Help needed for: Violin concerto collection

May 17, 2005 at 09:50 PM · It doesnt look like you the improvised concerto for violin and orchestra by david heath.

May 17, 2005 at 11:36 PM · do you have the violin concertos of Jean Martinon? I have a Henryk Szeryng record on dg of Martinon No. 2 with the Berg.

May 18, 2005 at 09:04 AM · Hello here is my list of NEVER recorded cd’s and recorded cd’s:

NEVER RECORDED VIOLINCONCERTO’S ON CD:

The first violinconcerto of Karol Josef Lipinski (1790-1861)

The first violinconcerto of Joseph Joachim (1831-1907)

The second violinconcerto of Karl Goldmark (1830-1915)

First part of the 8th violinconcerto of Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)

www.classical-composers.org than V than Vieuxtemps (that is my source)

http://www.classical-composers.org/cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=vieuxtem

The violinconcerto of Nikolaj Borisovitsj Yoessoepov (1827-1891) (a pupil of Vieuxtemps), also written as Youssoupov or Joessoepov

The 2 violinconcerto's of Ole Bull (1810-1880) (one slow part of these 2 has been recorded by Naxos on the cd "Norwegian violin favorites")

The 2 (unpublished) violinconcerto's of Camillo Sivori (1815-1894) (pupil of Paganini)

The 9 violinconcerto's of Pierre Baillot (1771-1842)

violinconcerto's 2-7,10 of Charles Auguste de Beriot (1802-1870) (I have the 7th from Naxos of Maud Powell violin/piano recorded in 1915, but there is no version of violin/orchestra)

The Dutch composer Willem Pijper has written a violinconcerto in 1939, which is never recorded on cd. On this Dutch site they mentioned this violinconcerto: http://www.klassiekemuziekgids.net/componisten/pijper.htm

My violinconcerto cd-list:

Cd 1) Joseph Joachim 3e violinconcerto in G major by Takako Nishizaki, Naxos 8.55473

Cd 2) Richard Strauss violinconcerto opus 8 in D minor by Sarah Chang, EMI 556870

cd 3) Goldmark violinconcerto no.1 in A minor op.28 en Korngold violinconcerto in D opus 35 by Itzhak Perlman, EMI CDC-747846 2

cd 4) Henri Vieuxtemps violinconcerto 2 opus 19, 4 opus 31, 5 opus 37 Gretry by Alexander Markov, Erato 0630-17878-2

cd 5) Sibelius, Elgar violinconcerto´s by Dong-Suk Kang, Naxos 8.553233

cd 6) Prokoviev violinconcerto 1,2, Stravinsky violinconcerto by Cho-Liang Lin, Naxos

cd 7) 2e violinconcerto Wieniawski, 4e violinconcerto Vieuxtemps by Heifetz 1935,1937

cd 8) Franz Berwald violinconcerto in C sharp minor, opus 2, Tor Aulin 3e violinconcerto opus 14 by Tobias Ringborg, Naxos 8.554287

cd 9) Karl Hartmann Concerto funebre by Isabelle Faust, ECM 465779-2

cd 10) Schoenberg violinconcerto opus 36 by Pierre Amoyal, Erato 3984-24241-2

cd 11) Second part Adagio in E minor from violinconcerto Ole Bull on cd ‘Norwegian Violin Favorites’ by Henning Kraggerud, Naxos 8.554497

cd 12) Violinconcerto´s Shostakowitz 1,2 by Ilja Kaler, Naxos 8.5850814

cd 13) Henri Dutilleux Lárbe des songes by Isabelle van Keulen, Koch 3-6491-2

cd 14) Carl Nielsen violinconcerto opus 33, Niels Gade violinconcerto by Kai Laursen

cd 15) Bohuslav Martinu violinconcerto 1 by Bohuslav Matousek, Supraphon SU 3653-2 031

cd 16) Bohuslav Martinu violinconcerto 2, 1943, Duo concerttant for 2 violins and orchestra 1937, violinconcerto for 2 violins and orchestra, 1950 by Jan Pospichal, Florian Zwiauer, Arte Nova 74321 77635 2

cd 17) Nikolaj Rakov violinconcerto 1 (1944), D.Kabalevsky violinconcerto in C major (1948), Vissarion Shebalin violinconcerto opus 21 by Andrew Hardy, Olympia OCD 573

cd 18) John Adams & Philip Glass violinconcerto´s by Robert Mc Duffie, Telarc cd-80494

