Bax / Dyson / Veale / Bliss - Violin Concertos | Chandos - 2-4-1 CHAN24153

Bax / Dyson / Veale / Bliss - Violin Concertos

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Label: Chandos - 2-4-1

Cat No: CHAN24153

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 29th June 2015

Contents

Artists

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
City of London Sinfonia
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Conductors

Bryden Thomson
Richard Hickox

Works

Bax, Arnold

Violin Concerto

Bliss, Arthur

Violin Concerto

Dyson, George

Violin Concerto

Veale, John

Violin Concerto

Artists

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
City of London Sinfonia
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Conductors

Bryden Thomson
Richard Hickox

About

This two-disc set offers four great British violin concertos which Lydia Mordkovitch recorded between 1995 and 2006 with Bryden Thomson, Richard Hickox, and four of the finest British orchestras.

After her British debut in 1979, Lydia Mordkovitch became one of the first artists to record for Chandos, founded in the same year. She lived in the UK for nearly thirty-five years and many of her sixty recordings were devoted to British repertoire, which she embraced and championed as a ‘charismatic performer and a faithful interpreter of a composer’s wishes’, as highlighted in The Guardian’s obituary.

From her ‘fiery, almost gipsy interpretation’ (The Times) of Bliss’s romantic concerto and ‘her real flair and richness of tone’ (Gramophone) in Bax’s very tuneful one, to Dyson’s more modern take on the genre, a ‘rarity to treasure’ (The Penguin Guide), Chandos here remembers the finest homage that Lydia Mordkovitch paid to her adopted Britain.

She also championed lesser-known concertos, such as the much later ‘phenomenal Violin Concerto [1986] by the almost-but-not-yet-forgotten John Veale’ (Fanfare), which completes this set.

Contents:
- Sir Arnold Bax: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson
- Sir George Dyson: Violin Concerto
City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox
- John Veale: Violin Concerto
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox
- Sir Arthur Bliss: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox

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