Gidon Kremer Archive

WEINBERG: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21 – Kremerata Baltica / Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla – DGG
WEINBERG: Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra, Op. 30; Symphony No. 21, Op. 152 “Kaddish” – Kremerata Baltica/ Gidon Kremer, violin/ City of Birmingham Orchestra/ Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, soprano and conductor – DGG 483 6566 (2 CDs), 34:21; 54:38 (5/3/19) [Distr. by Universal] ****: In the New Grove Dictionary of Music, Boris Schwarz calls Polish composer […]

Preghiera — RACHMANINOV Piano Trios – Gidon Kremer, Geidre Dirvanauskaite, Daniil Trifonov – DGG
A rich tribute to the composer Rachmaninoff, his piano trios as rendered by Kremer, Trifonov, and Dirvanauskaite.

GIYA KANCHELI: “Chiaroscuro” = Chiaroscuro; Twilight – Gidon Kremer, v./Patricia Kopatchinskaja, v./Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer – ECM New Series
More beautiful and pensive music from this unassuming composer.

Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from Lugano 2014 = MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20; BEETHOVEN: Variations in E-flat Major; MILHAUD: La Creation du Monde; MENDELSSOHN (arr. Busoni): Symphony No. 1 in c minor; BORODIN: Piano Quintet in c minor; BRIDGE: Cello Sonata in d minor; POULENC: Piano Sonata; Cello Sonata; SCRIABIN: Fantasy in a minor; WEINBERG: Violin Sonata No. 5 – Martha Argerich, piano/Gidon Kremer, v./ Mischa Maisky, cello/ assisting artists/ Orch. della Svizzera Italiana/ Jacek Kaspszyk – Warner Classics (3 CDs)
Some ten days of music-making at Lugano 2014 have their founder Martha Argerich and her musical friends in top form.

WEINBERG: Solo Sonata No. 3; Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello; Sonatina for Violin and Piano; Concertino for Violin and String Orch.; Symphony No. 10 for String Orch. – Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica – ECM New Series
Violinist-conductor Gidon Kremer and his select Baltic ensemble explore the romantic/experimental side of Mieczyslaw Weinberg.

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto; SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto – Gidon Kremer, violin/ Academic Sym. of the Moscow State Philharmonic Society/ Woldemar Nelson (Beethoven)/ The USSR State Sym. Orch./ Yuri Temirkanov – Melodiya
Violin virtuoso Gidon Kremer returns from the 1970s in Moscow-based performances of noble splendor and visceral power.

“The Art of Instrumentation: Homage to Glenn Gould” – Kremerata Baltica/ Gidon Kremer, violin & leader – Nonesuch
Pieces for chamber ensembles inspired by Glenn Gould’s recordings of Bach.