Bruch, Max

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto; Korngold: Violin Concerto in D; Chausson: Poeme / Arabella Steinbacher, violin

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Ernest Chausson: Poème for Violin and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 25; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Performers: Steinbacher, Arabella
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: ; Orquestra Gulbenkian

In recent years violinist Arabella Steinbacher has risen to the top of her league. A young performer with such an exceptional musical mind and nigh-flawless...continue...
Recording information: Grand Auditorium, Foundation Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portug (07/2012)....continue...

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto; Dvorak: Violin Concerto / Julia Fischer, violin; Zinman

1 CD / Decca / 2013-03-05

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Performers: Fischer, Julia [Violin]
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: ; Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

Joined by the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra and David Zinman, Fischer pairs the ever-popular Bruch concerto with Dvorak's undeservedly neglected but perennially fresh masterpiece - a...continue...
Recording information: Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland (04/19/2012/04/20/2012)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Bruch: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 / Itzhak Perlman, violin

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Concerto for Violin no 2 in D minor, Op. 44
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: ; Concertgebouw Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Master Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical...continue...

Elgar & Carter: Cello Concertos / Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Daniel Barenboim and Staatskapelle Berlin

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-30

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Elliott Carter: Concerto for Cello; Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47
Performers: Weilerstein, Alisa
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Staatskapelle Berlin

The much-anticipated album from the brilliant young American cellist marks one of the most exciting Decca Classics debuts in many years.

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Recording information: Studio 3, Philharmonie, Berlin....continue...

Bloch: Voice in the Wilderness; Schlomo; From Jewish Life; Bruch: Kol Nidrei / Natalie Clein, cello; BBC Scottish SO

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-08-14

Works: Ernest Bloch: Schelomo; From Jewish Life; Voice in the Wilderness, symphonic poem for cello & orchestra (or piano); Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47
Performers: Clein, Natalie
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Hyperion presents a dazzling orchestral disc of music from the Jewish tradition of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Bruch's Kol Nidrei is one of the...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (09/07/2011-09/08/2011)....continue...

Bruch: Violin Concerto; Scottish Fantasia / Kyung Wha Chung, violin

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
Performers: Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Max Bruch was a renowned composer of choral music and in England considered a worthy successor to Handel and Mendelssohn. He is largely remembered today...continue...

More Magical Classics

10 CD / ZYX Records / 2012-06-05

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Br...
Performers: Bergreich, Magda; Cerkov, Ivan; Czerkow, Iwan; Ponti, Michael; Spitkova, Helena; Tomsic, Dubravka
Conductors: Petroschoff, Vladimir; Siegel, Lawrence; Nanut, Anton; Münchner, Herbert; Mága, Othmar M. F.; Beissel, Heribert; Scholz, Alfred; Duvier, Eugen; Adolph, Henry; Bucher, Helmut; Lizzio, Albe...

Great Violin Concertos - Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Spohr, Paganini, Lalo et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Wolfgan...
Performers: Bisengaliev, Marat; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Keylin, Misha; Kraggerud, Henning; Lamsma, Simone; Nishizaki, Takako; Papavrami, Tedi
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Gallois, Patrick; Jean, Kenneth; Mogrelia, Andrew; Wit, Antoni; Wildner, Johannes; Kolchinsky, Camilla; Leaper, Adrian; Engeset, Bjarte

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Classic FM Hall of Fame 2012

3 CD / Decca Import / 2012-04-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Concerto for Cello; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1; Giacomo Puccini: Tur...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Einaudi, Ludovico; Freni, Mirella; Gendron, Maurice; Johnson, Emma [Clarinet];...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Previn, Andre; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kempe, Rudolf; López-Cobos, Jesús; Boskovsky, Willi; Khachaturian, Aram; Wordsworth, Barry; Dorati, Antal; Malone, Gareth; Leppard, ...
Ensemble: ; The English Concert

Njagul Tumangelov plays Bruch, Zamecnik & Vladigerov

1 CD / Gega New / 2012-04-10

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 2 in D minor, Op. 44; Evzen Zamecnik: Etudes (12) on Technical Problems in Performing Contemporary Music, for violin; Pancho Vladigerov: Chant, Op. 21/2; Bulgarian R...
Performers: Njagul Tumangelov; Noev, Bojidar
Conductors: Wallberg, Heinz

Violinist Njagul Tumangelov has served as concertmaster of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, the Austrian Radio and Television Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio and Television Orchestra....continue...
Recording information: Austria (04/07/1977/11/10/1978); Studio 3, Bavarian Radio Studios, Munich (04/07/1977/11/10/1978); Austria (1984); Studio 3, Bavarian Radio Studios, Munich (1984)....continue...