cd 19) double cd VoxBox CDX 5102 by Aaron Rosand

cd1 2e violinconcerto Joseph Joachim in D minor, opus 11, “Hungarian”, 3e violinconcerto Jeno Hubay, op.99

cd2 violinconcerto from Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Benjamin Godard 1e violinconcerto op.35

cd 20) Karol Szymanowski 1,2 by Thomas Zehetmair, EMI 7243 5 55607 2 8

cd 21) Alexander Arutiunian violinconcerto by Ilya Grubert, Chandos Chan 9566

cd 22) Samuel Barber violinconcerto opus 14 , Edgar Meyer violinconcerto by Hilary Hahn, Sony Classical SK 89029

cd 23) Frantisek Benda violinconcerto in D Major, Vaclav Pichl violinconcerto no1, opus 3 in D amjor, Antonin Vranicky violinconcerto in C major by Gabriela Demeterova, Supraphon SU 0002-2 031

cd 24) Bartok 1,2 by Kyang Wha Chung, Decca 425 015-2

cd 25) Leos Janacek violinconcerto (1926, reconstr. 1988) by Christiane Neumann, Arte Nova 74321 30481 2

cd 26) Vieuxtemps violinconcerto 2 opus 19 in F sharp minor, violinconcerto 3 in A major opus 25 by Misha Keylin, Naxos 8.554114

cd 27) Vieuxtemps violinconcerto 1 opus 10, Fanatsia Appassionata opus 35 (for violin and orchestra) by Paul Rosenthal, Bidulph LAW 011

cd 28) Wieniawski violinconcerto’s 1,2 by Marat Bisengaliev, Naxos 8.553517

cd 29 Faure violinconcerto, violinconcerto Lalo Fantasie Norvegienne (3 parts for violin and orchestra), Poeme from Canteloube by Philippe Graffin, Hyperion CDA 67294

cd 30) Max Bruch violinconcerto´s 1,3 by Isabelle van Keulen , Koch 3-6522-2

cd 31) Max Bruch violinconcerto 2 , Schottisch fantasie by Itzhak Perlman, EMI CDC 7 49071 2

cd 32 ) Britten violinconcerto by Theo Olof, EMI 7243 5 66053 2 9

cd 33) 7e violinconcerto of Charles Auguste de Beriot (violin/piano from 1915) by Maud Powell, Naxos 8.110980-81

cd34) 3 cd’s Paganini violinconcerto’s 1-6 with own kadenza’s by Alexandre Dubach, Brilliant Classics from druggist Kruidvat

cd 35) Karol Lipinski violinconcerto’s 2,3,4 by Albrecht Breuninger, CPO 999 787-2

cd 36) Ottorino Respighi (viool)concerto greogiano en concerto allántica door Andrea Cappelletti Koch Schwann 3-1124-2 H1

cd 37) Henri Vieuxtemps violinconcerto 6 opus 47, violinconcerto 7 opus 49 (postuum georchestrated by Jeno Hubay) Greeting to America (piece for violin and orchestre) by Gerard Poulet, Valois V 4797

cd 38) Camille Saint-Saens violinconcerto’s 1,2,3 by Philippe Graffin, Hyperion CDA 67074

cd 39) Ernst von Dohnanyi, violinconcerto 1 opus 27, violinconcerto 2 opus 43 by Vilmos Szabadi, Hungaroton Classic HCD 31759

cd 40) Violinconcerto Korngold, violinconcerto Miklos Rosza opus 24 by Jascha Heifetz, BMG classics 09026 61752 2

cd 41) Jeno Hubay violinconcerto’s 1-4 dubbelcd by Vilmos Szabadi, Hungaroton Classic HCD 31976-77

cd 42) violinconcerto Nikolay Myaskovsky in D minor opus 44, Mieczyslaw Vainberg violinconcerto in G minor opus 67 door Ilya Grubert, Naxos 8.557194

cd 43) Joaquin Rodrigo (violin)concierto de estio, Ivan Semenoff double concerto, Federico Elizalde violinconcerto by Christian Ferras, Testament SBT 1307

cd 44) Leo Weiner violinconcerto no1 opus 41 in D major and violinconcerto no 2 opus 45 in F sharp minor and the Variations for violin and orchestra from Joseph Joachim by Vilmos Szabadi, Hungaroton Classic HCD 32185

