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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Dobrinka Tabakova: String Paths
Maxim Rysanov (viola, conductor), Kristina Blaumane, Torleif Thedéen, Boris Andrianov (cello), Roman Mints, Janine Jansen, Julia- Maria Kretz (violin), Amihai Grosz (viola), Raimondas Sviackevicius (accordion), Donatas Bagurskas, Stacey Watton (double bass) & Vaiva Eidukaityte-Storastiene (harpsichord) Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra ECM New Series presents the first full album devoted to the composer Dobrinka Tabakova, who was born in Bulgaria in 1980, raised from a young age in London, and is now a British citizen. This remarkable recording of her orchestral and chamber compositions for strings is richly melodic, texturally sensuous, and often emotionally radiant. The disc features Tabakova’s Concerto for Cello & Strings and the Rameau-channeling Suite in Old Style for viola and chamber orchestra - both performed by the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra - as well as three chamber works: the string trio Insight, the string septet Such Different Paths and a trio for violin, accordion and double-bass, Frozen River Flows. The performers include star violinist Janine Jansen, leading the septet heard in Such Different Paths, and several of Tabakova’s former conservatory colleagues from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama: violinist Roman Mints, violist and conductor Maxim Rysanov, and Kristina Blaumane, principal cellist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Tabakova’s music has a particularly 21st-century feel for its broad palette - its free mix of tonality and modality, of folk-music influence and the example of past masters. In it there resides the new and the familiar, or rather the familiar within the new, and vice versa; there are the spirits of East and West coursing through the pieces, usually hand in hand; and just as the composer’s technical virtuosity is apparent, she displays a gift for direct communication that can be heard in virtually every measure. “The performances are as formidably assured as the roster of musicians would suggest...If not revelatory, Tabakova's is still a thoughtful and approachable new voice which ought to secure an enthusiastic following.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2013 | 
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| |  | Janine Jansen plays Schoenberg & Schubert
Schoenberg: | Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 for String Sextet Janine Jansen (violin), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Amihai Grosz (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Jens Peter Maintz (cello) | Schubert: | String Quintet in C major, D956 Janine Jansen (violin), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Jens Peter Maintz (cello) |
Dutch violinist Janine Jansen presents a new album coupling two of the most heart-felt masterpieces of the Viennese romantic repertoire. Schubert’s last and greatest chamber work, the sublime String Quintet in C major, is contrasted with the young Schoenberg’s earliest masterpiece, Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). For this recording, derived from emotionally charged live performances given in Dortmund in May 2012, Janine Jansen is joined by a group of exceptional young musicians who are all close personal friends as well as fellow members of Spectrum Concerts Berlin, the prestigious German chamber music group with whom Jansen has played since 1998. Alongside Swedish cellist Torleif Thedéen and Ukrainian viola player Maxim Rysanov, who both joined Jansen for her 2007 Bach album, they include Russian-born violinist Boris Brovtsyn, Israeli violist Amihai Grosz and German cellist Jens Peter Maintz. “They generate an intoxicating mix of heady passions in Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, at the same time maintaining impressive clarity of texture and shaping what can seem a sprawling work. And in a fresh-sounding performance of Schubert’s late quintet, they bring a relish of its boldness as well as an ambiguous poignancy.” Sunday Times, 12th May 2013 “There's no trace here of starry individualism, but instead a real feeling of collegiate responsibility in the way that all the players constantly listen to each other and shade their own contributions accordingly. But, for my taste at least, it's much too strongly flavoured” The Guardian, 25th April 2013 *** “All-star line-ups can be problematic in chamber music, but the depth of drama and colour in the stinging, swooning timbres identified by the Dutch violinist Janine Jansen and her friends...makes this Verklärte Nacht impressive.” The Independent, 20th April 2013 **** “they bring silky skills and subtle touches to two great string pieces...The dapper phrasing and translucent textures are wonderfully calculated, but the emotions sound a little lightweight, and the Schubert needs a sense of profundity.” The Times, 20th April 2013 *** |
