Tag Archives: violin

It was clear in this vibey number that the violinist and the band were feeling the spirit of the mariachi rhythms.

Each selection represents a different type of love. But the violinist had deeply personal criteria for what music she wanted to include.

What accounts for the persistent popularity of Vivaldi's music after all these centuries? Cecilia and Martin Gelland, together known as Duo Gelland, capture one important reason on their new recording.

Violinist Chloé Kiffer's rich-toned, elegant, note-perfect playing took Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 to a high level rivaling the weightiness of his final two symphonies at MOO's latest NYC concert.

The meaning of simple contrasts is magnified in composer Ryan Vigil's meditative, thought-provoking works for violin and piano.

Exemplary, living Bach from musicians with few equals at the repertoire; sensitive violin performances of Poulenc transcriptions and sonatas

The guest conductor delivered focused and insightful readings of the Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, Stravinsky's 'Pulcinella,' and Ballard's 'Incident at Wounded Knee.'

A bravura concert showed that the music on Virgil Boutellis-Taft's album 'Incantation' retains its power when stripped down to violin and piano.

Flanagan performed solo violin works he commissioned from a plethora of contemporary composers, all inspired by artworks.

The John Holloway Ensemble uncovers the passion in Henry Purcell's 'Fantazies,' while Isabelle Faust delivers revelatory performances of early (and early-ish) music for solo violin.