
Vadim Gluzman must be one of the two or three finest violinists currently active, and we can only hope he stays loyal to BIS and
Decca must be keenly aware of how flooded the market is right now with recordings of the standard violin concerto repertoire. This new release is
Daniel Hope’s new Deutsche Grammophon recording celebrates the artistry of the highly respected and significantly influential 19th-century violinist Joseph Joachim by presenting a varied assortment
Composed soon after his Violin Concerto, Bruch’s Symphony No. 1 is a pleasing and inventive work that follows in the style of Schumann, with a
My French colleague Christophe Huss called a few days ago and said “You’ve got to try the new Bruch Concerto disc on Naxos. It’s really
This is exactly the kind of music that serious collectors of good Romantic music should snap up without hesitation, that radio stations should play, and
James Ehnes offers a more “traditional” account of the First Concerto than Isabelle van Keulen on her recent Koch release. Where van Keulen offers quick
Since her return to the concert circuit some five years ago, Midori has made a series of outstanding recordings for Sony, this being yet another.
The novelty item on this super-budget disc is the posthumous Double Concerto for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra by Benjamin Britten, edited by Colin Matthews from
Like her previous album for Cedille, which paired concertos by Brahms and Joachim, everything about this release by violinist Rachel Barton Pine is exceptional, from