Janine Jansen and friends perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Septet in E-flat major for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, and double bass, Op. 20. Recorded during Janine Jansen’s International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht (Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival Utrecht) 2011.
Category Archives: Violin
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence [Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson]
Amsterdam Sinfonietta performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s String Sextet in D minor, “Souvenir de Florence”, Op. 70, originally a string sextet, scored for 2 violins, 2 violas, and 2 cellos, with an arrangement for chamber orchestra. Concertmaster (lead violinist) and conductor: Candida Thompson. This performance was recorded on February 17, 2019, live in the music venue …
Continue reading “Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence [Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson]”
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 3 [Henryk Szeryng]
Accompanied by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the great Polish-Mexican violinist Henryk Szeryng performs Niccolò Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major. Conductor: Jan Krenz.
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante [Gabetta, Eberle, Smirnov, Mönkemeyer, Ridout, Laferrière, and M. Botana]
Veronika Eberle (violin), Dmitry Smirnov (violin), Nils Mönkemeyer (viola), Timothy Ridout (viola), Sol Gabetta (cello), Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello), and Uxía Martínez Botana (double bass) perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364 (320d). This performance was recorded during the Solsberg Festival 2023 at Klosterkirche Olsberg.
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings [Boris Brovtsyn and friends at the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht 2022]
Violinist Boris Brovtsyn and friends perform Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48. This performance was recorded during the 2022 Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival Utrecht (International Chamber Music Festival) on December 30, 2022, at the TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Bach: Violin Concerto No.1 in a minor, BWV 1041 [Viktoria Mullova]
Accompanied by the British period-instrument orchestra Academy of Ancient Music, Viktoria Mullova performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041. Conductor & harpsichord: Richard Egarr.
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 [Lucie Cointet]
Accompanied by the Orchestre La Fosse Ô Lyon, the French violinist Lucie Cointet performs German Romantic era composer Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, one of the most popular violin concertos in the classical repertoire. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
Sibelius: Violin Concerto [Sayaka Shoji]
With the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Japanese violinist Sayaka Shoji performs Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47. Conductor: Lahav Shani. This performance was recorded in Tel Aviv on October 14, 2022.
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins [Kokas, Kelemen]
Accompanied by the Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra, the Hungarian violinists Katalin Kokas and Barnabás Kelemen perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins, Strings and Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043, also known as the Double Violin Concerto or “Bach Double”. Recorded during the St. Gellert International Music Festival 2022.
Ravel: Tzigane [Philippe Hirschhorn]
Accompanied by the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, the Latvian virtuoso violinist Philippe Hirschhorn plays Maurice Ravel‘s Tzigane, a rhapsodic composition that was commissioned by and dedicated to Hungarian violinist Jelly d’Arányi (1893-1966). Conductor: Hiroyuki Iwaki.