Chamber Music & Recitals

Vilde Frang's Encores is more than a captivating programme of short pieces for violin and piano, it is also a homage to the players of the Golden Age of the Violin, such as Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Auer and Joseph Szigeti. The recital includes music...

Vilg is a Hungarian word meaning "world" or "illumination". It also resembles the word "village" in English. In Sanskrit, "vilag" means "to cling to"; in Hindi, "separated". "In my frequent work with composers, I had noticed quite a few drawing upon the...

Viktoria Mullova's first Complete recording of the Bach Sonatas & Partitas. For Philips in the early 90s Viktoria recorded the 3 Partitas on a modern violin but has never recorded the Sonatas, and in the meantime her interpretations have been transformed...

Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson present their first release with Signum Classics. Performed on a period-style fortepiano and gut strings, the works presented on this recording span the final decade of Schubert's life. Beginning with the Sonata in A...

Viktoria Kaunzner writes of her new release: "The release of this album was preceded by 15 years of study, analysis and performance of Medtner's works for violin. Concerts, whether in Prague, as part of a Medtner lecture evening at the University of the...

Viktor Ullmann's one-act chamber opera "Der Kaiser von Atlantis" was written in the Theresienstadt camp and did not see it's premiere until December 16, 1975 in Amsterdam, since the performance had been banned after it's dress rehearsal in 1944. The...

Viktor Kalabis (1923-2006), one of the most distinguished figures of 20th-century Czech music, wrote dozens of opuses, mainly instrumental pieces, including for his wife, the world-renowned harpsichordist Zuzana Ru?ickova. As he himself put it, his aim...

Vikingur Olafsson / FROM AFAR - From Afar is a new album full of beautiful arrangements recorded on two pianos with the repertoire mirrored on both grand piano & upright piano. Inspired by a meeting with the iconic Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurt g, this...

Vig?ela showcase various regional styles within traditional Spanish music, all originating from their home-land Castilla-La Mancha, the southern part of the Iberian plateau. Their ninth album A la manera artesana focuses on how 'artisanal creativity'...

Vieuxtemps transformed the technique and aesthetic of violin playing in the 19th century, and as a virtuoso exponent and composer he was considered a worthy successor to Paganini. His works for violin and orchestra illustrate two notable features - a...

Viennese rising star Emmanuel Tjeknavorian presents his first orchestral album, featuring an unusual and yet highly personal programme. First there is his signature piece, Jean Sibelius's Violin Concerto, which brought him not one but two prizes at the...

Vienna. 1803: George Bridgetower, a violinist of Afro-European descent, caused a furore with his virtuosity and captivated Beethoven, who was fascinated by his unique and exotic character and wrote a hellishly difficult and magnificent sonata for him...