CDs

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.

Benjamin Schmid (Violine), Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Ltg. Tibor Bogányi: Béla Bartók, Violinkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2, Gramola CD 99138; Tschaikowski, Violinkonzert D-Dur &

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"

Violin & tuba – unique! Dreams are dreams – but this thing really happened. The violin and the tuba could not be more different as instruments, but the biographies of Benjamin Schmid and Andreas Martin Hofmeir have some similarities: both have been award-winners at the ECHO Classics (Hofmeir was the first tuba player ever to win one); both are professors at the renowned Salzburg Mozarteum; and both are equally at home in classical music and in jazz.

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

Über dieses Programm schreibt Benjamin Schmid im Begleitheft zu seiner Geburtstagsbox bei OehmsClassics (diese CD ist in der Box bereits enthalten): „Diese meine Lieblingsstücke, freilich meist in der Fassung des unvergleichlich genialen Arrangeurs Fritz Kreisler, sind: Paganinis zu Lebzeiten größter Hit: Le streghe, gepaart mit Rossinis Non più mesta: Stücke akrobatischer Virtuosität, immer gepaart mit filigraner Sensibilität. Paganinis originales Belcanto Cantabile darf genauso wenig fehlen wie seine berührende Sonata XII oder der Gassenhauer La Campanella. Daneben sind aber die Ausflüge zu Milsteins Paganiniana – nach wie vor eines meiner häufigen Zugabenstücke – oder der Klassiker Teufelstriller von Tartini wichtig. Alexander Müllenbachs Capriccio bildet eine faszinierende Brücke zur heutigen Virtuosität.“

B. Bartok: Violinconcertos 1&2, Benjamin Schmid, Violin; Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Tibor Boganyi, Conductor

2 beautiful Finnish Violinconcertos of the late 20th Century

Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg Dirigent: Hansjörg Angerer Benjamin Schmid, Violine CD1 Ernst Ludwig Leitner (*1943) „Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar Ding“ Metamorphosen nach Richard Strauss für Bläser, Schlagwerk und Harfe (2012) Kurt Weill (1900–1950) Konzert für Violine und Blasorchester op. 12 Kurt Weill Youkali CD2 Bertold Hummel (1925–2002) Faustszenen nach einem Tanzpoem von Heinrich Heine für Bläser- und Schlagzeugensemble op. 72b UNIMOZ 64, 2014

All Benjamin Schmid OehmsCLassics Recordings including 2 previously unreleased CDs: "My Favorite Paganini" and " Bach:Reflected"

Sensationelle Neufassung!

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

Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2013 an Benjamin Schmid

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

Echo Klassik Preis, Beste Kammermusikeinspielung

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

Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik

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