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American Violin Concertos by Wiprud, Barber & Menotti / Ittai Shapira, violin

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Concerto for Violin in A minor; Theodore Wiprud: Concerto for Violin ("Katrina"); Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin, Op. 14
Performers: Shapira, Ittai
Conductors: Sanderling, Thomas; Thomson, Neil
Ensemble: ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

In this laudable effort Israeli virtuoso violinist Ittai Shapira gathers three seemingly disparate violin concertos to create a picture of the genre through a particularly...continue...

Sergei Ivanovich: Suite de concert; Cantata 'Ioann Damaskin'

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-09-29

Works: Sergei Taneyev: Saint John of Damaskus, cantata for chorus & orchestra, Op. 1; Suite de concert for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 28
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]
Conductors: Sanderling, Thomas
Ensemble: Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

Inspired by a poem by Aleksey Tolstoy, Taneyev's cantata 'John of Damascus' was the first work that the self-critical Russian composer deemed worthy of an...continue...