Kaler, Ilya [Violin]

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...

My First Violin Album / Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for two...
Performers: Frantz, Caspar; Handy, Thelma; Hanslip, Chloe [Violin]; Jablokov, Alexander; Jandó, Jenö; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Nishizaki, Takako; Yang, Tianwa
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Jean, Kenneth; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Izquierdo, Ernest M.; Davis, Carl; Kuchar, Theodore;
Ensemble: ; Ferenc Sánta & His Gypsy Band

From folk music to film music, the violin is the star of instruments. Millions of children all over the world learn how to play it...continue...

Karlowicz: Serenade, Op. 2; Violin Concerto Op. 8

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-01-25

Works: Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Serenade for string orchestra in C major, Op. 2; Concerto for Violin & orchestra in A major, Op. 8
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]
Conductors: Wit, Antoni

Described by Gramophone as a 'magician, bewitching our ears', Russian-born American-based violinist Ilya Kaler has won 1st Prizes and Gold Medals at the Tchaikovsky, Sibelius...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland....continue...

Classical Chill, Vol. 2: Romantic

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-08-31

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Chanson triste; Sérénade mélancolique for Violin and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 26; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Concerto for Pian...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Honda, Mariko; Jando, Jeno; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Mercz, Nora; Nishizaki, Takako; Ottensamer, Ernst; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Bramall, Anthony; Krcek, Jaroslav; Bátiz, Enrique; ; Wildner, Johannes; Nazareth, Daniel; Sankovsky, Robert; Kolchinsky, Camilla; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Clark, Keith; Words...
Ensemble: ; Budapest Rossini Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana

Takako Nishizaki Plays Suzuki Evergreens, Vol. 7

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Henry Eccles: Sonata for violin in G minor; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Aspasie; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Sonata for Violin in E minor, BWV 1023;...
Performers: Dennis, Terence [Piano]; Egger, Georg; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kleiner, Boris; Nishizaki, Takako; Weber, Ekkehard

Naxos's Suzuki Evergreens albums feature acclaimed violinist Takako Nishizaki who, as a child, studied with her father, Shinji, and with Shinichi Suzuki himself. Her father...continue...
Recording information: WEL Academy, Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand (04/23/2008-04/27/2008)....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...

Brahms, Schumann: Violin Concertos / Inkinen, Kaler, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Violin in D minor
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]
Conductors: Inkinen, Pietari
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

One of the most popular concertos in the repertoire, Brahms' 'Violin Concerto' was completed in 1878 and dedicated to his friend Joseph Joachim, whose cadenza...continue...

Art and Music - Goya - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Daphnis et Églé, pastorale héroïque; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in F minor, K 467/L 476; François-Joseph Gossec: Grande Messe des Morts,...
Performers: Eder, Gyorgy; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Rowland, Gilbert; Tokos, Zoltan
Conductors: Terey-Smith, Mary; Fasolis, Diego; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Wordsworth, Barry; Cassuto, Alvaro; Halász, Michael; Zedda, Alberto

The artistic genius of Goya (1746-1828) was multifaceted and complex. Chief painter at the Spanish court, a master of the official portrait, he also gave...continue...

Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV 1001-1006 / Ilya Kaler

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-04-29

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Partita for Violin solo n...
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]

Profound in spirit and monumental in scope Bach's 'Six Sonatas and Partitas' for solo violin are arguably the most difficult original solo works ever written...continue...

Szymanowski: Violin Concertos no 1 & 2, etc / Kaler, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-04-24

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 35, M37; Concerto for Violin no 2, Op. 61, M71; Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

"Naxos offers an exceptionally clear recording of these three concertante works by Szymanowski, not just the two Violin Concertos but an orchestrated version of the...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, etc / Kaler, Russian PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-02-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Sérénade mélancolique for Violin and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 26; Souvenir d'un lieu cher; Valse-Scherzo for Violin ...
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]
Conductors: Yablonsky, Dmitry
Ensemble: Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

If one were to choose among the most popular concertos in the standard repertoire, Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto and the concerto for violin would be...continue...

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music [Box Set]

51 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Joseph Achron: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 60; Golem, suite for chamber orchestra; Belshazzar; Samuel Adler: Sephardic Choruses (5), for chorus (from Ever Since Babylon); Nuptial Scene, for voice &...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allardyce, Lauren; Arnold, Hubert; Aslan, Pablo; Avila, Jorge; Barr, Jean; Barrick, Clinton; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bermel, Derek; Besley, Megan; B...
Conductors: Silverstein, Joseph; Schwarz, Gerard; Gardner, Patrick; Adler, Samuel; Winther, Rodney; Wilkins, Christopher; Kiesler, Kenneth; Itai, Avner; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Levin, Nei...
Ensemble: ; Chamber Opera Ensemble; Cincinnati Wind Symphony; Dave Brubeck Trio; Eastman Players; Finchley Children's Music Group; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Schola Hebraeica Chorus; Southern Jazz Ensemble...

Includes ashrei (ashrei yoshvei veitekha (l. glantz) / eine by various composers.

Includes b'motza'ei m'nuha (assembled for "the first s'liho by various composers....continue...

Dmitry Shostakovich - A Portrait

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-03-21

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue for piano no 1 in C major, Op. 87/1; Fantastic Dances (3) for Piano, Op. 5; Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10; The Golden Age (as used in the film "Testimony"); Th...
Performers: Bartholdy, Annette; Berman, Boris; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Houston, Michael; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Mikulas, Peter [Bass Vocals]; Scherbakov, Konstantin [Piano]; Shostakovich, Dmitry
Conductors: Slovák, Ladislav; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Yablonsky, Dmitry; ; Wit, Antoni; Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: ; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice; Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Russian State Symphony Orchestra; Stockholm Arts Trio; Ukrainian National Symphony...

