CD, Sarasate (composer)
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Eclipse
RecommendedDvořák - Ginastera - Sarasate
Hilary Hahn (violin), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada
It is the Ginastera Concerto that is the real star item here...Hahn hurls herself into the fray with scintillating abandon, matched by stunningly articulate and rhythmically beguiling playing... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Concerto
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Paganini: 24 Caprices
Recommendedplus Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Wieniawski
María Dueñas (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Boris Kuschnir (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mihhail Gerts
The Paganini Caprices have energy in the bowing from the outset, confident octaves and portamento, and impeccable double stops...You could listen straight through, but I’d recommend random shuffling... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th February 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Recording of the Month
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Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No.3
James Ehnes (violin), BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena
There’s also much to enjoy, albumwide, from the playing here. Ehnes, with that elegant, effortless technique of his own, brings a cool, cantabile purity to the Saint-Saëns concerto’s lilting... — More…
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In his booklet note, violinist Augustin Hadelich highlights the Britten...Yet, perhaps precisely by not identifying so closely to the Prokofiev, Hadelich actually shows greater respect for that... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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the transcription is adroitly laid out and Bell and the Singapore Chinese Orchestra under Tsung Yeh are as persuasive a set of advocates as one could wish for. — More…
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Special offer. Fantasies, Rhapsodies and Daydreams
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
This recital is something of a triumph for violinist Arabella Steinbacher. [Waxman’s Carmen Fantasy] is finger-cripplingly difficult, and…Steinbacher makes it sound like a neat-masterpiece…saving... — More…
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I love the sense of light and space which the puckish Spanish violinist brings to this recital of music from his homeland - there's a fundamental sweetness to Fullana's tone which never crosses... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2023
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Michael Rabin on the Bell Telephone Hour: 1954/62
Michael Rabiin (violin), Bell Telephone Orchestra, Donald Voorhees
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