Takako Nishizaki
Violinist Takako Nishizaki is perhaps the most frequently recorded concert violinist of the digital era. She was also the first violinist to learn by way of the Suzuki method; her father, Shinji Nishizaki, worked with Shinichi Suzuki in developing the method, and Takako Nishizaki took instruction from both teachers. She made her debut at the age of 9, and further studied with Broadus Erle, starting in Japan and later at Yale University. Nishizaki finished her violin studies at Juilliard under Joseph Fuchs and in 1967 won second prize in the Leventritt International competition behind Pinchas Zukerman.
One would surmise that with her talent and beauty that American record companies would be getting in each other's way to obtain Nishizaki's recording contract. But they weren't, and by 1974 Nishizaki settled in Hong Kong, where she established a career as the pre-eminent violin virtuoso on the Chinese concert circuit. This was no small feat, as in China they take the violin seriously and its literature is central to the entire establishment of Chinese classical music. Along the way Nishizaki met and married German businessman Klaus Heymann, founder of HNH International, the corporate parent to the popular classical label Naxos. Heymann sponsored Nishizaki in an extensive series of recordings of Chinese classical music on his Marco Polo label. Some of these recordings sold into the millions of copies in China, providing the nest egg that launched the Naxos label in the late 1980s.
With Naxos, Nishizaki has recorded much of the standard Western violin literature, as well, but has made a special mission of recording key violin literature that is known in concert and in the classroom, but seldom represented on records. The most celebrated example of this tendency is her recordings of the concertos of Chevalier de St-Georges, but it also includes her interpretations of Charles August de Bériot, Louis Spohr, and Joseph Joachim. All of Nishizaki's recordings are notable for her generous, singing tone; flexible rhythmic sensibility; her sense of architectural symmetry in regard to whole movements; her ability to excite; and the sheer beauty of Nishizaki's sound.
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BACH, J.S. (THE BEST OF)
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 20 de jun. de 1997
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Franck / Grieg: Violin Sonatas
Chamber Music - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de fev. de 1991
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MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 / Violin Concerto No. 5
Takako Nishizaki, Peter Lang, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Christoph Eberle
Concertos - Lançado por Naxos em 19 de dez. de 2016
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Vivaldi: Ses plus grandes œuvres
Classical - Lançado por Naxos Special Projects - France em 3 de out. de 2005
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NISHIZAKI, Takako: Russian Romance
Takako Nishizaki, Queensland Orchestra, Peter Breiner
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 31 de dez. de 1995
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PERFECT AUTUMN WEDDING
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 2005
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TCHAIKOVSKY: None but the Lonely Heart
Takako Nishizaki, Queensland Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Breiner
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 31 de dez. de 1997
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Chinese Popular Hits for Violin and Orchestra: Love Is Like A Mysterious Dream
Takako Nishizaki, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Peter Breiner
Asia - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 1 de jan. de 1994
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Trois concertos pour violon
Takako Nishizaki, Kölner Kammerorchester, Helmut Müller-Brühl
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 31 de out. de 2006
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Takako Nishizaki plays Suzuki <sup><small>®</small></sup> Evergreens (Volume 4)
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 25 de mai. de 2010
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BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonatas Opp. 23 and 96 / 12 Variations
Chamber Music - Lançado por Naxos em 28 de jun. de 1992
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Music for Violin and Guitar
Takako Nishizaki, Ichiro Suzuki
Chamber Music - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 31 de dez. de 1987
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VIVALDI (THE BEST OF)
Concertos - Lançado por Naxos em 23 de jun. de 1997
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Concerto pour violon
Takako Nishizaki, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Uwe Grodd
Concertos - Lançado por Naxos em 14 de nov. de 2007
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RESPIGHI: Concerto Gregoriano / Poema Autunnale
Takako Nishizaki, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Hoey Choo
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 31 de dez. de 1984
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Violin Fantasies
Wolf Harden, Jenő Jandó, Takako Nishizaki
Chamber Music - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 2007
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Beethoven for Meditation
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 2007
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BEST OF NAXOS 4
Ballets - Lançado por Naxos em 20 de jun. de 1988
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Cui: Suite Concertante Op. 25 / Suite Miniature Op. 20
Takako Nishizaki, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 31 de dez. de 1985
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FROM SHANGHAI WITH LOVE
Takako Nishizaki, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Breiner
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 1 de mar. de 2005
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Brahms & Bruch: Violin Concertos
Takako Nishizaki, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 1989
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