CDs

Hot Club Jazz! Benjamin Schmid, soeben als All-Star Geiger des 20. Jahrhunderts ausgezeichnet, und Nachwuchsstar Diknu Schneeberger, Gitarre, auf den Spuren von Stephane Grappelli und Django Reinhardt - die Bezeichnung «Hot Club» entstand in den 1930er Jahren als Synonym für die damals neuartige, ausschließlich aus Saiteninstrumenten bestehende Besetzung. Gemeinsam mit Vater Joschi Schneeberger am Bass und dem renommierten Wiener Jazzgitarristen Martin Spitzer interpretiert das Quartett neben originalen Werken und Bearbeitungen Django Reinhardts auch in weiterer Folge entstandene Titel, wie von Lulu Reinhardt, Cole Porter, oder Fletcher Allen, aber auch Arrangements französischer Chansons. Das lockere Zusammenspiel besticht durch Präzision, Spielfreude und Spontaneität.

Dünser: Violinkonzert - Radek-Sinfonie Benjamin Schmid, Gerard Korsten, Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg

Third release on Ondine by the Austrian star violinist Benjamin Schmid contains fresh arrangements of well-known piano pieces by Shostakovich and Prokofiev for violin and piano. Also included is a suite transcribed from Kurt Weill's iconic ‘The Threepenny Opera'. All the three original works by the composers were written during the 1910s and 1920s.

Weinberg Violinconcerto Benjamin Schmid RSO Wien Cornelius Meister

Here is the sensational first version for Violin of the miraculous Gulda Cello Concerto. (Arr. S. Giray) Combined with a Live Recording of the Paganini/Kreilser Concerto with the great Bläserphilharmonie Salzburg under Hansjörg Angerer. Plus a Solo Track from Benjamin : "for Fritz"

Vivaldi Four Seasons with Camerata Salzburg plus Kreisler-Paganini Concerto in one movement with Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Hubert Soudant

Paganini-Kreisler Concert, Florian Willeitner Valentina´s Air (Ben´s Jig), Edward Elgar Salut d´Amour

György Ligeti Violinconcerto, Benjamin Schmid, Hannu Lintu, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, RECORD OF THE MONTH; GRAMMOPHONE EDITORS CHOICE, FEB 2014 +Lontano, Athmosphères, San Francisco Polyphony, ONDINE 1213-2, recorded August 2012, to be released in September 2013

Duos for Violin and Piano by Grieg, Liszt and Bridge TRACK LIST FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886) GRAND DUO CONCERTANT, S. 128 CONSOLATION NO. 3 FRANK BRIDGE (1879-1941) SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (1904) ROMANZE HEART’S EASE EDWARD GRIEG (1843-1907) VIOLIN SONATA IN C MINOR, OP. 45 - See more at: http://www.twopianists.com/Catalogue/TP1039299.html#sthash.OyYUjHXK.dpuf

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Summer Night Concert, Schönbrunn 2011, Virtuosu Pictures. Kreisler / Paganini: Benjamin Schmid, Valery Gergiev, Wiener Philharmoniker, CD+DVD, Deutsche Grammophon

Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Live recordings from the Salzburg Festival 2004. Wiener Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa

MOZART: Sonatas KV 9, 301, 378, 526 Ariane Haering, Piano (Oehmsclassics OC 335)

Benjamin Schmidt plays Fritz Kreisler and Improvisations on Fritz Kreisler with Miklos Skuta, Piano; Bireli Lagrene, Git; Georg Breinschmid, Bass;

Pièces de Concert: Das sind Stücke, die am Ende eines Konzerts oder als Zugabe gespielt werden. Kompositionen, die quasi als Dessert oder Digestiv ein musikalisches Menü abrunden. OehmsClassics OC 309

After 30 years of playing the Master the time felt right to improvise on Bach:

Bach Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin

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Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonatas for Solo Violin op.27

Paganini -Schumann Capricci, with Lisa Smirnova, piano Editor´s Choice by SoundScapes

Js Bach 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, with Piano Accompaniment by Robert Schumann recorded 1995, published 1995 and 2009 MDG 333 0614-2

Max Reger Violinconcerto op. 101, Chaconne for Violin Solo, op. 117 Hannu Lintu, conductor Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Ondine

BEETHOVEN: Sonatas for Piano and Violin OP. 30/1-3 Alfredo Perl, Piano (Oehmsclassics OC 341)

Brahms/Goldmark: Double Concerto OP. 102 and Violin Concerto OP. 27, Daniel Raiskin, Ramon Jaffe (OC 359)

Music by Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli, Cole Porter, George Gershwin and others

Schubert: Die Forelle - Trout Variations - special note: check out track 9 - Forelle Blue by Benjamin Schmid and Stian Carstensen.

24 Caprices for Solo Violin by Netherlands Contempory Composers, Benjamin Schmid, Janine Jansen and Joris Van Rijn play each 8 Caprices on 2 CDs. NM Classics, Duration 115:26, 2003

Violinconcertos by Wieniawski Nr. 2, Szmanowski nr. 2, Lutoslawski Chain 2

Mendelssohn, Schumann, Bruch: Works for Violin & Orchestra

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Ravel Tzigane etc.

Brahms Violinconcerto op.77, Benjamin Schmid, Christian Mandeal, Bucarest Philharmonic Orchestra, OehmsClassics 262, +Brahms Pianoquartett C-minor op.60

Benjamin Britten - Max Bruch - Arthur Benjamin, Double Concertos for Violin and Viola Benjamin Schmid-Violin, Daniel Raiskin-Viola, Lior Shambadal-Conductor, Berliner Symphoniker Arte Nova 74321 89826 2, 2001

Friedrich Gulda: Wings - A Concertpiece for Solo Violin, String Orchestra and Rhythm Section Composed 1973, recorded live 11/2005, Vienna, ORF CD 420

Benjamin Schmid plays Mozart Violinconcertos 1+2 with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg and Hans Graf, Conductor + Rondo in C, Rondo in Bflat, Adagio in E

Christian Muthspiel: Our Motley Mothertongue, Konzert für Violine / electric 5 string violin und Orchester Benjamin Schmid, violins HK Gruber, Conductor, RSO Wien, 1998, 19 min, ORF CD 173