cd 45) Louis Spohr violinconcerto 4 in B minor opus 10, violinconcerto 11 in G major opus 70 by Ulf Hoelscher, CPO 999 196-2

cd 46) Myslivecek violinconcerto 4 in B falt major, Viotti violinconcerto 22, Louis Spohr violinconcerto 8 by Elisabeth Wallfish, Hyperion CDA66840

cd 47) William Walton violinconcerto by Tasmin Little, 470 510- 2 (Set 470 508-2)

cd 48) Locatelli, Leclair violinconcerto en fa majeur opus 7 no 4, Mendelssohn in re, Tartini duivelstriller door Jean-Jacques Kantorow, FNAC music 592317

cd 49) Leonard Bernstein West Side Story, Canide by Joshua Bell, Sony Classical SK 89358

cd 50) violinconcerto Alban Berg , Wolfgang Rihm by Anne-Sophie Mutter, DG 437 093-2

cd 51) Anton Arensky violinconcerto opus 54, Rimsky Korsakov violinconcerto (3 parts for violin and orchestra) Concert Phantasy Russian themes in b minor, Tsjaikovsky by Mark Lubotsky, Globe GLO 5174

cd 52) Havergal Brian violinconcerto by Marat Bisengaliev, Marco Polo 8.223479

cd 53) Benjamin Godard violinconcerto no. 2 in G minor opus 131, Moritz Moszkowski violinconcerto in C., opus 30 by Thomas Christian, Koch classics Schwann 3-1367-2

cd 54)Anton Rubinstein violinconcerto in G major opus 46,

Cesar Cui Suite concertante for violin and orchestra opus 25 by Takako Nishizaki, Naxos 8.555244

Cd 55) Charles Auguste de Beriot vioolconcert 1 opus 16 “Military”, violinconcerto 8 op 99, violinconcerto 9 opus 104 by Takako Nishizaki, Marco Polo 8.220440

Cd 56) Edouard Lalo violinconcerto in F major opus 20, (violin)Concerte Russe opus 29 by Olivier Charlier, Chandos Chan 9758

Cd 57) Schumann violinconcerto in D minor, violinconcerto in A minor opus 129

CD 58) Aram Khatchaturian violinconcerto + all other works for violin and orchestra, like Konzertrhapsodie and Nocturne “Musik fur Lermontov” by Michael Jelden, M & V (Music&Video-Verlag) HERA 02104

Cd 59) Louis Grunberg violinconcerto opus 47 by Jascha Heifetz

Cd 60) Mario Caslenuovo-Tedesco 2e violinconcerto by Jascha Heifetz, BMG Music GD87872

Cd 61) Violinconcert “Hung Hu”van A Ke Jian, by Takako Nishizaki, Marco Polo 8.223902

Cd 62) The Butterfly lovers violinconcerto of Chen Gang by Takako Nishizaki, Naxos 8.557348

Cd 63) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor violinconcerto op.80 Dvorak vioolconcert by Philippe Graffin, Avie AV0044

Cd 64) Kamillo Lendvay violinconcerto no. 2 by Vilmos Szabadi, Hungaroton HCD 317787

Cd 65) 2e violinconcerto of Joseph Joachim “in the Hungarian style” op.11 by Rachel Barton, CDR 90000 068

Cd 66) Hans Pfitzner violinconcerto op.34 by Saschko Gawriloff, CPO 999 079-2

Cd 67) Frederick Delius violinconcerto by Ralph Holmes, Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD 2072

Cd 68) Joseph Joachim Raff violinconcerto’s 1,2 by Michaela Paetsch Neftel, Tudor 7086

Cd 69) CHEN Gang violinconcerto “Wang Zhaojun” by Takako Nishizaki, Macro Polo 8.223908

Cd 70) Mieczyslav Karlowicz violinconcerto in A/Dur op.8 (1902) by Edward Zienkowski, Thorofon CTH 2046

Cd 71) György Ligeti violinconcerto (1989-92), Per Nørgård violinconcerto Helle Nacht (1986-7), by Christana Åstrand, Chandos CHAN 9830

Cd 72) Josef Otto af Sillen violinconcerto in E minor (1920) by Christian Bergquist, Sterling CDS-1044-2

Cd 73) Charles Villiers Stanford Suite for violin and orchestra op.32, violinconcerto in D major op.74 by Anthony Marwood, Hyperion CDA67208

Cd 74) Violinconcertos by black composers of the 18th and 19th centuries by Rachel Barton, violinconcerto no.4 of Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas, violinconcerto op.5 no.2 of Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Violinconcerto of Joseph White, Romance of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

cd 75) Joseph Boulogne called Chevalier de Siant-Georges violinconcerto’s 3 no1, 8 no1, 2 no 2 by Miroslav Vilimec, Avenira.