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| |  | Janine Jansen plays Prokofiev
Janine Jansen has been a top-selling artist since her debut recording in 2004 for Decca sold 300,000 records. A major star in Europe, especially the Netherlands, Jansen has frequently topped the classical charts and featured in the pop charts. For this release, Jansen is accompanied in the concerto by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under its Russian-born Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski. When she played the work with the LPO in London as part of its 2012 “Prokofiev: Man of the People?” festival, The Times hailed her as “a violinist who is right now on matchless form … a player that you follow wherever she leads” Composed in the mid1930s, on the eve of his return to the USSR, Prokofiev’s much-loved Violin Concerto No.2 boasts the same accessible tunefulness and emotional directness as his enduringly popular ballet Romeo and Juliet, whose love music is ravishingly recalled in the soaring, songlike lyricism of the concerto’s slow central movement. For contrast the concerto is coupled with two chamber works conceived in the same decade: the stark yet expressive Sonata for Two Violins (1932) and the darkly tragic Violin Sonata No.1 (1938–46), which constitutes the composer’s covert memorial to those many friends and colleagues lost during Stalin’s Great Terror and the subsequent World War. “her silvery tone and searching musicianship ensure maximum intelligence and beauty...[Golan and Brovtsyn] play with Jansen as if joined at the hip. Whether the music’s fiery or delicate, this superb disc, gorgeously recorded, should give lasting pleasure.” The Times, 5th October 2012 ***** “Jansen’s playing is utterly beautiful and intelligently searching.” Sunday Times, 7th October 2012 “[Jurowski] judges the variety of weight and the palette of colour in the orchestral sonority ideally, and is ready with the essential instrumental dialogues with the soloist in the finale. The concerto is not exactly under-represented in the catalogue, but this penetrating, luminous and dynamic interpretation is one to linger over.” The Telegraph, 19th October 2012 ***** “this is an intelligent, challenging anthology, unafraid to show us Prokofiev’s underappreciated darker side. Beautifully recorded too.” The Arts Desk, 24th November 2012 “This splendidly recorded performance of the Second Concerto accentuates its stark and sudden contrasts...In the Sonata for two violins, Jansen and Brovtsyn employ a wide range of tone colour, matching each other in expansiveness and virtuosity.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2013 “Jansen is the most subtle of interpreters, and always a sensitive partner. In the Second Violin Concerto, she keeps sentiment at bay...She responds cannily to Prokofiev's pared-back orchestral forces. This is not the usual patchwork of ideas, but an argument that Vladimir Jurowski keeps urgently on the move with the LPO soloists...Jansen's colleagues in the companion pieces are her equals, too.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2013 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven & Britten - Violin Concertos
"Whenever a violin repertory piece needs revitalising, there’s one simple solution. Hire Janine Jansen to play it" THE TIMES Dutch violin star Janine Jansen brings together the great concerto by Beethoven and the rarely heard concerto by Benjamin Britten. "Two of the greatest concertos ever written" Janine Jansen Janine records these concerti with two different orchestras to fully explore two very different sound worlds; the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (Beethoven) and the London Symphony Orchestra (Britten). Janine has loved and championed the Britten concerto since she first played it nearly ten years ago, and performed both these concerti with conductor Paavo Järvi many times, both in Europe and the US. The recording of the Beethoven concerto follows the acclaimed Beethoven Symphony cycle form the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under Paavo Järvi. “I was completely won over… by Jansen's Britten. Passionately intense in the opening movement, suitably malevolent throughout the Prokofiev-inspired Scherzo and heart-achingly poignant in the closing bars of the Passacaglia…” BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 “Her playing is sensationally good, in the Romantic tradition, and she proves an intense, impassioned advocate for Britten’s still neglected work.” Sunday Times, 29th November 2009 **** “Thanks to this brilliant recording, Britten’s concerto emerges with its stature much enhanced...