The first CD release of these marvellous LP recordings of Sibelius with Vladimir Ashkenazy. There’s ice and fire in Boris Belkin’s performance of the Violin Concerto and the half-lights in the other, lesser known, pieces are admirably captured by both Ashkenazy and Marriner.
JEAN SIBELIUS
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in D minor, Op. 47
Two Melodies for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 77
Two Serenades for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 69
Boris Belkin, violin
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Rakastava Suite, Op. 14
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner