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NewsBBC announces new ‘Instrumental Sessions’
Violinists and double bassists from across the BBC’s five orchestras will be among those performing in single-instrument ensembles
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ReviewChisholm: Violin Concerto; Dance Suite; Preludes from the True Edge of the Great World
The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: Little-known 20th-century violin concerto casts a dramatic spellMusicians: Matthew Trusler (violin) Danny Driver (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn BrabbinsComposer: Chisholm Catalogue Number: HYPERION CDA 68208 Here’s a neglected voice in 20th-century British music – and on the evidence of a ...
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ArticleBruch: Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor op.44; Adagio appassionato op.57; In memoriam op.65; Konzertstück op.84
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Liebeck and Brabbins continue their Bruch concerto cycle in styleMusicians: Jack Liebeck (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn BrabbinsComposer: BruchCatalogue number: HYPERION CDA68055 This disc is Volume 21 in Hyperion’s Romantic Violin Concerto series and the third Bruch recording I have reviewed in ...
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ArticleMacMillan: Violin Concerto; Symphony no. 4
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: Magnificent playing from Repin in James MacMillan's 2010 concertoMusicians: Vadim Repin (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Donald RunniclesComposer: MacMillanCatalogue number: ONYX 4157 With its mysterious German chanting, Shostakovich-like sarcasm and nods to seemingly everyone from Bernstein to Berio, James MacMillan’s 2010 Violin Concerto ...
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ReviewStojowski: Violin Concerto in G minor; Romanze in E flat major, Wieniawski: Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de l’opéra Faust de Gounod
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Fine advocacy for some less-visited gems of the Romantic violin tradition Musicians: Bartlomiej Niziol (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Lukasz Borowicz Composer: Stojowski, Wieniawski Catalogue number: HYPERION CDA ...
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ReviewBruch: Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor; Romance in A minor; Serenade in A minor
The Strad Issue: February 2016Description: Wonderful playing – even if the programme is back to frontMusicians: Jack Liebeck (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn BrabbinsComposer: BruchI am curious about the ordering of this disc (volume 19 in Hyperion’s Romantic Violin Concerto series). The cover lists the works in ...
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ArticleStuart Macrae: Violin Concerto*† , Two Scenes from the Death of Count Ugolino‡§, Motus§, Stirling Choruses† §
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Christian Tetzlaff (violin)* BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor)† Loré Lixenberg (mezzo-soprano)‡ Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Susanna Mälkki (conductor)Composer: Stuart MacraeChristian Tetzlaff brings impressive authority to Stuart MacRae’s Violin Concerto of 2001. He finds grace and rhythmic precision in the ...