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Filled with Mendelssohn’s signature freshness and lightness of touch, the Violin Concerto in D minor and the Sonata, Op. 4 are youthful products but written with an assurance which is startling in its maturity. The substantial earlier concerto gives a foretaste of the originality and soaring inspiration which has made the Violin Concerto, Op. 64 one of the most enduring works of its age. Acclaimed as “an unquestioned master of the violin” (American Record Guide), Tianwa Yang has quickly established herself as a leading international performer and recording artist, with highly acclaimed discs of works by Sarasate, Piazzolla and Wolfgang Rihm. 24-bit, 96 khz Stereo and Surround recordings | 
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| |  | Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
Filled with Mendelssohn’s signature freshness and lightness of touch, the Violin Concerto in D minor and the Sonata, Op. 4 are youthful products but written with an assurance which is startling in its maturity. The substantial earlier concerto gives a foretaste of the originality and soaring inspiration which has made the Violin Concerto, Op. 64 one of the most enduring works of its age. Acclaimed as “an unquestioned master of the violin” (American Record Guide), Tianwa Yang has quickly established herself as a leading international performer and recording artist, with highly acclaimed discs of works by Sarasate and Piazzolla amongst others. Almost invariably coupled with one romantic violin concerto or another, this substantial all-Mendelssohn program sees the Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 strikingly placed next to the much less familiar Concerto in D minor. Together with the Violin Sonata, Op. 4, this trilogy of perfectly formed and superbly performed Mendelssohn masterpieces is irresistible. Tianwa Yang’s playing has been admired by Gramophone, stating that “one simply marvels and enjoys” her performances of Sarasate (Music for Violin and Piano Vol. 3, 8570893). Yang’s profi le has also been enhanced with a significant recent recording of Wolfgang Rihm’s Complete Works for Violin and Piano (8572730). “in Tianwa Yang...we find an artist of exceptional technique and musicianship. Above all, her tone, particularly at the extremes, on the G and E strings, is heart-meltingly beautiful, so that even what look on the page to be the dullest of scales and arpeggios take on a luminous glow...The E minor Concerto is unreservedly splendid” BBC Music Magazine, March 2013 ***** “Yang manages to reveal the early work neither as merely a disposable confection by a precocious child nor as a masterpiece in its own right...Where the concertos showcase Yang's presence of sound and lyrical grace on a grand scale, the sonata offers her fluid phrasing a more intimate though less interesting canvas.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2013 |
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| |  | Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
The young violinist Alina Ibragimova is already established as an admired recording artist, standing alongside great artists of the past and present with her versions of Bach and Beethoven’s violin works. She appears on this latest release with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Vladimir Jurowski (in his Hyperion premiere) in a programme which includes a classic of the concerto repertoire: Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64. Ibragimova’s is a glittering, knife-edge performance, her playing a portrayal in itself of the music’s passion held in control through exquisite craft. The Violin Concerto in D minor—an unusual and welcome pairing—is an early work, written when the composer was only thirteen. As with Mendelssohn’s other juvenile works it is extraordinarily accomplished and exceedingly charming. “Ibragimova, with her wonderfully full, malleable tone, sinewy agility and deft expressiveness, proves a compelling exponent of this brilliant teenage score, combining it on this disc with an equally ear-catching performance of the later E minor Concerto...Ibragimova here adopts a style that goes hand in glove with the OAE’s, sparing with vibrato, lithe in articulation but at the same time appealingly reflective in the slow central movement.” The Telegraph, 28th September 2012 **** “Ibragimova's playing combines verve, brilliance and imaginative intelligence. Mendelssohn's dynamics are scrupulously observed...But if listeners that they are hearing an approximation of an 1840s performance, they should think again. No one could accuse Ibragimova of vibrating excessively, yet she uses vibrato on the modern way, to aid tone production and projection.” Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012 “what was the thinking behind teaming together a soloist who uses vibrato, albeit tastefully, and a string band who don't? Not that I necessarily object to the result...Ibragimova's sensitive playing wins the day, with some superlative quiet moments and at all times a loyal adherence to the composer's markings and a sure sense of the music's phrasing and architecture.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2012 ***** “At first sight Mendelssohn might not seem an Ibragimova composer, though he’s never been far from her fingers...She returns to [the D minor Concerto] here, now burnished with the mature musician’s chameleon grasp of colours and modes of attack, and knack for febrile excitements. The same gifts keep the warhorse Concerto in E minor continually fresh.” The Times, 5th October 2012 **** “her subtle changes of colour and prodigious range of articulation are things to wonder at. The outer movements of the E minor Concerto are dazzling: Ibragimova sets off at a fearsome pace in the finale and not only sustains it, but keeps every detail of her phrasing crystal clear in the process” The Guardian, 18th October 2012 **** “Her absolute unanimity with the woodwind, which joins her in the scampering main theme, is breathtaking, and her occasional discrete use of portamento feels completely apt. This is a delightful, compelling performance from beginning to end, the equal of any in the catalogue.” bbc.co.uk, 29th October 2012 “Ibragimova’s performance suggests she perceives Mendelssohn as a pure classicalist. She and conductor Jurowski downplays any aspect of the music that might suggest Mendelssohn harbored any Romantic inclinations. The performance uses very little rubato, and Jurowski urges the orchestra ever forward” MusicWeb International, March 2013 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Piano and other works
Edoardo Torbianelli (piano), Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin) Israel Chamber Orchestra, Roberto Paternostro | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Legends of the XX century – Boris Goldstein, violin
Boris Goldstein became well known to the Russian public at the age of only nine, when he performed Mendelssohn’s violin concerto with the Moscow Radio Orchestra. He was a soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic Society for 35 years, but was only allowed to go on tours abroad twice. He left the USSR in 1974, settling in Hannover. Here he performs concertos by Mendelssohn, Konyus and Feltsman. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor & Octet
Copenhagen Chamber Soloists, Michael Malmgreen | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Mendelssohn - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Transart presents a live recording of the 22 year old violinist Nemanja Radulovic playing Mendelssohn’s two violin concertos. Winner of the Enesco and Joseph Joachim International Competitons, this exciting young performer is hailed as one of the new generation of rising stars. The Prague Chamber Orchestra, known to be a very demanding group of musicians, gave this young man a standing ovation at the end of the performance. “Radulovic taped live soars aloft in these glorious pieces with a seamless purity guaranteed to set the heart fluttering and pulse racing.” Classic FM Magazine, October 2008 ***** | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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| |  | Great Violinists - Menuhin
Recorded 1951-52 | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Mendelssohn: Chamber and Orchestral Works
Alberto Lysy (violin) Camerata Lysy Orchestra | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor & Concerto for Violin and Piano
Felix Ayo (violin) Castilla y Leon Symphony Orchestra, Max Darman Bragado | |
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