Belkin; Boris

Paganini, etc.: Violin concertos/Belkin

Victor Carr Jr

Boris Belkin doesn’t shy away one bit from the showier aspects of Paganini’s echt-virtuoso Violin Concerto No. 1. Indeed, he’s only too happy to indulge

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Prokofiev: Violin concertos, etc./Belkin

Victor Carr Jr

Boris Belkin’s playing style–a mixture of lean, sinewy articulation and silky smooth tone–ideally suits the Prokofiev concertos, themselves an amalgam of musical angles and curves.

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Sibelius Violin Works

Victor Carr Jr

This generous compilation presents Sibelius’ popular Violin Concerto along with some of his lesser-known works. Boris Belkin pulls out all the stops and then some

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Historical Gems: Stokowski’s Yummy Dvorák & RVW

David Hurwitz September 14, 2025

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Reference Recording: Hengelbrock’s Death-Defying Dvorák 4th

David Hurwitz September 14, 2025

Scintillating Schulhoff, Dynamic Dvorák

David Vernier September 14, 2025

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