Szymanowski - Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61
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Szymanowski & Karlowicz: Violin Concertos
Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
This programme makes undeniable sense. All three works were written in the space of around 30 years, and their composers shared a love of the Tatra Mountains…[Little] doesn’t initially let herself... — More…
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Szymanowski: Concertos, Orchestral & Choral Works
RecommendedIwona Sobotka, Timothy Robinson, Katarina Karnéus, Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Elzbieta Szmytka, Jadwiga Rappé, Philip Langridge & Thomas Hampson, Florence Quivar, Jon Garrison & John Connell
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, with City of Birmingham...
Both these differing works [Song of the Night and Stabat Mater] are sensitively performed, giving the listener an excellent insight into the contrasting aspects of this composer's work. Rattle's... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Engineering
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Szymanowski: Violin Concertos 1 and 2 & Myths Op. 30
Baiba Skride (violin), Lauma Skride (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
The First Concerto's opening here is vigorous and cleanly etched, with detailed recording...Skride's performance...is full of tonal variety, and fearless in the often vertiginous tessitura.... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Szymanowski - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedThomas Zehetmair (violin), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Concerto
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Special offer. Henryk Szeryng Plays Violin Concertos
The SWR Recordings 1956-1984
Henryk Szeryng (violin)
Performance-wise virtually nothing falls beneath a minimum high standard, Szerying’s tone warm yet refined, his phrasing musically sympathetic and his way with the faster music articulate and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Szymanowski: Concerto Overture & Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky
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Szymanowski - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedThomas Zehetmair (violin) & Silke Avenhaus (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Concerto
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Szymanowski & Britten - Violin Concertos
RecommendedFrank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Manfred Honeck, Antoni Wit
…Zimmermann… seems more at home in the Second Concerto, where the ecstatic element is leavened with the folk-influence that Szymanowski adopted later in his life - think Bartók rather than Scriabin.... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2013, First Choice
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Kletzki & Szymanowski: Violin Concertos
Robert Davidovici (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Grzegorz Nowak
The Violin Concerto by Paul Kletzki is the real treasure here; it appears on disc for the first time and is much more than a historical curiosity...well worth investigating. It certainly never... — More…
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Szymanowski - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
Ilya Kaler (violin)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
Ilya Kaler is a near ideal interpreter of these works and the delightful Nocturne and Tarantella which serve as makeweight. His playing certainly has the requisite passion, but he also has... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2007, Editor's Choice
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