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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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Review
Chisholm: Violin Concerto; Dance Suite; Preludes from the True Edge of the Great World
The Strad Issue: October 2017 Description: Little-known 20th-century violin concerto casts a dramatic spell Musicians: Matthew Trusler (violin) Danny Driver (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins Composer: Chisholm Catalogue Number: HYPERION CDA 68208 Here’s a neglected voice in 20th-century British music – and on ...
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Bruch: Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor op.44; Adagio appassionato op.57; In memoriam op.65; Konzertstück op.84
The Strad Issue: March 2017 Description: Liebeck and Brabbins continue their Bruch concerto cycle in style Musicians: Jack Liebeck (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins Composer: Bruch Catalogue number: HYPERION CDA68055 This disc is Volume 21 in Hyperion’s Romantic Violin Concerto ...
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MacMillan: Violin Concerto; Symphony no. 4
The Strad Issue: January 2017 Description: Magnificent playing from Repin in James MacMillan's 2010 concerto Musicians: Vadim Repin (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Donald Runnicles Composer: MacMillan Catalogue number: ONYX 4157 With its mysterious German chanting, Shostakovich-like sarcasm and nods to seemingly ...
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Review
Stojowski: 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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Bruch: Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor; Romance in A minor; Serenade in A minor
The Strad Issue: February 2016 Description: Wonderful playing – even if the programme is back to front Musicians: Jack Liebeck (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins Composer: Bruch I am curious about the ordering of this disc (volume 19 in Hyperion’s Romantic Violin Concerto series). The cover ...
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Stuart Macrae: Violin Concerto*† , Two Scenes from the Death of Count Ugolino‡§, Motus§, Stirling Choruses† §
The Strad Issue: January 2006 Musicians: Christian Tetzlaff (violin)* BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor)† Loré Lixenberg (mezzo-soprano)‡ Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Susanna Mälkki (conductor) Composer: Stuart Macrae Christian Tetzlaff brings impressive authority to Stuart MacRae’s Violin Concerto of 2001. He finds grace and rhythmic ...