Cd 76) Ignace Pleyel violin concerto in D major by Vilmos Szabadi, Hungaroton HCD 32241

Cd 77) Tor Aulin violin concerto 1? and 2 op.11 a-moll by Tobias Ringborg, Sterling CDS-1050-2

Cd78) Gustaf Bengtsson violinconcerto in B minor by Tobias Ringborg, Sterling CDS-1063-2

Cd79) In memory of Willem Noske piece for violin and orchestra in d minor of Henriette Bosmans (1895-1952) by Willem Noske JENCD 0012

Cd 80) Joseph Achron 1e violinconcerto by Elmar Oliveira, Naxos8.559408

Cd 81) Nikolaj Roslavets, violinconcerto no.1

Cd 82) K.Penderecki violinconcerto1 by Konstanty Kulka, violinconcerto no.2 “Metamorphosen” by Chee-Yun, Naxos 8.555265

Cd83) Max Reger violinconcerto op.101 by Walter Forchert, Koch Schwann 311 186

Cd 84) F.Kreisler violinconcerto by Fritz Kreisler MG Music, disc 11, 09026 61649 2

Cd 85) Ernest Bloch violinconcerto by Oleh Krysa, BIS-CD-639

May 19, 2005 at 12:19 PM · Thanks for your answers!

Willie M: First a response to the Heath work "Alone at the frontier":

I know that piece but it was never recorded to my knowledge, not even the premiere with Nigel Kennedy.

Mark L: Yes, I have the Martinon concerto, also with Szeryng. So we have the same recording I think.

Bram: And also thanks to your list. All your recordings I have too, and also a recording of the Pijper work. The rest is also unknown to me.

Thanks for your answers again!

Best,

Tobias

June 12, 2006 at 11:19 PM · That's a huge list. i'm sorry, it's so long that i did not read it completely, but here are some works i consider as rare (at least not frequently recorded/played)

I may mention composer only in some cases.

-Henri Collet's "Concierto flamenco" (regis pasquier)

-Delius' concerto (Ricci, other by Sammons)

-Coleridge-Taylor's violin concerto in g major

(with emule u can find a recording from proms 2005)

-Peteris Vasks (by kremer)

-Kaja Saariaho (kremer)

-Matthias Pinstcher

-Ernst's Otello Fantasy (ricci)

-Eduardo Alemann: concertino for violin and orch (Alemann is argentinian, like me)

-Alicia Terzian (also argentinian)

-Cristobal Halffter

-Rodolfo Halffter

-Alberto ginastera (argentinian also, there is a recording by ricci)

-tuur: violin concerto (1998) (recorded in the proms in 2003

-Marc o'connor's "The Fiddle Concerto"

-Porumbescu: ballad for vln and orch

- Khrennikov: vln conc No1 and No2 (no1 was recorded by Kogan and Repin, and there is a live version of no2 by Vengerov)

-Elliot Carter (Rolf Schulte)

-Hamilton Harty (Ralph Holmes)

-Holst: concerto for 2 vlns and orch

-Lou harrison: suite for piano, vln and small orch

-Andrzej Panufnik: vln concerto

-sibelius: vln conc, original version (Kavakos)

-Dutilleux: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra'L'arbre des songes'

-Edouard Lalo: Concerto Op.21 and Concerto Russe

-Bruch: Serenade, for vln and orch

-Britten: double concerto

-Roszla: double concerto (cello and violin), and violin concerto

-Busoni: vln concerto (there is a live rec by Szigeti)

-Frank Martin's vln concerto (recorded in the '50 by szigeti)

-Marc-André Dalbavie: vln concerto

-Josef Suk also recorded Martinu's both violin concertos

-Nicholas Maw: recorded by joshua bell

-MArio Castelnuovo Tedesco: heifetz recorded his 2nd violin concerto "The Prophets"

-there is a cd by rubenstein and rodan with works by Ysaye for vln and orch

-John Williams: Violin concerto (recorded by Shaham)

-Josef Otto af Sillen: vln concerto

if remember more, i'll let u know.

