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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...

Menotti: Violin Concerto, Death of Orpheus, etc / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-02-26

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Concerto for Violin in A minor; Muero porque no muero, cantata; Llama de Amor Viva, for baritone, chorus & orchestra; For the Death of Orpheus, for tenor, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]; MacDougall, Jamie; Roberts, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Spoleto Festival Orchestra

"The chorus and orchestra from the festival that Menotti has run for over 40 years respond wholeheartedly under the direction of Richard Hickox... The Violin...continue...

Menotti, Barber: Violin Concerti / Ricci, Clark, Pacific Sym

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-13

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Concerto for Violin in A minor; Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin Op. 14
Performers: Ricci, Ruggiero
Conductors: Clark, Keith

Romantic Violin Concertos of the 20th Century / Verdehr

1 CD / Crystal Records / 1998-06-08

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Concerto for Violin in A minor; Alexander Arutiunian: Concerto for Violin ("Armenia--88"); Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin, Op. 14
Performers: Verdehr, Walter
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk; Gregorian, Leon
Ensemble: Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra

"The violin concertos of Gian Carlo Menotti, Alexander Arutiunian, and Samuel Barber provide convincing proof that heart-on-the-sleeve, Romantic rhetoric was not automatically superannuated by the...continue...