Candle Night Classics

2 CD / Intergroove Media / 2012-04-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71; Suite no 4 in G major, Op. 61 'Mozartiana'; Swan Lake, Op. 20; Frédéric Chopin: Prelude for piano no 17 in A flat major, Op. 28/17, CT. 18...
Performers: Bolkvadze, Elisso; Dvarionaite, Aldona; Fedorov, Adil; Gelgotas, Valentinas; Ivanovich, Andrei; Karnavichius, Jurgis; Sanikidze, Tamara; Shakin, Vladimir; Spitkova, Helena; Ts'ong, Fou
Conductors: Kakhidze, Djansug; Titov, Alexander; Sondeckis, Saulius; Bubelnikov, Pavel; Gorkovenko, Stanislav; Dmitriev, Alexander; Chang, Yun-Sung; Lizzio, Alberto; Korchin, Leo; Kakhidze, Vakhtang

Trumpet & Orchestra: works by Bach, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Massenet, Arutiunian et al. / Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet and flugelhorn [6 CDs]

6 CD / Teldec / 2012-03-27

Works: André Jolivet: Concertino for Trumpet, Strings & Piano; Henri Tomasi: Concerto for Trumpet; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, S 49/WoO 1; Concerto for Bassoon in F m...
Performers: Brown, Christopher; Howard, Peter; James, Layton; Markovich, Aleksandr; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]; Strommen, Linda; Tempel, Thomas
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús; Wolff, Hugh; Faerber, Jörg; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Boreyko, Andrey; Sondeckis, Saulius

Sergei Nakariakov is one of the world's finest young trumpet and flugelhorn players. In this boxed set is a collection of his recordings for trumpet...continue...

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

Violinist Michael Rabin: The Unpublished Recordings, 1947 - 1971

3 CD / Testament / 2012-02-14

Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Caprice for solo violin in E flat major (Sostenuto-Andante), Op. 1/17, MS 25/17; Camille Sain...
Performers: Johannesen, Grant; Rabin, Jeanne; Rabin, Michael; Smith, Brooks
Conductors: Rozsnyai, Zoltán

Michael Rabin's musical voice may have been quiet the past forty years, but to violin aficionados his star still shines brightly. His discography is small,...continue...

For Lovers: Romantic Classics / Beethoven, Burch, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Strauss II

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 "Elvira Madigan", K. 467; Serenade no 13 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", K. 525; Concerto for Horn no 4, K. 495; Così fan tutte, K 588; Concerto for C...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Hough, Stephen; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lympany, Moura; Menuhin, Yehudi; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Vlatkovic, Radovan
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, Sir Neville; Tate, Jeffrey; Haitink, Bernard; Kurtz, Efrem; Vonk, Hans; Susskind, Walter; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von

Icon: Michael Rabin

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for Violin and Orchestra in C major,...
Performers: Pommers, Leon; Rabin, Michael
Conductors: Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Matacic, Lovro von; Galliera, Alceo; Slatkin, Felix

Released to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Michael Rabin's death on 19th January 1972 this collection brings together his finest recordings on EMI Classics in...continue...

The Studio Recordings 1954-1960: Michael Rabin, violin

6 CD / Testament / 2011-12-13

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for Violin and Orchestra in C major,...
Performers: Pommers, Leon; Rabin, Michael
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Galliera, Alceo; Boult, Adrian; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Slatkin, Felix

The story of the amazing violinist Michael Rabin is complicated and ultimately tragic. When his career should have been reaching the height of his success,...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1960....continue...

Violin Concertos by Bruch, Dvorák, Lalo / Tasmin Little, violiin

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-29

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46; Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagno...
Performers: Little, Tasmin
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Celebrated in this collection are the violin concertos by Dvorák and Bruch that first propelled Tasmin Little into the spotlight, demonstrating her masterful interpretative skill...continue...

