SIBELIUS: VIOLIN CONCERTO; MELODIES; SERENADES; RAKASTAVA SUITE - BELKIN, ASHKENAZY, MARRINER, ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS

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