langgaard: Violin Concertos
The Romantic Violin Concerto Volume 22
Linus Roth (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Antony Hermus
The D major Concerto by Lassen is the real find here, gorgeously melodious and full o unexpected twists and turns. Roth is on fine form. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 20 - Stojowski & Wieniawski
RecommendedBartłomiej Nizioł (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz
Nizol posseses an ideal silvery sound for this late-Romantic work, enhanced by gently, cushioned bow-strokes, ear-ringingly true intonation and a fast and narrow vibrato that gives his cantabile... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th August 2016
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 2 - Stanford
Anthony Marwood (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
This is a discovery of major importance. Hubert Parry (no mean critic) regarded Stanford's Violin Concerto as one of his finest works, yet it has been played rarely, if at all, since his death... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2001, Disc of the Month
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 13 - Schumann
Anthony Marwood (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Boyd
Marwood's tone is notably characteristically focused with a notable sweetness which is matched by Wallin...Boyd and his Scottish players set ideal tempi in outer movements, enabling Marwood... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 18 - Jongen & Lazzari
Philippe Graffin (violin)
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins
Strongly tonal and lyrical, Jongen's chief influences seem to be Richard Strauss and Cesar Franck…[Graffin's] tender, slender tone in softer passages is one of the disc's main attractions but... —
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 15 - Młynarski & Zarzycki
Eugene Ugorski (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Michał Dworzyński
Not only the first recording of both Mlynarski's Violin Concertos together, but the premiere of his haunting First Concerto in a warm performance. The smaller Zarzycki works are attractive,... —
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 21 - Bruch
RecommendedJack Liebeck (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Throughout the Second Concerto, with its unforgettable soaring opening, Liebeck combines a beguiling silvery sound with tantalising interpretative restraint, free of heart-on-the-sleeve rhetoric…rarely... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd December 2016
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 19 - Bruch
Jack Liebeck (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Liebeck certainly has the technioque and the temperament...Brabbins doesn't let the music sit down in the first movement [of the Concerto], which has energy and direction from all concerned...[Liebeck]... —
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 9 - Ferdinand David
Hagai Shaham (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Hagai Shaham possess a relatively small-scale, sweet sound that is absolutely ideal for this repertoire. He retains his 'cantabile' composure at all times, even when the notes start flying...Shaham... —
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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.... —
