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Joshua Bell is one of the most recognizable names in classical music today, and his skills on the violin meld beautifully with the imagination and drama…
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Russian-American violinist Philippe Quint pairs the rich Tchaikovsky violin concerto with a lesser known string quartet from Anton Stepanovich Arensky to…
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When legendary pianist Martha Argerich was invited to the Swiss music festival Verbier in 2007 she was given carte blanche to invite whomever she wanted…
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Henri Dutilleux is known for his flexibility as a composer, but also as one who will be satisfied with nothing less than utter perfection. His violin…
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Composers Gang Chen and Zhanhao He collaborated to bring us “The Butterfly Lovers,” a stunning violin concerto that tells the ancient Chinese tale of one…
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The music of Joseph Haydn’s “Violin Concerto G Major, Hob. VIIa: 4” was not discovered until 1909, nearly 150 years after its composition, when a set of…
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Violinist Lisa Batiashvili decided to focus on the personal side of Bach when she made her first recording devoted to the master. She pairs J. S. Bach…
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Violinist Jennifer Koh continues her "Bach and Beyond" project, which she explains "presnets the works of Bach that I have long loved, in communion with…
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Samuel Barber (1910-1981) created a distinctly American lyricism. Although his violin concerto is one of his most popular works, the composer himself…
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Bela Bartok's late work "Sonata for Solo Violin" certainly nods to Bach. Jennifer Koh's paired the piece with Bach's Sonata No. 1 in G minor on her latest…