Posts Tagged ‘Menuhin’
BEETHOVEN: 10 Sonatas for Violin & Piano – Temianka/Shure – DoremiPublished on September 11, 2011
The legendary 1946 Beethoven Violin Sonata cycle, performed by two ferociously-inspired musicians and restored with extraordinary fidelity to their passionate visions.
Yehudi Menuhin and George Enescu = MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64; DVORAK: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53; WIENIAWSKI: Legende in G Minor, Op. 17; BACH: Double Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1043 – Dutton VocalionPublished on October 03, 2010
Classic Menuhin recordings in collaboration with kindred spirits whose like we shall rarely, if ever, hear again.
Georg Kulenkampff Vol. 2 = SCHUMANN: Violin Concerto in D Minor; BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Major; BEETHOVEN: Romance No. 1 – Georg Kulenkampff, violin/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/ Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt/Staatskapelle Berlin/Arthur Rother – Opus KuraPublished on September 29, 2010
Violinist Georg Kulenkampff offered welcome relief from the dry classic notion of the North German musician, given his decidedly Romantic sensibilities.
The Romantic Violin Concerto, Vol. 8 = VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Minor, Op. 37; Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 31; Fantasia appassionata in G Minor, Op. 35 – Viviane Hagner, violin/Royal Flemish Philharmonic/Martyn Brabbins – HyperionPublished on May 09, 2010
A brilliant collation of Vieuxtemps violin works, in which every conceivable bravura device confronts the undaunted Ms. Hagner.