The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

ASM35: The Complete Musician / Anne Sofie Mutter, violin [38 CDs / 2 DVDs]

40 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-10-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216; Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ("Turkish") K. 219; Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, K 304 (300c); Concerto for Violin...
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Borucinska, Krystyna; Giuranna, Bruno; Harrell, Lynn; Ma, Yo-Yo; Meneses, Antonio; Moll, Phillip; Muller-Schott, Daniel; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Orkis, Lambert [Keyboard...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Sacher, Paul; Lutoslawski, Witold; Ozawa, Seiji; Levine, James; Previn, Andre; Penderecki, Krzysztof; ; Masur, Kurt; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Gergiev, Valery; Krenz, Jan
Ensemble: ; Trondheim Soloists (Trondheimsolistene)

August 23rd, 2011 is Anne-Sophie Mutter's 35th anniversary on stage. DG fetes the violinist with this limited edition set of 38 CDs in original jacket...continue...

Bull, Wieniawski & Bruch Violin Concertos / Charlie Siem, violin

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Henryk Wieniawski: Concerto for Violin no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 14; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Ole Borneman Bull: Cantabile doloroso e Rondo giocoso, for violin & orche...
Performers: Siem, Charlie
Conductors: Gourlay, Andrew
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Charlie Siem's second album for Warner Classics combines Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor - one of the best loved works in the...continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, Abbey Road Studios (03/15/2011-03/17/2011)....continue...

ASM 35: The Complete Musician / Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-09-13

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata in D major for solo violin, Op. 115; Sonata in D major, for violin and piano, Op. 94a; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto no 3 in G major, for violin and orchestra, K. 216; So...
Performers: Giuranna, Bruno; Meneses, Antonio; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Orkis, Lambert [Keyboards]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Lutoslawski, Witold; Previn, Andre; Levine, James; Masur, Kurt; Mutter, Anne-Sophie
Ensemble: ; Trondheim Soloists (Trondheimsolistene)

To mark her highly publicized performance at the 2011 Classic Brits, DG are releasing this stunning 2CD set of some of her very best recordings....continue...

George Kulenkampff: Concerto Recordings, Vol. 5 / Bruch, Brahms, Reger

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2011-08-09

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Max Reger: Sonata in A, Op. 91/1
Performers: Kulenkampff, Georg
Conductors: Schuricht, Carl

Very Best of Yehudi Menuhin

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV 1041; Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 ...
Performers: Clare, Alan [piano]; Cocker, Paul; Crombie, Tony; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Grappelli, Stephane; Menuhin, Yehudi; Verrell, Ronnie
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Menuhin, Yehudi; Susskind, Walter; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Pritchard, John; Erede, Alberto; Kurtz, Efrem; Kempe, Rudolf; Boult, Adrian; Lysy, Alberto; Irving, Robert; Harris...

Very Best of Nathan Milstein

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Solo Partita no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; W...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Milstein, Nathan; Pommers, Leon
Conductors: Steinberg, William; Fistoulari, Anatole; Susskind, Walter; Barzin, Leon

Moonlight Classics / Beethoven, Debussy, Dvorak, Ravel, Vivaldi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16; Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orche...
Performers: Campanella, Bruno [Conductor]; Dessay, Natalie; Gedda, Nicolai; Haidan, Delphine; Maurer, Sonia; Menuhin, Yehudi; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Popp, Lucia; Richter, Sviatoslav; Scaramuzzino, ...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Paavo, Järvi; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Kurtz, Efrem; Plasson, Michel; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Dervaux, Pierre; Soltesz, Stefan; Vonk, Hans

All Time Classics with Marian Arnold

3 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-19

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 174 'Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte' (I love the most High with my whole heart; François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 2; Claud...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Peter; Forbes, Colin; Harvey, Michael Kieran; Hutchinson, Joyce; Kirkby, Emma; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lacey, Genevieve; Pinn...
Conductors: ; Kleiber, Carlos; Pesek, Libor; Tate, Jeffrey; Kempe, Rudolf; Khachaturian, Aram; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Santi, Nello; De Waart, Edo; Challender, Stuart; Thomas, Patrick; Hopkins, John
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players; The English Concert

Bruch: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 3; Sarasate: Navarra

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Concerto for Violin no 3 in D minor, Op. 58; Pablo de Sarasate: Navarra for 2 Violins and Piano, Op. 33
Performers: Hanslip, Chloe [Violin]
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn

The 22 year old violin prodigy, Chloë Hanslip takes a break from her heavy touring schedule to record her second album, this time focusing on...continue...
Recording information: Watford Colosseum, England (07/30/2002-08/01/2002)....continue...

Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch: Violin Concertos

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, B...
Performers: Black, Neil; Carmignola, Giuliano; Dubach, Alexandre; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Grubert, Ilya; Kogan, Leonid; Oistrakh, David; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry; Van Den Booren, Borika
Conductors: Sitkovetsky, Dmitry; Martini, Carlo De; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kondrashin, Kirill; Sasson, Michel; Foster, Lawrence; Golovschin, Igor; Marturet, Eduardo; Nebolsin, Vasili; Gauk, Alexander
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra

A 10CD collection that includes the great violin concertos performed by some of the great violin virtuosos of our time. Also included are some rarer...continue...

50 Best Violin

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons), Concerto no 1 in E "La primavera" (Spring); Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata for Vi...
Performers: Barbizet, Pierre; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gililo...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; ; Halstead, Anthony; Accardo, Salvatore; Tetzlaff, Christian; Pritchard, John; Boult, Adrian; Karajan, Herbert von; Kurtz, Efrem; Dervaux, Pierre; Domingo, Placido; Ozawa, Seiji; Bergl...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante

The World of Babyträume

2 CD / ZYX Records Import / 2011-04-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite in B minor; Prelude and Fugue no 1 (WTC I/1), BWV 846; Trio sonata no 4 in E minor, BWV 528; Franz Schubert: Trout quintet in A major, Op. 114; Impromptu in G ...
Performers: Admacayan, Garo; Capova, Sylvia; Cerkov, Ivan; Egger, Georg; Gal, Helene; Lelkes, Anna; Ramsay, Angus; Schmalfuss, Peter; Spanyi, Miklos; Spitkova, Jela; Tatu, Arife Gulsen
Conductors: Adolph, Henry; Lark, Sidney; Pantelli, Carlo; Lizzio, Alberto; Scholz, Alfred; Nanut, Anton; Bertrand, Loic; Schneider, Joseph; Bucher, Helmut; Faerber, Jörg; Bengtson, Sven

Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Mozart

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-04-05

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K. 218; Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ("Turkish") K. 219
Performers: Heifetz, Jascha
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir

Classical 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-05

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Karl Jenkins: Gloria; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Stabat Mater; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto ...
Performers: Adès, Thomas [Conductor/Composer]; Alagna, Roberto; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman, Sarah; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Capu...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Kohn, Eugene; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Müller, Eduardo; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Prizeman, Robert; ; Gergiev, Valery; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Serafin, Tullio; Nézet-Sé...
Ensemble: ; Quatuor Ebène ; Scottish Ensemble

With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of classical favorites, this double album features the best and most popular names in classical music, ranging from...continue...

Max Bruch: Pieces for Violincello and Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2011-04-03

Works: Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47; Canzone, for cello & orchestra/piano in B major, Op. 55; Adagio on Celtic Themes, for cello & orchestra, Op. 56; Romance for Viola and Orchestra...
Performers: Kleinhapl, Friedrich
Conductors: Kucera, Jan

Recording information: Domovina Studio, Prague, Czech Republic (11/2010)....continue...

Romantic Violinist: Celebration Of Joseph Joachim / Daniel Hope, violin

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-03-22

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Clara Wieck Schumann: Romance, for violin & piano in D flat major, Op. 22/1; Johannes Brahms: Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "F...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Knauer, Sebastian; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari

Daniel Hope reveals yet another facet with this recording honoring Joseph Joachim, a central figure of 19th-century musical life. The central piece is Bruch's Violin...continue...

