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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CHEN / HE: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (The) / VIVALDI: Four Seasons Ctos
Takako Nishizaki, Shanghai Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Cheng-wu Fan
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 9 de out. de 2000
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Spohr: Violin Concertos Nos. 7 and 12
Takako Nishizaki, Bratislava Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Libor Pešek
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 31 de dez. de 1986
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Du Mingxin: 10 Xinjiang Dances
Takako Nishizaki, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Hoey Choo
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 3 de jul. de 2015
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Seasons (The)
Takako Nishizaki, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Peter Breiner
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 1 de jul. de 2001
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Takako Nishizaki joue Suzuki Evergreens, Vol. 1
Classical - Lançado por Naxos Special Projects - France em 25 de mai. de 2010
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Chinese Popular Hits for Violin and Orchestra: Love for A Man Who Never Comes Home
Takako Nishizaki, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Peter Breiner
Asia - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 1 de jan. de 1993
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Smetana: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2
Moyzesovo kvarteto, Tatjana Franova, Takako Nishizaki
Chamber Music - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de mai. de 1991
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BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonatas Op. 12, Nos. 1-3
Chamber Music - Lançado por Naxos em 11 de mai. de 1993
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The Hall of Fame
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 13 de set. de 1996
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Mingxin Du: Violin Concerto & Piano Concerto "Spirit of Spring"
Takako Nishizaki, Jenő Jandó, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Nemzeti Filharmonikus Zenekar, Kenneth Jean, Zuohuang Chen
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 1 de jul. de 1995
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BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6-8
Chamber Music - Lançado por Naxos em 25 de abr. de 1990
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JOACHIM: Violin Concerto No. 3 / Overtures, Opp. 4 and 13
Takako Nishizaki, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Meir Minsky
Concertos - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 1 de jul. de 1991
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JOACHIM: Violin Concerto No. 3 / Overtures, Opp. 4 and 13
Takako Nishizaki, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Meir Minsky
Concertos - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jul. de 1991
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Four Seasons and Other Famous Concerti
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 26 de abr. de 1999
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Mozart: Violin Sonatas, K. 378, K. 376 and K. 296
Classical - Lançado por SMOOTH CLASSICAL em 1 de jan. de 1987
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Rubinstein: Violin Concerto / Cui: Suite Concertante
Takako Nishizaki, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz, Kenneth Schermerhorn
Concertos - Lançado por Naxos em 17 de abr. de 2001
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Violin Sonatas, Vol. 5
Takako Nishizaki, Benjamin Loeb
Chamber Music - Lançado por Naxos em 21 de fev. de 2006
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Takako Nishizaki plays Suzuki <sup><small>®</small></sup> Evergreens (Volume 7)
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 25 de mai. de 2010
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Violin Concertos N.4&5
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Johannes Wildner
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 2007
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Spohr: Violin Concertos Nos. 7 and 12
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Libor Pešek
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 31 de dez. de 1986
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Takako Nishizaki plays Suzuki <sup><small>®</small></sup> Evergreens (Volume 6)
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 25 de mai. de 2010
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