Lalo
Augustin Dumay directs Sinfonia Varsovia with Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin) and Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) in a programme including the Symphonie Espagnole, Sonate, Arlequin and Guitarre
FUGA LIBERA (2012)
... cette approche etla direction très inspirée d’Augustin Dumay se révèlentformidablement attachantes. Chef et solisteconnaissent les moindresdétails de la partition, sans l’ombre d’un doute.
Diapason, Jean-Michel Molkhou, déc. 2012
The Art of Augustin Dumay
A collection of DG recordings with Augustin Dumay (violin)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (2020)
Bela Bartok
Kent Nagano conducts the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal in the Violin Concerto No. 2 and Concerto for Orchestra
ONYX (2016)
I enjoyed [the Second Violin Concerto] enormously, principallybecause itharks back to the wholesomely romantic approaches of Stern with Bernstein (Sony) and Menuhin with Dorati...Augustin Dumay digs lustily into theconcerto’s opening and Kent Nagano’s big-boned response sings the samelanguage.
Gramophone Magazine, June 2016
Als reife, überzeugende Künstlerpersönlichkeit spielte ernun Bartóks 2.Violinkonzertein. Die Schönheit des Tons gehtmit der Radikalität des Werks eine faszinierende Synthese ein.
News Zeitschrift, Juni 2016
Somptueux: voilà le premieradjectif qui vient à l’esprit à l’écoute du dernier album d’Augustin Dumay. Ce concerto, l’undes grands classiques du XXesiècle, le violoniste français le marque de son empreinte: une étreignante nostalgie(intonation du premier thème), étayée par une palette de couleurs remarquablement restituée par la prise de son.
Classica, Jérémie Bigorie, juin 2016
Beethoven & Brahms
Augustin Dumay (violin & conductor) leads Sinfonia Varsovia and the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of Beethoven (Symphony No. 8 and the Violin Concerto) and Brahms (String Sextet No. 1)
ONYX (2015)
... there’s no whiff of stale routine, and Dumay’s customarily stylish, raptlyintense showing, to say nothing of his subtly variegated tonal palette, willenthral his many admirers.
Gramophone, Andrew Achenbach, June 2015
Brahms
Violin Sonatas 1, 2 & 3 and the Scherzo in C minor with Louis Lortie (piano)
ONYX (2014)
... Dumay the most lyrical of Brahmsians with Lortie never afraid to explore[...] Anyone who’s enjoyed this partnership’s award-winning Franck and Strauss recital should add this immediately.
BBC Radio 3, CD Review, Andrew McGregor, Nov. 2014
Augustin Dumay has replicated the magic of his earlier Brahms disc.
BBC Music Magazine, Erik Levi, Jan. 2015
... cette nouvelle interprétation va certainementse hisser très haut etséduire un public de mélomanes avertis capablesde reconnaître les mérites d’une grande interprétation.
ONG Magazine, Michel Jakubowicz, déc. 2014
Deux grands musiciens qui ont acquis une profondeur et une compréhension intime des compositeurs avec les annéesnous livrent ces chefs-d’œuvre que sont les Sonates pour violon de Johannes Brahms. Un immense bonheur.
La Presse (Montréal),Caroline Rodgers, déc. 2014
It’s a disc to treasure.
The Guardian, Andrew Clements, Jan. 2015
Brahms & Beethoven
Brahms Serenade No. 1 and Romances Nos 1 & 2. Augustin Dumay (violin/conductor) leads the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra
ONYX (2013)
Sa version de la Sérénade No1 de Brahms contient toutes les qualitésrequises pour redonner à cette œuvre quelque peu délaissée la place qui luirevient [...] A la fois chef et soliste, Augustin Dumay donne des deuxRomances de Beethoven une versionproche de la perfection, établissantentre le violon et l’orchestre un équilibre presque idéal.
Classica, Jan. 2014
A robust performance of Brahms’s warm-hearted First Serenade. Beethoven’s Romances make a satisfying counterpart, the solo parts lovinglyplayed by Dumay.
BBC Music Magazine, Jan. 2014
Franck & Strauss
Franck & Strauss Violin Sonatas with Augustin Dumay (violin) and Louis Lortie (piano)
ONYX (2013)
... everything Lortie and Dumay do sounds exactly right. It is as if they arethinking and breathing in exact unison. [...] The album is such a treat frombeginning to end.