Georg Kulenkampff: Concerto Recordings, Vol. 3

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2011-03-08

Works: Louis Spohr: Concerto for Violin no 8 in A minor, Op. 47 "in modo di scena cantante"; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Performers: Kulenkampff, Georg
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Keilberth, Joseph

Most of Kulenkampff’s studio concerto recordings, including all three on this disc, were made for Telefunken with the Berlin Philharmonic in the room at the...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Bruch: Violin Concertos

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-02-22

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola
Conductors: Hrusa, Jakub

Violinist Nicola Benedetti has captivated audiences and critics alike with her musicality and poise. Ms. Benedetti now records a Romantic album of Tchaikovsky and Bruch...continue...
Recording information: Dvorák Hall, Prague (01/30/2010-02/01/2010)....continue...

Essential Violin

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV 1041; Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Violin in E, BWV 1042; Partita no 3 in ...
Performers: Barbizet, Pierre; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Haendel, Ida; Kogan, Leonid; Kremer, Gi...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; Accardo, Salvatore; Menuhin, Yehudi; Oistrakh, David; Boult, Adrian; Domingo, Placido; Susskind, Walter; Kurtz, Efrem; Karajan, Herbert von; Kondrashin, Kirill; Erede, Alberto; Ozawa, ...
Ensemble: ; I Virtuosi Italiani

Classical Wellness / 5 CDs of Masterpieces

5 CD / ZYX Records / 2011-01-04

Works: Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, KV 467"Elvira Madigan"; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, ...
Performers: Boulaghmal, Ismail; Buchbauer, Alois; Cápova, Sylvia; Czerkow, Iwan; Dokupil, Josef; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Jaccottet, Christiane; Lelkes, Anna; Ostranc, Joze; Pervomaysky, Alexander; Pi...
Conductors: Adolph, Henry; Lizzio, Alberto; Magiera, Leone; Duvier, Eugen; Petroschoff, Vladimir; Pesek, Libor; Bengtson, Sven; Shipway, Frank; Münchner, Herbert; Narrato, Pierre; ; Abel, Hermann; Pitamic, ...
Ensemble: ; Mozarteum-Quartett Salzburg

Classical Chill II

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2011-01-04

Works: Claude Debussy: Arabesques (2) for Piano; Children's Corner Suite; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata for Organ no 4 in E minor, BWV 528; Orhce...
Performers: Admacayan, Garo; Capova, Sylvia; Cerkov, Ivan; Egger, Georg; Gal, Helene; Lelkes, Anna; Pervomaysky, Alexander; Ramsay, Angus; Schmalfuss, Peter; Spanyi, Miklos; Spitkova, Jela; Tatu, Arife Gulsen
Conductors: Lizzio, Alberto; Bucher, Helmut; Faerber, Jörg; Bengtson, Sven; Adolph, Henry; Lark, Sidney; Pantelli, Carlo; Macci, Francesco; Scholz, Alfred; Nanut, Anton; Bertrand, Loic; Schneider, Joseph
Ensemble: ; Salzburg Mozart Soloists

Christmas Meditation / Concertos, Airs and Sacred Works from Baroque & Classical times [5 CDs]

5 CD / Capriccio / 2010-11-16

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through the Thorn); Süsser die Glocken nie klingen, carol (Austrian); Heil'ge Nacht auf...
Performers: Achim, Erzsébet; Bálint, János; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Buchner, Roland; Cordier, David; Dicke, Peter; Eisenberg, Matthias; Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Glaetzner, Burkhard; H...
Conductors: Flämig, Martin; Erxleben, Michael; Bohme, Frank; Marschik, Peter; Tarr, Edward H. [Trumpet]; ; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Rolla, János [Violin]; Winschermann, Helmut; Eschenburg, Hartwig; B...
Ensemble: ; Budapest Strings; Capella Savaria; Cappella Coloniensis; Concerto Köln ; Das kleine Konzert; Dresden Baroque Soloists; German Bach Soloists; Hr-Brass; New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig; Phil...

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The selections are well chosen... and nicely sequenced; most of the performances are quite competent and appealing. Sound, while variable, is generally good...
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Bruch: Violin Concerto; Scottish Fantasy

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2010-11-09

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
Performers: Horigome, Yuzuko
Conductors: Simonov, Yuri

Violinist Yuzuko Horigome was born in Tokyo and studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music with Professor Toshiya Eto. She graduated in 1980, the...continue...

