The Violonist

These 6 CDs take you from 1925 (the year Heifetz became a U.S. citizen) to 1949-you'll find many a benchmark recording of the violin repertoire here. He reaches towering heights of emotion and virtuosity as he plays Mendelssohn ( Violin Concerto in E Minor ), Mozart ( Violin Concerto No. 4 in D ), Sibelius ( Violin Concerto in D Minor ), Tchaikovsky ( Violin Concerto in D ), Beethoven ( Violin Sonata No. 9 in A ), Franck ( Sonata in A ), and more!

"The four Seasons" is the multisection symphonic form in which takes part the outstanding violonist Jakub Jakowicz. It is direct to the followers of music contemplation, it is the reminescencion of classic forms of romantic music and contemporary music. This genres which are only apparent far away from each other find the common denominator, balancing between a dissonance and sweet, "hollywood" sound of violin. This is unique proposition, the experiment whose genre is hard to define.

Bach's music was central to the life and career of Yehudi Menuhin and the violonist is captured in his full early bloom in these performances from the 1930s. Joining the teenage Menuhin in the first and most celebrated of his four recordings of the concerto for Two Violins is his teacher and mentor, George Enescu.

"The four Seasons" is the multisection symphonic form in which takes part the outstanding violonist Jakub Jakowicz. It is direct to the followers of music contemplation, it is the reminescencion of classic forms of romantic music and contemporary music. This genres which are only apparent far away from each other find the common denominator, balancing between a dissonance and sweet, "hollywood" sound of violin. This is unique proposition, the experiment whose genre is hard to define.

Alexander Balanescu, the famous violonist, composer and founder of the Balanescu Quartet, launches the new album material, "balAEnescu", which celebrates the music of the great composer George Enescu. Along with the albums "Luminitza" and "Maria T", influenced by Maria Tanase's music, the new material, "baLAEnescu" is the third part of the Romanian-inspired trilogy. A pack of three discographic materials representing a Romanian contemporary culture journal. Thus, from folk music to the most sophisticated classical music, Alexander Balanescu remains faithful to the Roman spirit.

A violonist, she won a first prize with distinction at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Lyon in 2003, with R.Dugareil, then A.Roussin as masters. She later attended advanced violin classes at the Rotterdams Conservatorium under the guidance of J.J. Kantorow, then a series of chamber music classes at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris with E.Bellocq, J.J. Kantorow and R.Dyedns.

Polish conductor and composer Paul Kletzki leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in this rousing legacy rendition of Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings. The piece was composed in 1880 and is written in standard 4-part Serenade form, with fast movements bookending slower and more romantic middle movements. Tchaikovsky intended the first movement to be an imitation of Mozart's style, and it was based on the form of the classical sonatina, with a slow introduction. The second movement, Valse, has become a popular piece in its own right.