June 13, 2006 at 02:17 AM · Do you guys have the Othmar Schoeck VC played by Bettina Boller on Claves? Inspired by Steffi Geyer as well. What a chick she must have been to attract Bartok & Schoeck, etc to her!

June 13, 2006 at 04:50 PM · -Ruutavarta (recorded by Oliviera)

-Sinding

-Kaminski

-Partos

-Feng-Chen Butterfly Lovers Concerto (apologies if -I have gotten the composers name wrong)

-Saint-Saens #1,2

-Vieuxtemps #1,2 (recorded by Ricci a long time ago)

-Achron

-Adams (recorded by Kremer)

-Britten (recorded by Ricci and Vengerov)

-Rimsky-Korsakov Concert-Fantasy (recorded by Lubovsky and Rosan)

-Arensky (recorded by Lubovsky)

-Faure

-McKenzie (Brittish Composer, recorded by Steward for Hyperion)

-Sharp (recorded by Kremer)

-Corigliano (Suite for Violin+Orch., recorded by Bell)

-Mendelssohn D Minor (Earlier Concerto before the E Minor, recorded by Kremer)

-Penderecki-#1,#2 (#1 recorded by Stern and NY Phil, #2 recorded by Mutter)

Respighi- (recorded by Mordkovich, BBC)

There are some underappreciated ones I mentioned in the Warhorse discussion group that might help you out. I hope my selection helps one way or another.

June 13, 2006 at 06:15 PM · It was just announced today that Joshua Bell with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop will be recording the Corigliano (Red Violin) Concerto this week for Sony. Bell will also record the Corigliano Sonata for the same disc.

June 13, 2006 at 06:19 PM · We're STILL NOT WORTHY, Aristotle Stathatos!

That's an unbelievable knowledge of concertos you have!

June 13, 2006 at 11:12 PM · Greetings,

just to note that the Mendelssohn D minor came bac into fashion soemwhat over the last 2 or 3 years years. The recoridngs I am aware of (or not):

Monica Hugget (or one of those top Englsih female players...)

A Japanese violinist whose name I forget.

A well established young German soloist (another blank).

There are a few others. Usually the e minor is on the other side, as it were.

Cheers,

Whatisname

June 14, 2006 at 03:21 AM · Busoni VC & VS 2 - recorded by Frank Peter Zimmermann on Sony. I bought this and it was also given a great thumbs up by the latest Gramophone magazine.

June 14, 2006 at 04:32 AM · Greetings,

I think it was Zimmerman I was refrring to above in the double Mendlssohn recording,

Cheers,

Buri

June 14, 2006 at 04:40 AM · How about Waxman Tristan and Isolde Fantasy for solo violin and piano?

June 14, 2006 at 08:40 AM · What about Korngold's City Montage (a hotch-potch collection of Brahms VC, Mendelssohn VC, Paganini Moto Perpetuo, etc? It was on a disc by Nadia SS - music from the film Humoreske, which I jsut managed to buy in Singapore recently. The original had Issac Stern playing the music of the soundtrack.

June 14, 2006 at 01:27 PM · Thank you very much for all your lists and mentioned works! Most of the works I already know and have them on CD (right know about 2300 different works for violin and orchestra from the 20th century). But I had some troubles to encode the composers Aristotle wrote:

I don't know a composer called "Sharp" and also no recording of Gidon Kremer of his violin concerto. Can you give some hints about the composer and the recording?

I also don't know a recording of the violin concerto by Joseph Kaminski. Where can I get this one?

I don't know any work for violin and orchestra by Partos (only his "Yiskor", which is unfortunately just recorded for viola and orchestra). Or is there a recorded version for violin and orchestra available?

I would be pleased and grateful if you can help me in finding these works (if available).

Finally by the way: "Ruutavarta" is correctly called "Rautavaara". The composers of the Butterfly violin concerto are two: Ho Zhan Hao and Chen Kang. "McKenzie" is correctly spelled "Mackenzie"

Best regards,

Tobias

June 14, 2006 at 02:37 PM · There exist a recording By Josef Kaminski himself playing it from the early 50's.

But I don't know if it has been on cd.

June 24, 2006 at 07:06 AM · Dear Manuel Gigena,

thank you for your enormous list!

Nearly all of the mentioned works I already own, but I would be interested where to get the recording of the violin concerto by Eduardo Alemann?

Can you give any hints?