[Jansen] rises to its technical challenges, conveys its passionate intensity without exaggeration and plumbs its moods of innocence, restlessness and despair.” Financial Times, 19th December 2009 *** “Janine Jansen has a rare ability to communicate her thought and feelings about the music while appearing to play in a simple, straightforward manner. The small variations of colour, pressure and emphasis that bring this about transmit a sensation of intense inner life. Whereas others may bring a warmer, more sensuous tone to the Beethoven Concerto... this account turns out to be as absorbing and satisfying as any recent recording. The Britten is very well recorded, too. ...Jansen shows the work's more uncomfortable, angular side. The irregular rhythms and sharp contrasts of the central Vivace are... sharply delineated and, towards the end of the concluding Passacaglia, Jansen builds to a painful degree of intensity and desperation.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bach - Inventions & Partita
"[Bach's Inventions] are not played enough They deserve to be played! They are such wonderful, genius pieces." Janine Jansen Recorded: Berlin, April 2007 “In a performance of BWV 1004 so vividly alive, the wary can relax. ..the great Chaconne is both purposefully plotted and breathtakingly executed - listen to the inexorably screwing-up of the tension as the music builds to the central D major section.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 **** “Both sets of Inventions receive exceptional performances, bursting with spirit and imagination. …[in the Partita] … Janine Jansen's…playing is remarkable for its sense of continuity and feeling for the long line. Her Corrente and Giga have a joyful élan...” Gramophone Magazine, Janurary 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Recorded live at Musikverein, Vienna 11 December 2006 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bruch & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
“If one had to evoke the Dutch violinist Janine Jansen in a word, it would be energy” The Times | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Classical Album 2011
Bach, J S: | Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043: Largo ma non tanto Julia Fischer (violin) Toccata & Fugue in D minor: Toccata Simon Preston (organ) | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: 1. Allegro con brio Gustavo Dudamel Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight': Adagio sostenuto Daniel Barenboim (piano) Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' - Rondo (Allegro) Hélène Grimaud (piano) | Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) | Brahms: | Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor Iván Fischer | Capua: | O sole mio Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) | Chopin: | Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Alice Sara Ott (piano) Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) | Daquin: | Le Coucou Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) | Fauré: | Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 Nicola Benedetti (violin) Sicilienne, Op. 78 Neville Marriner | Grieg: | In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt) Herbert Blomstedt | Haydn: | Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob. VIIe:1 (3rd movement) Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) | Hérold: | La Fille mal gardée: Clog Dance | Khachaturian: | Sabre Dance from Gayane Valery Gergiev | Lara, Augustin: | Granada Plácido Domingo (tenor) | Liszt: | Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) Lang Lang (piano) Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 'La Campanella' Yundi Li (piano) | Massenet: | Meditation (from Thaïs) Anne Sophie Mutter (violin) | Mozart: | Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339: Laudate Dominum Danielle De Niese (soprano) Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso (from Le Nozze di Figaro) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Voi che sapete (from Le nozze di Figaro) Magdalena Kozená (mezzo) | Orff: | Carmina Burana: Ecce gratum Riccardo Chailly | Puccini: | O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Anna Netrebko (soprano) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Roberto Alagna (tenor) Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Renée Fleming (soprano) | Rachmaninov: | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (extract) Tamás Vásáry (piano) | Rodrigo: | Fantasia para un Gentilhombre: Danza de las hachas Carlos Bonell (guitar) | Satie: | Gnossienne No. 1 Pascal Rogé (piano) | Schumann: | Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traümerei Nelson Freire (piano) | Shostakovich: | Jazz Suite No. 2 - Waltz No. 2 Riccardo Chailly | Strauss, J, II: | Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410 Willy Boskovsky | Tárrega: | Recuerdos de la Alhambra Eduardo Fernández (guitar) | Tchaikovsky: | The Nutcracker: Chinese Dance Charles Dutoit | Vivaldi: | The Four Seasons: Summer, RV315 - Presto Neville Marriner | Wagner: | Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries Sir Georg Solti | Williams, John: | Schindler's List - theme Janine Jansen (violin) |
