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Antoni Wit and the Polish National Radio Symphony (Katowice) have made some outstanding recordings for Naxos; their performances of music by compatriot Witold Lutoslawski in
This is really splendid! Dumay and Pires have made some outstanding recordings, including an excellent disc of Brahms violin sonatas, and this new set of
Naxos continues its “21st Century Classics” series with a disc of works by the young French/Swiss composer Richard Dubugnon. According to his biography, he only
For a large part of the 20th century violinists learned Baroque sonatas and concertos as glorified exercises (even as justification for having to practice all
Peteris Vasks’ Violin Concerto (“Distant Light”) was written for Gidon Kremer, who very capably recorded it for Teldec. However, although Kremer is a fine musician
Midori’s dazzling recital of French violin sonatas on SACD trumps its CD companion (type Q5668 in Search Reviews) by the usual small margin in sound
How do you improve on perfection? My colleague David Vernier has already drawn your attention to the extraordinary accomplishment and sonic immediacy of this remarkable
Joseph Szigeti was in his early 60s when he recorded Bach’s solo sonatas and partitas in 1955/56 for the Bach Guild. Though past his technical
Pavel Šporcl boldly plunges into the dauntingly crowded sea of recorded Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos and rather than sleep with the fishes, ends up swimming with
Composed in 1897, William Hurlstone’s Violin Sonata is decidedly post-Brahmsian in style, though it’s Brahms filtered through English cultural influences, which are most strongly on