Thanks and best regards,

Tobias

March 23, 2007 at 11:32 PM · I have not heard of the one you just mentioned, but what about the Jolivet VC played by Isabelle Faust?

March 28, 2007 at 05:37 PM · Thanks Benny for the hint. I already know the Jolivet violin concerto, but I own the recording with Devy Erlih. I don't like the concerto very much, so one recordind is fairly enough.

Best,

Tobias

March 28, 2007 at 06:13 PM · I'm so impressed by everyone's knowledge... great job, guys, and thanks for making those lists available!

I really enjoy the music of Lera Auerbach. It's very much like Shostakovich and Schnittke. Though none of her violin concertos have been recorded yet (that I know of), Vadim Gluzman has made an excellent recording of some of her works for solo violin and violin/piano. You can even download them on iTunes.

Best wishes,

Maia

PS - Tobias, your list is so extensive that I don't think I could ever get around to listening to them all. If you can begin to narrow them down -- what are your favorites on the list? Which are the most "original?" Underappreciated?

March 28, 2007 at 07:59 PM · Two underappreciated 20th century concertos in my opinion are the Hindemith and the Menotti. (Tobias has both listed.)

March 28, 2007 at 10:26 PM · Are you familiar with the works of Eric Ewazen? He is primarily known for his works for brass, but I know he has written a concerto for violin and string orchestra as well. I haven't been able to get my hands on a recording or a copy of the music yet, but I'm hoping to! I emailed the composer about a year ago asking to purchase the (unpublished) concerto, and he promised to send it to me! ... but it never happened. I'm sure he's busy. In any case, the works I've heard for solo brass and brass ensemble (particularly the Western Fanfare for brass quintet) are really nice, so I'm hoping his music for violin is good as well.

March 29, 2007 at 09:25 AM · Mr. Heemskerk,

Breuninger recorded the 1st Lipinski concerto as well. Since years he has plans to record the 6 (7?) violin concertos by Eugène Ysaÿe too, but no results so far. Apart from one, that is. Sorry for being off-topic :-)

Ronald de Haas

The Hague/Netherlands

March 29, 2007 at 10:43 AM · Hallo Sarah,

I know Eric Ewazen's violin concerto, because it is commercially recorded! You can find it here and it is joy to listen to (but nothing special on the other hand):

http://www.amazon.com/Sejong-Plays-Ewazen-Eric/dp/B00008YJEF/ref=sr_1_5/002-3598077-2439267?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1175165064&sr=1-5

Hallo Ronald,

Ysaye wrote 8 violin concertos and destroyed 7 of them. So there is only a violin concerto no.8 and Breuninger also recorded all the other works for violin and orchestra that is left by Ysaye on this CD:

http://www.amazon.com/Eug%C3%A8ne-Ysa%C3%BFe-Works-Violin-Orchestra/dp/B000EQHRX8/ref=sr_1_1/002-3598077-2439267?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1175165164&sr=1-1

Best,

Tobias

March 29, 2007 at 11:16 PM · Yes, Ronald de Haas, my list of may 2005 of never recorded cd's is not up to date. After may 2005 Breuninger has recorded Ysaye8 and 1th Lipinski. I have them both and wrote about it on my blog. He also recorded some unrecorded De Beriot concerto's 2,4,7: http://www.sudbrackmusik.de/breuninger/breuninger.htm

Nikolay Yusupov has written 3 violinconcerto's. Also Bazzini (well known of Rondo de Lutins) has written 5 violinconcerto's, but is anywhere somewhere the full conductorscore? And there are more names of obscure composers who have written unrecorded (but good) violinconcerto's, like Emile Sauret for example.

April 3, 2007 at 02:24 PM · Tobias and Bram,

Thanks for the information on Breuninger playing de Bériot. That reminds me of my own violin lessons, forty years ago. Not to mention the concertos by Rode and Kreutzer I was supposed to study. I wonder whether anyone ever studied the Kreutzer concerto # 19 more recently :-)

A bit in doubt about Breuninger recording the one Ysaÿe concerto after (or in) 2005, because my recollection tells me that my copy is of earlier date. Maybe the recording was issued in 2005. I'll check when I'm home tonight.

Although I have renditions of the violin concertos by Moritz Moszkowski and Emil (Donna Diana) von Reznicek, I hope to find better ones, one day. I just don't know whether someone else ever went into the trouble to make a recording.

Ronald

June 12, 2007 at 12:17 AM · Sorry to correct, but Ysaye wrote one more concerto, for two violins, and a showpiece, "Amite," for two violins.

