In celebration on Mozart’s birthday on January 27 and Sir Neville Marriner’s 90th year, Billboard chart-topping violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs the five Mozart Violin Concertos, as well as the Sinfonia Concertante, with the Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
Spicy Spanish and Latin American music for unaccompanied violin, from Piazzola to Albeniz. Also includes Ysaye’s Sonata No. 6 and Ferdinand the Bull narrated by Hector Elizondo.
One of the most beautiful Russian violin concertos on an album that also includes all of Glazunov’s concertos for piano, cello and saxophone.
American violinist Maud Powell (1867-1920) pioneered the violin recital in North America and won international recognition for her artistry. This collection contains more than 40 wonderful concert pieces: Powell’s own transcriptions and works dedicated to her, including the entire contents of Rachel’s “American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell” recording. Many of these works have been out of print for more than a century or have never been printed. The collection also includes generous program notes about each composer by Powell biographer Karen Shaffer. Rachel served as Music Advisor and Editor.
Trio Settecento explores the gorgeous colors of German Baroque sonatas with a variety of continuo instruments: harpsichord, organ, viola da gamba, and baroque cello
Continuing the tradition of the virtuoso violinist/composer of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Rachel is the only living (and only female) violinist to be featured in Carl Fischer’s prestigious Masters Collection series. This collection includes many of her most popular encores, all of her classical arrangements featured on her recordings, and cadenzas to most of the major violin concertos.
3 original songs and 2 cover songs with my doom/thrash metal band – I’m playing a five-string electric violin
Beethoven Concerto with my own cadenzas and the world premiere recording of the beautiful concerto by his dedicatee in the same key and musical aesthetic.
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of my acclaimed period-instrument ensemble (with John Mark Rozendaal, baroque cello, and David Schrader, harpsichord)
Beautiful Victorian-era pieces arranged by and dedicated to America’s first internationally renowned violinist, Maud Powell
Works for violin and orchestra based on Scottish fiddle tunes – includes Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy and a duet with fiddler Alasdair Fraser
Music for unaccompanied violin by Bach and his predecessors – includes Bach’s Chaconne and Biber’s Passacaglia