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Vilde Frang, Michail Lifits - Bela Bartok, Edvard Grieg, Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas (2011)

Béla Bartók, Edvard Grieg, Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas (2011)
Vilde Frang (violin), Michail Lifits (piano)

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 321 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 188 Mb | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 50999 9 47639 2 8 | Time: 01:18:50

One of the leading young soloists to emerge from Scandinavia in recent years, noted particularly for her superb musical expression, as well as her well-developed virtuosity and musicality. Young Norwegian violinist, Vilde Frang brings together a diverse, yet complimentary selection of sonatas for her second EMI Classics release. The youthful, spirited Grieg: Violin Sonata No.1 in F Major, Op. 8 and Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18 are paired with Bartók’s technically challenging, musically complex Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117. Frang frequently performs the later, which Bartók composed as an homage to Bach, with the Strauss in concert. Vilde is joined by pianist Michail Lifits for this recording.
Vilde Frang, Barnabás Kelemen, Lawrence Power, Nicolas Altstaedt - Veress: String Trio & Bartók: Piano Quintet (2019)

Vilde Frang, Barnabás Kelemen, Lawrence Power, Nicolas Altstaedt & Alexander Lonquich - Veress: String Trio & Bartók: Piano Quintet (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 259 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 145 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:01:36
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics, Outhere Music

The Lockenhaus International Chamber Music Festival is regarded as one of Austria’s most prestigious festivals: it was created by the violinist Gidon Kremer to offer a new vision of chamber music and the opportunity to create musical exchanges in an intimate setting. The cellist Nicolas Altstaedt succeeded Gidon Kremer in 2012 and now continues the spirit of the festival. For this first recording in partnership with Lockenhaus, he is joined by experienced partners, including the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang, the Hungarian violinist Barnabás Kelemen, the German pianist Alexander Lonquich – whose Schubert double album was recently released on Alpha (Alpha 433) – and the British violist Lawrence Power. Together they have selected two works, the Piano Quintet of Béla Bartók, a demanding composition, rarely performed even though it is considered an intensely personal work, and the String Trio of Sándor Veress, a former student of Bartók.
Vilde Frang - Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 - Enescu: Octet (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Vilde Frang - Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 - Enescu: Octet (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 58:02 minutes | 1.01 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Bela Bartok and George Enescu were born in same Year - 1881, Bartok in the Austrian-Hungarian city of Nagyszentmiklos (today Romania), Enescu in the Moldovian town of Liveni-Botosani (today Romania). Both pieces on this recording are youth works of theirs - 1900 (Enescu Octet) and 1907 (Bartoks 1st violin concerto). Both works were neglected - Enescus Octet for nearly a decade due to the challenges of the piece (being premiered in 1909) , and Bartoks concerto was neglected by its dedicatee, the violinist Stefi Geyer (who was also his young love), and was published only after her death, in 1956 (being premiered in 1958). Bartok and Enescu both died in self-chosen exile - Bartok 1945 in New York, Enescu 1955 in Paris - yet both were respected and admired for being contributers to the development of their countries’ culture and art, particularly as great «ambassadors» for the folk music.
Vilde Frang, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France & Mikko Franck - Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 – Enescu: Octet (2018)

Vilde Frang, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France & Mikko Franck - Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 – Enescu: Octet (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 267 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 136 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:58:04
Classical | Label: Warner Classics

Bela Bartok and George Enescu were born in same Year - 1881, Bartok in the Austrian-Hungarian city of Nagyszentmiklos (today Romania), Enescu in the Moldovian town of Liveni-Botosani (today Romania). Both pieces on this recording are youth works of theirs - 1900 (Enescu Octet) and 1907 (Bartoks 1st violin concerto). Both works were neglected - Enescus Octet for nearly a decade due to the challenges of the piece (being premiered in 1909) , and Bartoks concerto was neglected by its dedicatee, the violinist Stefi Geyer (who was also his young love), and was published only after her death, in 1956 (being premiered in 1958). Bartok and Enescu both died in self-chosen exile - Bartok 1945 in New York, Enescu 1955 in Paris - yet both were respected and admired for being contributers to the development of their countries’ culture and art, particularly as great «ambassadors» for the folk music.
Lucian Ban, John Surman & Mat Maneri - Transylvanian Folk Songs: The Bela Bartók Field Recordings (2020)

Lucian Ban, John Surman & Mat Maneri - Transylvanian Folk Songs: The Bela Bartók Field Recordings (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 268 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 147 Mb | 01:04:14
Jazz, World, Classical | Label: Sunnyside Records

Artists’ greatest inspiration often comes from sources that once surrounded them in their native communities. Pianist Lucian Ban, violist Mat Maneri and woodwind master John Surman come from different backgrounds but are connected by their focus on improvised music along with their appreciation of folkloric and classical styles.
Vilde Frang, Jonathan Cohen - Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 5 & Sinfonia concertante (2015)

Vilde Frang, Jonathan Cohen - Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 5 & Sinfonia concertante (2015)
EAC Rip | Flac (Tracks + cue + log) | 327 MB | MP3 320Kbps CBR | 185 MB | 1 CD | Full Scans
Genre: Classical | Label: Warner Classics | Catalog Number: 2564627677

Following the success of her discs of Romantic and Late Romantic repertoire, Vilde Frang has recorded Mozart’s Concertos Nos. 1 and 5 ‘Turkish’ and the Sinfonia Concertante K364, enabling music lovers to hear the Norwegian violinist perform Classical repertoire on disc for the first time. The impetus for this album was a 2012 orchestral tour of Asia conducted by Jonathan Cohen in which Vilde performed Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5. The vibrancy of their musical collaboration was something both artists were keen to repeat and commit to disc. Jonathan’s Cohen’s chamber orchestra, Arcangelo, proved the ideal partner, joined by violist Maxim Rysanov in the Sinfonia Concertante.
VA - Veress String Trio / Bartók Piano Quintet (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

VA - Veress String Trio / Bartók Piano Quintet (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 61:32 minutes | 1.06 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

The Lockenhaus International Chamber Music Festival is regarded as one of Austria’s most prestigious festivals: it was created by the violinist Gidon Kremer to offer a new vision of chamber music and the opportunity to create musical exchanges in an intimate setting. The cellist Nicolas Altstaedt succeeded Gidon Kremer in 2012 and now continues the spirit of the festival. For this first recording in partnership with Lockenhaus, he is joined by experienced partners, including the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang, the Hungarian violinist Barnabás Kelemen, the German pianist Alexander Lonquich – whose Schubert double album was recently released on Alpha (Alpha 433) – and the British violist Lawrence Power.

Veress String Trio / Bartók Piano Quintet (2019)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 29, 2019
Veress String Trio / Bartók Piano Quintet (2019)

Veress String Trio / Bartók Piano Quintet (2019)
FLAC tracks | 1:32 | 259 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Alpha

The Lockenhaus International Chamber Music Festival is regarded as one of Austria’s most prestigious festivals: it was created by the violinist Gidon Kremer to offer a new vision of chamber music and the opportunity to create musical exchanges in an intimate setting. The cellist Nicolas Altstaedt succeeded Gidon Kremer in 2012 and now continues the spirit of the festival. For this first recording in partnership with Lockenhaus, he is joined by experienced partners, including the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang, the Hungarian violinist Barnabás Kelemen, the German pianist Alexander Lonquich – whose Schubert double album was recently released on Alpha – and the British violist Lawrence Power. Together they have selected two works, the Piano Quintet of Béla Bartók, a demanding composition, rarely performed even though it is considered an intensely personal work, and the String Trio of Sándor Veress, a former student of Bartók. Nicolas Altstaedt has joined Alpha for several recording projects that will illustrate the full range of his talents, in a highly eclectic range of music.
Michail Lifits & Vilde Frang - Paganini & Schubert: Works for Violin & Piano (2019)

Michail Lifits & Vilde Frang - Paganini & Schubert: Works for Violin & Piano (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 313 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 182 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:15:19
Classical | Label: Warner Classics

“I have heard an angel sing,” wrote Schubert after he heard Paganini play in Vienna in 1828. Vilde Frang, partnered by pianist Michael Lifits, juxtaposes and links works by these two violinist-composers, who lived vastly different lives, yet are musically connected. Both found inspiration in the human voice and Frang sheds new light on Schubert’s demands for virtuosity and on Paganini’s sensitive musicality. Vilde Frang, partnered by pianist Michael Lifits, has assembled a programme that juxtaposes music by two violinist-composers of the early 19th century, Franz Schubert and Niccolò Paganini. While they lived vastly different lives and inhabited diverse aesthetic worlds, there are links to be found between them.
Nielsen, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos - Frang, Jensen, Danish Radio Symphony (2012)

Nielsen, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos - Frang, Jensen, Danish Radio Symphony (2012)
EAC Rip | Flac (Tracks + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 287 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Emi Classics | Catalog Number: 602570

In her third release for EMI Classics the energetic young Norwegian violinist continues the idea of Nordic and Russian concerto pairings established with Sibelius and Prokofiev Concertos on her first album. Here the famous romance of Tchaikovsky’s well-loved violin concerto and Scandinavian poise and unique colouring of Nielsen’s concerto are presented in a rare coupling together on disc.