"Is this a CD set with substantially expanded album notes or a book with two accompanying CDs? The booklet contains an excellent monograph by Richard...continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Jewish String Quartets

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-01-17

Works: Darius Milhaud: Études sur des thèmes liturgiques du comtat Venaissin (3), for string quartet, Op. 442; Abraham Wolf Binder: Two Hassidic Moods, for string quartet; Ruth Schonthal: Quartet ...
Performers: Doane, Steven; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Taylor, George; Yang, Perrin

With the premiere recording of Darius Milhauds Etudes, based on the original synagogue melodies of Provencal Jewry, the world-renowned Juilliard String Quartet leads off this...continue...

Life and Works - Antonin Dvorak

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83; Cypresses (Ohlas písní [Echoes of Songs]), for string quartet (arr. from Cypresses, B. 11), B. 152; Symphony no 3 in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Battersby, Edmund; Brewer, Christine; Gao, Ding; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Klansky, Ivan; Kliegel, Maria; Kohn, Christian; Matthies, Silke-Thora; Simpson, Marietta; Valaskova, J...
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Shafer, Robert; Entremont, Philippe; ; Kolchinsky, Camilla; Kuchar, Theodore; Wordsworth, Barry; Halász, Michael; Wit, Antoni; Wildner, Johannes
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Joachim Trio; Wind Soloists of the Oslo Philharmonic (Wind Soloi

Dvorak rose from rural origins to become one of the greatest and most influential composers of all time. This portrait-in-sound follows a lovable man from...continue...

Ysae: Solo Violin Sonatas / Ilya Kaler

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-02-01

Works: Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonatas (6) for violin solo, Op. 27
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]

"This recording is a joy from beginning to end. Like many of his contemporary violist-composer, Eugene Ysaye wrote music specifically for his violinist colleagues, and...continue...

Life and Works - Johannes Brahms / Jeremy Siepmann

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-01-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Sonata for Piano no 3 in F minor, Op...
Performers: Archer, Karen; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Boulton, Nicolas; Britton, Jasper; Claxton, Elaine; Hegyi, Ildiko; Hodson, Steve; Jando, Jeno; Jason, Neville; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kevehazi, Jeno; Kl...
Conductors: ; Wit, Antoni; Rahbari, Alexander; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Constantine, Andrew
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Piano Trio

Brahms is one of the best-loved yet most controversial of all the Romantics. Almost uniquely, his works have never suffered the slightest period of eclipse....continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Brahms: Sonatas for Violin and Piano / Kaler, Peskanov

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-04-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 100; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Peskanov, Alexander

Brahms began his professional career as a piano accompanist to better-known artists, and it was in this capacity that he made the acquaintance of the...continue...

The Best of Alexander Glazunov - Finnish Sketches, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-09-01

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Finnish Sketches (2) for orchestra in E major, Op. 89; The Seasons, Op. 67; Symphony no 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 16; Scènes de ballet, suite for orchestra in A major, Op. 52; ...
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]
Conductors: Golovschin, Igor; Anissimov, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Alexander Glazunov was the leading Russian Romantic composer after the time of Tchaikovsky. In his post as director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in the...continue...

The Best of Paganini

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-05-20

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor ("La campanella"), Op. 7, MS 48; Sonata for violin & guitar in D major (Centone di sonate, Letter A/2), MS 112/2; Grand Sonata, for guitar &...
Performers: Garcia, Gerald; Hammer, Moshe; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; St. John, Scott [Violin]; Wynberg, Simon
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice

Shostakovich: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 / Kaler, Wit

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-04-19

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (published as Op. 99); Concerto for Violin no 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice

"Here is another super-budget issue from Naxos that vies with the best available, both in performance and recording...Ilya Kaler, born in Moscow in 1963, is...continue...

Romance - Beethoven, Chopin, Dvorák, Mozart, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-10-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50; Carl Stamitz: Concerto for...
Performers: Benda, Christian; Biret, Idil; Jando, Jeno; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Prunyi, Ilona
Conductors: Sobotka, Wolfgang; ; Ligeti, András; Kuchar, Theodore; Leaper, Adrian; Stankovsky, Robert; Kolchinsky, Camilla
Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana; Concentus Hungaricus; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice; Prague Cha...

Brahms: Double Concerto; Schumann: Cello Concerto / Kliegel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-04-21

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 129; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kliegel, Maria
Conductors: Constantine, Andrew
Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

Dvorák: Violin Concerto, Romance; Glazunov: Violin Concerto

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1994-11-10

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 82; Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53; Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 11/B 39
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]

Schumann: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1994-04-12

Works: Robert Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A minor, Op. 105; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 121; Intermezzo in F major from the FAE Sonata
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Slutsky, Boris

Niccolo Paganini: Violin Concertos no 1 & 2 / Jan Willem de Vriend, Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1993-07-27

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21; Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor ("La campanella"), Op. 7, MS 48
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen

"A first-rate fiddler, and an excellent musician. Great value on all counts." -Gramophone...continue...

Paganini: 24 Caprices Op. 1 / Ilya Kaler

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1993-06-11

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1
Performers: Kaler, Ilya [Violin]