Musical Toronto, John Terauds, Feb. 2013
Zwei Meister und zweiMeisterwerke: Das Ergebnis garantiert magischeMomente, wie man sie in der Musik nur selten erlebt.
pizzicato, Guy Engels, Apr. 2013
Haydn & Mozart
Augustin Dumay conducts the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie with Tatjana Vassiljeva (cello) in Haydn Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 and Mozart Symphony No. 29
MIRARE (2013)
Camille Saint-Saens
Augustin Dumay (conductor & violin) with Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra and Pavel Komziakov (cello) in the Cello Concerto No. 1 and Symphony No. 1
ONYX (2012)
For the concerto alone, I give this a five-star recommendation, but it comes with an equally illuminating performance of Saint-Saëns’s First Symphony, which may make you reassess your thoughts about this delightful early work.
Fanfare Magazine, Jerry Dubins, Oct. 2012
Mendelssohn
Augustin Dumay joins the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Jonathan Fournel (piano) for the Violin Concerto in E min, Violin Sonata in F major and Songs without Words
ONYX (2021)
Exquisite Mendelssohn still sounds fresh and joyous in familiar hands Mendelssohn’s E minor Concerto stands apart from the German Romantic mainstream insofar as it requires ideally a silvery, pure, sweet sound: Nathan Milstein had it, so too Christian Ferras and Alfredo Campoli, and, needless to say, Augustin Dumay. As soon as Dumay launches into those indelible opening arpeggiations, supported with a truly chamber-scale litheness and finesse by the Orpheus players, you know instinctively that this is the real thing. If Dumay’s 1988 recording is notable for its youthful freshness and sparkling virtuosity, some 30 years later those special qualities are still very much in evidence, yet there is now an added depth and affectionate intimacy to Dumay’s phrasing that is cherishable. Dumay’s natural affinity with Mendelssohn’s elfin world of post-Classical gesturing spills over into the F major Sonata, in which he is accompanied with enchanting sensitivity, grace and precision by recent winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, Jonathan Fournel. Played like this, brimming over with joyful spontaneity, it is difficult to understand why it is so relatively neglected. Dumay and Fournelfinish with a radiant selection of nine songs without words.
The Strad, Julian Haylock, Nov. 2021
Compilation: Brahms Complete Chamber Music
Augustin Dumay (violin), Maria João Pires (piano) and Jian Wang (cello)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (2012)
Dvořák
Augustin Dumay directs Sinfonia Varsovia in the Violin Concerto, romance and Four Romantic Pieces with Hrachya Avanesyan (violin) and Marianna Shirinyan (piano)
FUGA LIBERA (2011)
Dumay’s own contribution is fundamental, since his orchestra has thosequalities of a living, breathing body, the presence or absence of which canmake or mar any Dvorák performance. I found the first movementparticularly successful, free-spirited yet shapely.
MusicWeb International, Christopher Howell, Nov. 2011
Hersant
Augustin Dumay plays the Violin Concerto (2003, commissioned by Dumay) with the Orchestre National de France conducted by Jonathan Darlington
DENSITÉ (2005)
The Violin Concerto is played here by the violinist who commissioned it–Augustin Dumay. (...) It is a predominantly slow, largely rhapsodic piece,soaked in quiet melancholy. Technical virtuosity is less in demand from thesoloist than are beauty and variety of tone, and Dumay plays expressivelyand evocatively throughout.
MusicWeb International, Glyn Pursglove
Le Concerto pour violon de Philippe Hersant fut composé àla demande d'Augustin Dumay. [...] Augustin Dumays'implique totalement dans cette partition, soulignant avec grâce, malgré son énergie de colosse, toutes les nuanceschaudes et patinées comme du velours de cette musique.
ResMusica, Benjamin Viaud, 2003
Chausson & Ravel
Augustin Dumay (violin and conductor) directs the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie with Jean Philippe Collard (piano) in a programme including Chausson “Poeme” and the “Concert for Violin, Piano & String Quartet” alongside Ravel “Tzigane”
CASCAVELLE (2005)
Au-delà de l'excellente tenue de l'orchestre, on admire la rigueur éléganteet racée du violon de Dumay qui, dans « Tzigane », sait ne pas tomber dansle sentimentalisme facile. Aérien et intense, il est bien le digne successeurdes archets de Grumiaux, et, au-delà, d'Ysaye, dédicataire des deux œuvresde Chausson.
La Libre Belgique, Nicolas Blanmont
REEDITION: Chausson, Massenet, etc.