Fangt euer Tagwerk fröhlich an / Folk Songs for Choir

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Michael Praetorius: Nach grüner Farb mein Herz verlangt, song; J.A. Federer: Schöner Frühling, komm doch wieder, for choir; Rudolf Mauersberger: Alle Vögel sind schon da, for choi...
Conductors: Mauersberger, Rudolf

25 German folk songs including Guten Abend, gute Nacht, Die Vöglein im Walde, Alle Vögel sind schon da, Der Mai ist gekommen, Die Nachtigall and...continue...
Recording information: Dresden, Lukaskirche (06/1964)....continue...

Essential Relaxing Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208; BWV 1068; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Wolfgang Amadeus Mo...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Chang, Han-Na; du Pre, Jacqueline; Galway, James [Flute]; Helmis, Fritz; Hough, Stephen; Kalafuzs, Hans; Lane, Piers; Little, Tasmin; Lym...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Lysy, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Jansons, Mariss; Olah, Erno; Susskind, Walter; Muti, Riccardo; Thompson, B...

This album brings together many of the most relaxing pieces of classical music, most of which have been heard in major films. The Baroque era...continue...

Essential Violin

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin no 2 in A major, Op. 100; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in D minor, WoO 1/2; F.A.E. Sonata Movement.; Pablo de Sarasate: Pl...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Anthony, Adele; Brown, Barbara; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Hall, Dimity; Kimber, Beryl; Michaels, Geoffrey; Olding, Dene; Olding, Max; Parsons, Geoffrey; Tognetti, Richard; Tsunoda, Miki...
Conductors: Lancaster, Geoffrey; Walker, Antony; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Challender, Stuart; Halstead, Anthony; Volmer, Arvo
Ensemble: ; Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players

50 Best Relaxing Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in G "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Così fan tutte, K 588; Sonata for Piano no 11, K331; Concerto for Piano no 20, K466...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Bayless, John [Composer/Piano]; Chang, Han-Na; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Farr, St...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert von; Muti, Riccardo; Haitink, Bernard; Boult, Adrian; ; Olah, Erno; Ozawa, Seiji; Hill, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Willcocks, David; Slatkin, Leonard; Bar...
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble

Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei

1 CD / Guild / 2010-06-08

Works: Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47; Romance for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 85; Scherz, List und Rache, Op. 1; Serenade on Swedish Folk Melodies, for strings; Concerto for Violin no 1...
Performers: da Costa, Alexandre; Karni, Gilad
Conductors: Rösner, Thomas

Max Bruch: Symphonies 1 & 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-04-27

Works: Max Bruch: Symphony no 1 in E flat major, Op. 28; Symphony no 2 in F minor, Op. 36
Conductors: Halász, Michael

Famed in his lifetime for his large-scale choral works, but perhaps best known today for his Violin Concerto No. 1 (NXS 8557689; also Violin Concertos...continue...
Recording information: Weimarhalle, Weimar, Germany (03/17/2008-03/20/2008)....continue...

The Great EMI Recordings: Paul Tortelier

20 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Suite for Cello solo no 2 i...
Performers: Alexander Tcherepnin [Composer/Piano]; Brown, Timothy; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Heidsieck, Eric; Iwasaki, Shuku; Janopoulo, Tasso; Johnston, Robert; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Me...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Tortelier, Paul; Faerber, Jörg; Tortelier, Maud; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Berglund, Paavo; Previn, Andre; Frémaux, Louis; Plasson, Michel; Boult, Adrian; Davies, Meredith...
Ensemble: ; London Mozart Players

Paul Tortelier, born in Paris in 1914, became very well known in Britain through his remarkable program for BBC Television in which he gave to...continue...
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Classical Chill

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2010-02-23

Works: Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major "Elvira Madigan", KV 467; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, KV 622; Fantasia f...
Performers: Cápova, Sylvia; Czerkow, Iwan; Jaccottet, Christiane; Lelkes, Anna; Ostranc, Joze; Pivka, Marian; Spitkova, Jela; Stanceva, Svetlana; Tomsic, Dubravka
Conductors: Adolph, Henry; Lizzio, Alberto; Magiera, Leone; Duvier, Eugen; Petroschoff, Vladimir; Pesek, Libor; Bengtson, Sven; Shipway, Frank