A manuscript of the double concerto should be

in the Sibley Music Library in Rochester, NY.

I had a copy of Amite, but only one page still

exists. One or both of them may be in the Library of Congress, for all those talented

Senator-violinists to use.

Ciao,

Joel

June 12, 2007 at 12:20 AM · Grazyna Bacewicz wrote seven violin concerti,

most of them in the 20th century.

You might be able to get some of them through

the Metzler Violin shop.

Am I missing something-- you are looking for

music, or recordings?

J

October 23, 2010 at 03:12 AM ·

 Hello Tobias and other concerto enthusiasts!

Four years later, and many discoveries afterwards, it's time I updated some of my findings.

To reiterate what I said last time, Sharp= Eliott Sharp's RE/ITERATIONS, supposedly for 14 solo violins, 2 violas, cellos, contrabassi, and percussions. My mistake on that part since it's more of a conceerto for more than one violin. (from his album TESSALATION ROW: SST 129)

QUOTE:

I also don't know a recording of the violin concerto by Joseph Kaminski. Where can I get this one?

--In terms of Joseph (jascha) Kaminski, The composer HIMSELF performed it in Tel Aviv, February, 1954- Israel Philharmonic with Walter Susskind. No available recording is present. However, I managed to snag the manuscript reduction for violin and piano, and it's a killer in its own right! Sorry for not answering back sooner about it.

Seems that almost everybody knew about Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Heifetz Collection or EMI w/ Perlman and Mehta) and Bloch Violin Concerto (Totenberg, Vienna Opera Orchestra), but forgot about Kaminsky since he was majorly a performer and a composer, and was also a leading figure in Israel's musical life during his time (from mid 1930's on).

The concerto is also special since it was composed during the wage War of Independence for Israel (1947-1949). Seemingly after his performance five years later, there wasn't a recording of it since and is open for anybody to try.

QUOTE:

I don't know any work for violin and orchestra by Partos (only his "Yiskor", which is unfortunately just recorded for viola and orchestra). Or is there a recorded version for violin and orchestra available?

--Dedicated to Yehudi Menuhin, I'm still trying to find whether or not Menuhin performed live or on stage Odon Partos. HOWEVER, I discovered there's a recording of it under the HUNGAROTON label, Performed the the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra. (HCD #32450 Digital) with Song of Praise (Viola Concerto) and Shiluvium (Fusions)- Soloists: Vilmos Szabadi, Peter Barszony, and Andras Ligeti. Search it online and you'll find it.

I also would like to apologize for the typos that I entered before. It appeared that I was in a rush to spread out the message that I didn't fix it in time. So, in short, thanks for the clarifications, Tobias.

Also, Hyperion Records (UK), in case people haven't subscribed to it by now, has their Romantic Violin Concerto series up to date. Concertos from Saint-Saens, Stanford, Jeno Hubay, Moszkowski, Karlowicz, Coledridge-Taylor, Somervell, Taneyev, Arensky, Vieuxtemps, and David (Ferdinand)

I hope that clears most of the composers thus far. I'm still trying to find someone that played Reynaldo Hahn's Violin Concerto, the Brazilian that has an interesting piano concerto to boot as well.

See you guys, and happy hunting!

October 23, 2010 at 05:41 AM ·

Though personally i find most of his music AND his personality to be thoroughly offputting (he was completely obnoxious and objectionable in unrealistic physical demands while colleagues and i were rehearsing his theatre-piece Cortege with a Canadian orchestra), R. Murray Schafer's violin concerto  "The Darkly-Coloured Earth: The Loneley Traveler" may be of interest to some. Former TSO concertmaster Jacques Israelievitch has recorded it on a CBC disk which features concertos for other instruments by contemporary Canadian composers.

As an individual with a Polish surname, i heartily approve of the mentions of the concerti by M. Karlowicz (early 20th century, very Romantic), and Andrzej Panufnik (more acerbic and chromatic, albeit with a gorgeous slow movement). Was in a Polish-Canadian orch. that gave the Canadian premiere of it in a very poorly-heated Toronto church. A very moving experience in the slow movement nonetheless...

