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Andreas Brantelid, Marianna Shirinyan, Vilde Frang - Frederic Chopin: Cello Sonata; Piano Trio; Grand Duo (2010)

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Andreas Brantelid, Marianna Shirinyan, Vilde Frang - Frederic Chopin: Cello Sonata; Piano Trio; Grand Duo (2010)

Frédéric Chopin: Cello Sonata; Piano Trio; Grand Duo (2010)
Andreas Brantelid, cello; Marianna Shirinyan, piano; Vilde Frang, violin

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 278 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 165 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 50999 6 87742 2 6 | Time: 01:08:44

It is grand to hear novice players so successfully take on three of Chopin's chamber pieces, the Cello Sonata, Piano Trio, and Grand Duo for cello and piano. There have certainly been great recordings of these works in the past – one thinks immediately of those by Mstislav Rostropovich and Jacqueline du Pré – but the energy, enthusiasm, and sincerity that cellist Andreas Brantelid, pianist Marianna Shirinyan, and violinist Vilde Frang bring to this music more than justifies preserving their performances. Brantelid has a big but nuanced tone, an elegant but impressive technique, and an obvious affinity for the music, and he is well-matched by Shirinyan's polished technique and empathic accompaniments and Frang's easy virtuosity and lyrical interpretation. The ensemble is poised but comfortable and the interpretations are cogent and compelling. Captured in close but smooth digital sound, these performances deserve to be heard by anyone who loves this music, or great chamber music playing.

Vilde Frang, Pekka Kuusisto, The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos (2022)

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Vilde Frang, Pekka Kuusisto, The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos (2022)

Vilde Frang, Pekka Kuusisto, The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 281 Mb | Total time: 65:07 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 9029667740 | Recorded: 2021, 2022

“The Beethoven concerto is a piece of overwhelming power,” says violinist Vilde Frang. “It is somehow more than music – the dimension of it feels almost cosmic. The force of this concerto takes me by surprise, over and over again.” Frang juxtaposes Beethoven’s epic, lyrical work with Stravinsky’s compact violin concerto, which pays spiky tribute to 18th century models. The conductor is Pekka Kuusisto, himself an adventurous violinist, in his role as Artistic Best Friend of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. “It was the chamber musical qualities of the Beethoven concerto that provided the key for me,” says Frang.

Vilde Frang, Michail Lifits - Bela Bartok, Edvard Grieg, Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas (2011)

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Vilde Frang, Michail Lifits - Bela Bartok, Edvard Grieg, Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas (2011)

Béla Bartók, Edvard Grieg, Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas (2011)
Vilde Frang (violin), Michail Lifits (piano)

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 321 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 188 Mb | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 50999 9 47639 2 8 | Time: 01:18:50

One of the leading young soloists to emerge from Scandinavia in recent years, noted particularly for her superb musical expression, as well as her well-developed virtuosity and musicality. Young Norwegian violinist, Vilde Frang brings together a diverse, yet complimentary selection of sonatas for her second EMI Classics release. The youthful, spirited Grieg: Violin Sonata No.1 in F Major, Op. 8 and Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18 are paired with Bartók’s technically challenging, musically complex Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117. Frang frequently performs the later, which Bartók composed as an homage to Bach, with the Strauss in concert. Vilde is joined by pianist Michail Lifits for this recording.

Vilde Frang, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, James Gaffigan - Britten, Korngold: Violin Concertos (2016)

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Vilde Frang, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, James Gaffigan - Britten, Korngold: Violin Concertos (2016)

Vilde Frang, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, James Gaffigan - Britten, Korngold: Violin Concertos (2016)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 58:12 | 316 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Warner Classics | Catalog: 0825646009213

When Vilde Frang programs violin concertos in unexpected pairs, such as her 2010 coupling of Jean Sibelius' Violin Concerto in D minor with Sergey Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, or her 2012 disc of Carl Nielsen's Violin Concerto matched against Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major, the results are quite fascinating. For this 2016 release on Warner Classics, Frang plays the Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 of Erich Wolfgang Korngold and the Violin Concerto, Op. 15 of Benjamin Britten, and the works invite comparisons because they are so dramatically different.

Vilde Frang, Barnabás Kelemen, Lawrence Power, Nicolas Altstaedt - Veress: String Trio & Bartók: Piano Quintet (2019)

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Vilde Frang, Barnabás Kelemen, Lawrence Power, Nicolas Altstaedt - Veress: String Trio & Bartók: Piano Quintet (2019)

Vilde Frang, Barnabás Kelemen, Lawrence Power, Nicolas Altstaedt & Alexander Lonquich - Veress: String Trio & Bartók: Piano Quintet (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 259 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 145 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:01:36
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics, Outhere Music

The Lockenhaus International Chamber Music Festival is regarded as one of Austria’s most prestigious festivals: it was created by the violinist Gidon Kremer to offer a new vision of chamber music and the opportunity to create musical exchanges in an intimate setting. The cellist Nicolas Altstaedt succeeded Gidon Kremer in 2012 and now continues the spirit of the festival. For this first recording in partnership with Lockenhaus, he is joined by experienced partners, including the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang, the Hungarian violinist Barnabás Kelemen, the German pianist Alexander Lonquich – whose Schubert double album was recently released on Alpha (Alpha 433) – and the British violist Lawrence Power. Together they have selected two works, the Piano Quintet of Béla Bartók, a demanding composition, rarely performed even though it is considered an intensely personal work, and the String Trio of Sándor Veress, a former student of Bartók.

Vilde Frang, Michail Lifits - Paganini, Schubert: Works for Violin & Piano (2019)

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Vilde Frang, Michail Lifits - Paganini, Schubert: Works for Violin & Piano (2019)

Vilde Frang, Michail Lifits - Paganini, Schubert: Works for Violin & Piano (2019)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:15:20 | 421 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Warner Classics | Catalog: 0190295419363

“I have heard an angel sing,” wrote Schubert after he heard Paganini play in Vienna in 1828. Vilde Frang, partnered by pianist Michael Lifits, juxtaposes and links works by these two violinist-composers, who lived vastly different lives, yet are musically connected. Both found inspiration in the human voice and Frang sheds new light on Schubert’s demands for virtuosity and on Paganini’s sensitive musicality.