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For the Record, Op. 270: Daniel Hope; Neave Trio; bassist Mikyung Sung
Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep track of your favorite artists, as well as find some new ones to add to your listening!
Violinist Daniel Hope. Photo by Inge Prader.
Dance!
Daniel Hope, violin
Zürcher Kammerorchester
Daniel Hope has long been fascinated by the power of dance to move and inspire. Taking listeners on a journey through seven centuries of music history, his latest DG album – DANCE! – celebrates the rhythms that have set bodies in motion and lifted hearts since time began. You can pre-order DANCE!, which appears on 2 February, from today and tap your toes to the rhythms of Waltz No. 2 from Shostakovich's Suite for Variety Orchestra. Works by Britten · Bartók · Saint-Saëns Shostakovich · Elgar · Price Schubert · Handel · Bizet Purcell · Stravinsky · Offenbach Brahms · Ravel · Tchaikovsky Prokofiev · Mozart and many more BELOW: Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 - No. 5 in G Minor. Allegro
A Room of Her Own
Neave Trio
Anna Williams, violin
Mikhail Veselov, cello
Eri Nakamuram, piano
This album is a follow-up to the group's album, Her Voice (2019), which features the music of women composers Louise Farrenc, Amy Beach, and Rebecca Clarke. "A Room of Her Own" focuses on two generations of women composers: Cécile Chaminade and Ethel Smyth who were born in 1857 and 1858 respectively, as well as Germaine Tailleferre and Lili Boulanger, who were born in 1892 and 1893. BELOW: Germaine Tailleferre's Trio: II. Allegro vivace
The Colburn Sessions
Mikyung Sung, double bass
Jaemin Shin, piano
A gorgeous recording of works by Giovanni Bottesini, Jules Massenet, Paul Hindemith, Vilmos Montag, Felix Mendelssohn, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and César Franck, produced double bassist Mikyung Sung and pianist Jaemin Shin while they were Artist Diploma candidates at the Colburn School and during the year afterward. BELOW: Bottesini - Capriccio di bravura
If you have a new recording you would like us to consider for inclusion in our "For the Record" feature, please e-mail Editor Laurie Niles. Be sure to include the name of your album, a link to it and a short description of what it includes.
You might also like:
- For the Record, Op. 269: violist Timothy Ridout; Vadim Gluzman; Elena Urioste; Ada Witczyk
- For the Record, Op. 268: Gidon Kremer, Lana Trotovšek, Euclid Quartet, Duo Ingolfsson-Stoupel
- For the Record, Op. 267: Frank Peter Zimmermann, Alyssa Wang, Igor Kalnin
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