19th Century Violinist Composers
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Godard - Violin Concertos
RecommendedChloe Hanslip (violin)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice, Kirk Trevor
Acceptable background listening, but not really much more. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th August 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2008, Editor's Choice
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Spohr - Violin Concertos Nos. 6, 8 & 11
RecommendedSimone Lamsma (violin)
Sinfonia Finlandia, Patrick Gallois
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Building a Library, November 2009, Highly Recommended
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Bazzini - Virtuoso Works for Violin and Piano
RecommendedChloë Hanslip (violin) & Caspar Frantz (piano)
The familiar piece here is the Ronde des lutins, a much-recorded perpetuum mobile, whose showy style of writing informs a great deal of the music, alternating with a line in sentimental melodies.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th August 2008
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Axel Strauss… especially convincing in demonstrating the varied bowings, and plays throughout with a sensitive awareness of the character of each piece and how best to make the form and phrase-structure... —
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Beriot: Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 8 & 9
Takako Nishizaki (violin)
RTBF Symphony Orchestra Brussels, Alfred Walter
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Pierre Rode: Violin Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 6
World Première Recordings
Friedemann Eichhorn (violin)
Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolás Pasquet
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Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 4
Misha Keylin (violin)
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Burkh
Fasten your seat-belts, and prepare for an exciting journey through some of the most fiendish technical difficulties yet devised for the virtuoso violinist. Composed in the mid-19th century,... —
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Rode - Violin Concertos Nos. 7, 10 & 13
Friedemann Eichhorn (violin)
South West German Radio Orchestra, Kaiserslautern, Nicolás Pasquet
Mr. Eichhorn plays with a sweet and airy tone… There is ample technical display to support Rode’s reputation as a virtuoso, and Eichhorn carries off florid passages with ease. —