Did anyone mention the 2nd Shostakovitch concerto? It gets highly overlooked compared to #1~

V. Repin has recorded the Myaskovsky concerto. Paired with Repin's Tschaik., it surely deserves a listening.

Actually had the chance to hear the world premiere of the Heath concerto in Minneapolis with the Nige whilst on a dark week when playing way up in Tundra, er, Thunder Bay. The electric violin sound was often so harsh as to be distorted, but i was much more impressed with the Minnesota Orch., especially with their performance of the Rach. Symphonic Dances in the first half of the concert.~

No doubt after this post has been added to the thread i will remember pieces i should have mentioned. Sigh...^^

October 23, 2010 at 06:05 AM ·

Self-fulfilling prophecy...

Was actually in the world premiere of a Capriccio for violin and orchestra by Canadian oboist-composer Elizabeth (Betsy) Raum, with Krista Buckland as soloist. Ms. Buckland is still as far as i know principal 2nd violin in the COC orch. in Toronto. Raum's daughter, Erika, is an excellent violinist, having won the Szigeti competition in Hungary some years back. Used to have the dubious priviledge of competing against her in local music festivals...^^

Both mother and daughter now compose, and methinks Erika has also written works for violin, possibly with orch. accompaniment as well.

The senior Raum has actually written a very fine tuba concerto, as well as an attractive work for double orchestra. Was in the orch. for the world premieres of both those works too~

Ah, here's another one that hasn't been mentioned above (if it has, apologies): the concerto for violin and orch. by Rheinhold Gliere, of Russian Sailors' Dance and Ilya Murometz fame. Remember my first summer of NYOC, in 1990, tuning into a NPR broadcast from upstate new York while we were in residence at Brock University in St. Catherine's, Ontario. As we were listening, not having tuned in from the beginning, my colleagues and i all guessed the piece was something French, similar in idiom to the Chausson Poeme. Thus it was something of a surprise to hear it was by Gliere.

The Josef Suk Fantasia, opus 24, is a piece whose neglect is thoroughly inexplicable to me. Perhaps the fact it is in one long (c. 24 minutes) multi-sectional movement partially explains its difficulty for programming purposes, but it's far too beautiful to be as overlooked as it is. 

Did anyone mention the Reger concerto? Its neglect on the other hand is completely understandable---it's c. 56 minutes long, and what i've seen of the violin part, it's exceedingly chromatic and of overwhelming difficulty. No doubt it takes phenomenal ability to pull it off, and one does wonder if the rewards justify the exertion. To be honest, though, haven't actually heard the one recording of which i know, with Susanne Lautenbacher as the indefatiguable soloist, so perhaps it's best to withhold judgement for now. Any of you folks heard it yet?      

October 23, 2010 at 07:39 AM · I discovered today that William Schuman wrote a violin concerto. Premiered by Roman Totenberg. (I am singing a bunch of Schuman for his centenary this year.)

October 28, 2010 at 03:06 PM ·

Violin concerto by Swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson. Recorded with soloist Arve Tellefsen (who to my mind does the best job of the Nielsen concerto) and Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting. Larsson's music definitely deserves wider consideration; his suite for "A Winter's Tale" is very attractive indeed, while of his many concertinos, most (all-?) with string orchestra accompaniment, the one for trombone stands out in particular for its last movement, with the main tune remarkable reminiscent of the theme from "The Jetson's" cartoon...^^'   

September 20, 2011 at 10:51 PM ·

Lars-Erik Larsson's concerto was recorded by Leo Berlin and my request to hear it on BBC Radio 3 was played by the late Humphrey Carpenter about 12 years ago. He had though, made the mistake of playing Lars-Erik Larsson's continuo (or a piece with a similar name - I cannot recall what) a few weeks before and apologised for the error when he put it right.  Parts of the concerto reminds me of the music Bernard Herrmann wrote for the Hitchcock film ‘Psycho’. Carpenter later played my favourite interpretation of the Menotti concerto by Tossy Spivakovsky.  Other favourites include the fun to be had from the Lvov Violin Concerto. The only known recording by the highly talented Sergei Stadler, who adds the Arensky and Conus violin concerti on the CD.  The Reger is often truncated a little and the only full length version is by the great Susanne Lautenbacher – as previously stated. She also recorded one of my favourites, the Schumann violin concerto. She takes it quite slowly but such a lovely performance. The lovely Karlowitz violin concerto (now coming into fashion at long last – Little, Kennedy et al – has only one real interpreter – the marvelous Konstanty Kulka – who may be seen in full colour on ‘You Tube’ throwing it off with splendid élan. Tasmin little makes a great effort too though in her recent recording.