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Nicola Benedetti: Baroque

Nicola Benedetti: Baroque

Benedetti is on radiant form in performances that are impeccably in style yet contain a real zest for life; a gift indeed

Beethoven meets Schnittke

Beethoven meets Schnittke

A very special release, caught in BIS' trademark excellent sound

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the music of Francisco Coll

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the music of Francisco Coll

Kudos to Pentatone for daring to release this disc and to Kopatchinskaja and Gimeno for their indefatigable belief in Coll's music

Francesca Dego plays Paganini and Wolf-Ferrari

Francesca Dego plays Paganini and Wolf-Ferrari

A disc to cherish; a fabulously inventive coupling, and performances that glow with the energy of youth

Beethoven Violin Sonatas

Beethoven Violin Sonatas

Previously on Classical Explorer, we looked at performances of the Beethoven Violin Sonatas by James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong on Ony [https://www.classicalexplorer.com/beethoven-violin-sonatas-from-onyx/]x; here's a disc of three sonatas by a similarly youthful duo: Frank Peter Zimmermann and Martin Helmchen. This new BIS disc

Paris: Hilary Hahn plays Chausson, Prokofiev & Rautavaara

Paris: Hilary Hahn plays Chausson, Prokofiev & Rautavaara

The choice of music is exquisite; the result, fully satisfying ...

Il Labirinto Armonico: Three Violin Concertos by Locatelli

Il Labirinto Armonico: Three Violin Concertos by Locatelli

The excellence of the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, with a contunuo group that includes a lute, is never in doubt; neither is Gringolts' stunning virtuosity. But it is Locatelli that leaves the most lasting impression, just as it should be ...

Discovering Schnittke: Violinist Daniel Hope in fine form

Discovering Schnittke: Violinist Daniel Hope in fine form

Hope and Botvinov's 2019 performances offer a perfect introduction to Schnittke's chamber music for violin

Living the Dream: Francesca Dego records on Paganini's "Il Cannone"

Living the Dream: Francesca Dego records on Paganini's "Il Cannone"

The opportunity to record on Paganini's own violin, the legendary "Il Cannone" (a Guarneri del Gesû, 1743) hardly comes along every day ...

Martinů and Bartók from BIS

Martinů and Bartók from BIS

A wonderful disc. The repertoire choices could hardly be bettered ...

Entente Musicale

Entente Musicale

Whatever is happening elsewhere, Anglo-French relations are just fine on this disc, with Delius, Cyril Scott, Ireland and Bax rubbing shoulders perfectly affably with Debussy and Ravel. Music from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, then, a time when King Edward VII did much to foster an entente

Britten's Violin Concerto

Britten's Violin Concerto

Britten's operas - rightly - receive a huge amount of attention, and one should perhaps mention that the recent Peter Grimes on Chandos is remarkable as well as acknowledging with sadness the passing of that recording's astonishing Ellen Orford, the wonderful Erin Wall. Britten's

City Lights: Violinist Lisa Batiashvili roams the Globe

City Lights: Violinist Lisa Batiashvili roams the Globe

Warmth and friendship suffuse this album