Latest CD releases
James Ehnes: Britten Violin Concerto & Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Label: Onyx
Tracklisting:
1 - 3. Britten Violin Concerto op.15
4 - 7. Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 op.77
Click here to watch a video of the recording session, including James Ehnes and Kirill Karabits in discussion.
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McNeff: Heiligenstadt, Secret Destinations, Sinfonia & Weathers
Conductor: Dominic Wheeler
Featuring Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
Label: Dutton Epoch
Tracklisting:
1 - 3. Sinfonia
4. Heiligenstadt
5 - 9. Weathers
10 - 12. Secret Destinations
World premiere recordings
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Karabits: Concertos for Orchestra
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Label: Naxos
Tracklisting:
1 - 3. Karabits: Concerto for Orchestra No.2
4 - 5. Karabits: Concerto for Orchestra No.3 'Holosinnya' (Lamentations)
6 - 7. Karabits: Concerto for Orchestra No.1 'Musikalnoe prinosheniye Kievu' (Musical Gift to Kiev)8. Silvestrov: Elegie
9 - 10. Silvestrov: Abschiedsserenade
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Nicola Benedetti: The Silver Violin
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Label: Decca Classics
Tracklisting:
1. Schindler's List (Williams)
2. Die tote Stadt: Tanzlied de Pierrot (Korngold arr. Willms)3. Tango - Por Una Cabeza (Gardel)
4. The Gadfly, Op.97: Youth [Romance] (Shostakovich)
5 - 7. Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 (Korngold)
8. Ladies in Lavender - Main Theme (Hess)
9. "The Counterplan", Op.33: Andante (Shostakovich)
10. My Edward & I (from "Jayne Eyre") (Marianelli)
11 - 12. Concertino from "Eastern Promises" (Shore)
13. Piano Quartet in A minor: Nicht zu schnell (Mahler)
14. Five Pieces for 2 Violins & Piano: Prelude (Shostakovich arr. Atovmyan)
15. Die tote Stadt: Gluck, das mir verblieb (Mariettalied) (Korngold)
Reviews:
" . . . Benedetti decorates this repertoire with gleaming high-register pirouettes, plus vibrato throbs and hesitations that never descend into schmaltz. Such good taste is a pleasure . . . In Korngold's concerto she glides dexterously along the golden melodies"
The Times
"It may be commercial, but it is also very clever - and quite beautifully played"
Herald Scotland
"It's the whole programme that will sell you the disc, not just the Korngold . . . I think it's the most impressive Nicola Benedetti disc so far."
BBC Radio 3 CD Review - 25/08/2012
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