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Aaron Copland’s delightful and oft-recorded violin sonata opens this recording, whose program is one of the more intelligent, thoughtfully designed, and best played you’ll ever
On paper the Britten and Shostakovich violin concertos make for an apt pair. The two composers were longtime friends who were very familiar with each
There is only one questionable moment on this well-filled disc of Janácek orchestral music: the string-led apotheosis in the last movement of Taras Bulba, right
These pieces from Luigi Dallapiccola’s prime have a glittering, caressing beauty that masks an extraordinary musical mind. Dallapiccola (1904-75) arguably was the most remarkable of
What pushes this release over the top is the brilliant fiddling of James Ehnes, combined with the incredibly intelligent idea of putting all of Bartók’s
Competition is very strong in this coupling, coming as it does within a couple of years of Daniel Hope’s outstanding performances with the Chamber Orchestra
This eminently popular and extremely challenging set of works for virtuoso solo violin naturally has attracted the interest of every major artist worthy of the
These three violin concertos demonstrate the ongoing vitality and huge expressive range of the Romantic tradition in the first half of the 20th century, and
Praising these performers’ first volume of Bach’s violin and harpsichord sonatas, I observed their highly attuned sensitivity and attention to detail on every level, and
James Ehnes turns in an absolutely sensational account of Dvorák’s sunny and melodically sumptuous Violin Concerto. His warm, singing tone sounds as if made for