This stunning collection showcases the greatest stars of classical music with dazzling performances from Gustavo Dudamel, Cecilia Bartoli, Lang Lang and Anna Netrebko, to name but a few... Also includes legendary performances from some of the greatest artists of all time, including Luciano Pavarotti, Sir Georg Solti, Plácido Domingo and Daniel Barenboim. Introducing the exciting talents of a number of rising stars such as Jonas Kaufmann, Danielle De Niese, Julia Fischer and Alice Sara Ott With 40 tracks and over 2½ hours of music this collection is outstanding value for money, providing the foundation for a library of classical music. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Janine Jansen: Beau Soir
For her first recital recording celebrated Dutch virtuoso Janine Jansen has chosen a programme of French music, performed with her regular recital partner, celebrated pianist Itamar Golan: “She's intoxicating, and with Golan as a partner, unstoppable” [The Observer, concert review] “Beau Soir” - named after Debussy's evocation of evening - takes us from dusk to the moonlit night, from lullabies into sleep, from dreams to awakening and recollection. Popular classics such as Fauré’s Berceuse and Après un rêve and Debussy's Claire de lune are contrasted with three substantial works; sonatas by Debussy and Ravel, and Messiaen's Theme and Variations. The album also includes three new works by the widely admired contemporary Swiss composer Richard Dubugnon, whose violin concerto Janine Jansen premiered in Paris in 2008. Now resident in the French capital, Richard Dubugnon acted as a consultant on the 'Beau Soir' album and shares the background to the project in the booklet essay. “All the pieces here are beautifully played. Janine Jansen doesn't force her view of the music on the listener, concentrating here on an elegant, sophisticated style, but there's always a flicker of something - a little extra pressure, or a note with faster vibrato - that brings each phrase to life. Itmar Golan shows a similarly lively musical intelligence.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2010 “Jansen explores the violin's dynamic range to intoxicating effect...Even in a golden age of brilliant young female players...Jansen's profound sensitivity to phrase, colour, dynamic and atmosphere is special.” Classic FM Magazine, December 2010 ***** “this exquisite recital finds Janine Jansen at her most seductive...what impresses is the beauty of Jansen's hushed playing. The last movements of both [sonatas] fizz and crackle, but these performances are about so much more than dazzling pyrotechnics” BBC Music Magazine, January 2011 ***** “Janine Jansen and her pianist Itamar Golan approach the Debussy Sonata with admirable restraint...[her] sound is beautiful and cultivated” International Record Review, January 2011  BBC Music Magazine
Chamber Choice - January 2011 |
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| |  | Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto
The second major Romantic concerto recording for Janine Jansen following her remarkable interpretations of two pillars of Romantic violin repertoire, the Mendelssohn and Bruch concertos. Jansen has already wowed the world with her performances of Tchaikovsky’s tour de force: “Janine Jansen impressed again in Tchaikovsky's Violin concerto with the technical precision and musical bravura with which she played this beloved repertoire.” NRC Handelsblad Souvenir d’un lieu cher provides a delightful link to the Concerto recording. The first movement ‘Meditation’ was initially intended as the Concerto slow movement, before it was later replaced by the ‘Canzonetta’. “Everything here is vital, un-hackneyed. And yet Jansen is very much the old-fashioned romantic. Her way with tempo rubato and with dynamic contrasts is unashamedly free. There's an intimacy about her playing which sits well with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra... The partnership with Daniel Harding could hardly be tighter.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2009 “Poised, intelligent and remarkably pure of intonation for a live performance, Janine Jansen's Tchaikovsky certainly knows its own mind. What's truly memorable? From Jansen, the powerful high register and full-toned harmonics of the cadenza; from Daniel Harding and his Mahler Chamber Orchestra, nicely balanced in relation to the soloist, the airborne quality of the Polonaise and the oboe solo in the finale's one reflective sequence.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2009 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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