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Bartok: Violin Concertos, Viola Concerto, 6 Duo for 2 Violins, Violin Rhapsodies; Yehudi Menuhin
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Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn Violin Concertos
from: EMI Classics
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Russian Violin Concertos [Hybrid SACD]
from: Pentatone
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The Best of Andrés Segovia: The Millennium Collection
from: Deutsche Grammophon
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The Story of Beethoven
from: Vox (Classical)
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The Ultimate Guitar Collection
from: Sony
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Brahms, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos [Hybrid SACD]
from: RCA
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Yo-Yo Ma - Simply Baroque II ~ Bach & Boccherini / ABO, Koopman
: :This is the sequel to Yo-Yo Ma's wildly successful Simply Baroque, released last year. Again joined by the excellent Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, with Ton Koopman conducting from the harpsichord, he plays with a baroque bow on his 1712 Stradivarius cello 'reconfigured' as a baroque instrument with gut strings and no endpin and tuned a half-tone lower. This gives it a mellower, more subdued sound, though his tone, despite very sparing vibrato, retains its unique expressive warmth and purity. (In concert, he currently performs on his Montagnana cello and one made recently ...
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The Journey & The Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland (DVD & CD)
from: Deutsche Grammophon
:Album Description:On the heels of his acclaimed recording, Songs from the Labyrinth, Sting furthers his fascination with Elizabethan composer John Dowland (1563-1626) on The Journey and the Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland. This new DVD/CD package includes an extended version of Sting's first-ever PBS special from Thirteen/WNET New York's Great Performances (airing February 26th, 2007), as well as a live bonus audio CD. Sting recently released the striking CD Songs from the Labyrinth, which introduced audiences to his passion for Dowland. With an astounding thirteen weeks and counting as Billboard's ...
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Vivaldi: Concerti per mandolini
: :The seven Concerti per Mandolini are diverse enough to disprove the frequently heard accusation that all Vivaldi concertos sound alike. Though they are cast in the same three-movement structure, each has its own character, from playful, ingratiating charm to ardor, high drama, and lamentatious intensity. The fast movements are stately and brilliant with scintillating running passages; the slow ones are songful, pleading, and melancholy. Though at times Vivaldi succumbs to his predilection for sequences, these pieces have an incredible variety of tonality, mood, and color, employing a large number of instruments ...
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