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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MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 / Violin Concerto No. 5
Takako Nishizaki, Peter Lang, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Christoph Eberle
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 19.12.2016
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Vivaldi: Ses plus grandes œuvres
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos Special Projects - France am 03.10.2005
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NISHIZAKI, Takako: Russian Romance
Takako Nishizaki, Queensland Orchestra, Peter Breiner
Klassik - Erschienen bei Marco-Polo am 31.12.1995
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PERFECT AUTUMN WEDDING
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.01.2005
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Franck / Grieg: Violin Sonatas
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.02.1991
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TCHAIKOVSKY: None but the Lonely Heart
Takako Nishizaki, Queensland Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Breiner
Klassik - Erschienen bei Marco-Polo am 31.12.1997
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Chinese Popular Hits for Violin and Orchestra: Love Is Like A Mysterious Dream
Takako Nishizaki, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Peter Breiner
Asien - Erschienen bei Marco-Polo am 01.01.1994
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Trois concertos pour violon
Takako Nishizaki, Kölner Kammerorchester, Helmut Müller-Brühl
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 31.10.2006
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Takako Nishizaki plays Suzuki <sup><small>®</small></sup> Evergreens (Volume 4)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 25.05.2010
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Music for Violin and Guitar
Takako Nishizaki, Ichiro Suzuki
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Marco-Polo am 31.12.1987
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VIVALDI (THE BEST OF)
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 23.06.1997
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BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonatas Opp. 23 and 96 / 12 Variations
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 28.06.1992
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Concerto pour violon
Takako Nishizaki, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Uwe Grodd
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 14.11.2007
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RESPIGHI: Concerto Gregoriano / Poema Autunnale
Takako Nishizaki, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Hoey Choo
Klassik - Erschienen bei Marco-Polo am 31.12.1984
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Violin Fantasies
Wolf Harden, Jenő Jandó, Takako Nishizaki
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.01.2007
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BACH, J.S. (THE BEST OF)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 20.06.1997
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Brahms & Bruch: Violin Concertos
Takako Nishizaki, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.01.1989
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Beethoven for Meditation
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.01.2007
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Cui: Suite Concertante Op. 25 / Suite Miniature Op. 20
Takako Nishizaki, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn
Klassik - Erschienen bei Marco-Polo am 31.12.1985
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FROM SHANGHAI WITH LOVE
Takako Nishizaki, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Breiner
Klassik - Erschienen bei Marco-Polo am 01.03.2005
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