Augustin Dumay (violin), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Hikotaro Yazaki (conductor)
EMI (2004)
Compilation: Schubert Sonates, Musique de Chambre
Augustin Dumay (violin), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Frédéric Lodéon (cello) and other artists
EMI (2008)
Mozart
The Sinfonia Concertante, K364; Violin Concerto No. 2 in D, K211; Rondo in C, K373; Adagio in E, K261 with Augustin Dumay (violin and conductor), Veronika Hagen (viola) with the Camerata Academica Salzburg
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (2000)
Dumay confirme qu’il est unmerveilleux interprète mozartien, comme lefurent jadis Stern ou Grumiaux.
Classica, Xavier Rey
... his warmth and variety of expression will soon win you over. Listen to hisseductive account of the K261 Adagio and you’ll want to buy the CD!
Gramophone, Duncan Druce
Mozart
The Violin Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 with Augustin Dumay (violin and conductor) with Camerata Academica Salzburg
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (1998)
Dumay is essentially a dreamer, a fantasist extraordinaire [...] withoutexaggeration one of the finest Mozart violin concerto discs ever made.
Classic CD, Julian Haylock
Pour Augustin Dumay et la Camerata, c’est l’épanouissement total, le dondu sang, la chaleur de la vie. Superbe!
Répertoire, Jean Hamon
Mozart
The Piano Trios K.496 and K. 502 with Augustin Dumay (violin), Maria João Pires (piano) and Jian Wang (cello)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (Grand Prix du Disque 1997)
Brahms
The Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 with Augustin Dumay (violin), Maria João Pires (piano) and Jian Wang (cello)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (1996)
[The Adagio] reveals the real empathy between Dumay and Wang inmoments of great beauty where the Milstein legacy in Dumay's playing iswonderfully apparent.
Gramophone, H.F.
Duo
Duos for Violin and Viola with Augustin Dumay (violin) and Gérard Caussé (viola). The programme includes Mozart, Handel and Alessandro Rolla
EMI (1995)
Franck & Debussy
Franck, Debussy & Ravel with Augustin Dumay (violin) and Maria João Pires (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (1995)
I have rarely been so moved by the work (Debussy's Sonata) in a recordedperformance[...]A strong recommendation for this new disc, even if youalready have other versions of these works.
Gramophone, CH
Grieg Violin Sonatas
Augustin Dumay (violin) and Maria João Pires (piano). Op. 8, 13 and 45
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (1993)
Dumay and Pires make a splendid duo, rising magnificently to the virtuosochallenges of the fast movements and responding well to the abundantlyricism in the slower passages. [...] these performances arenear-ideal fortheir idiomatic grasp.
BBC Music Magazine, Jan Smaczny
Brahms
The Violin Sonatas with Augustin Dumay (violin) and Maria João Pires (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (1992)
Es ist eine der subtilsten Darstellungen des Sonatenzyklus überhaupt, seltenhat man die Zartheiten dieser Musik, aber auch ihre Erzählqualität sointensiv wahrgenommen.
Fono Forum, NorbertHornig, Aug. 2010
Mozart
Sonatas for Piano and Violin with Augustin Dumay (violin) and Maria João Pires (piano), including K. 301, 304, 378 and 379
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (1991)
Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3, Sinfonia Concertante and the Rondo K. 373 with Augustin Dumay (violin) and Gérard Caussé (piano). Emmanuel Krivine conducts Sinfonia Varsovia
EMI (1990)
Bartok & Petitgirard
Bartok Concerto No. 1 and Petitgirard “La Legandaire” Concerto for Violin, Choir and Orchestra. Laurent Petitgirard conducts the Philharmonique Classique Polonaise with Augustin Dumay (violin)
FLAINE MUSIQUE (1990)
Mozart
Violin Concertos No. 4 & 5, Sinfonia Concertante and the Rondo K. 269 with Augustin Dumay (violin) and Gérard Caussé (piano). Emmanuel Krivine conducts Sinfonia Varsovia
EMI (1989, Diapason d’Or)
Lalo
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Michel Plasson and Augustin Dumay (violin) in a programme including Symphonie Espagnole and the Concerto for Violin
EMI (1989)
The Record Academy Award Victoire de la Musique classique
From the opening bars [the Symphonie Espagnole] springs to life with anatural rhythmic flair. Here is solo playing that catches the sultry feeling ofthe secondary theme with delectably subtle inflection [...] The finale has thelightest possible touch, and scintillates engagingly, with the luminouswoodwind coloring framing Dumay’s sparkling bravura ... [The Violin Concerto] has a delightful, songfulcentralAndantino which Dumay plays with a ravishing tenderness, born of much affection, and which catches the listener in its spell.
Gramophone
Franck & Magnard
Sonatas for violin and piano with Augustin Dumay (violin) and Jean Philippe Collard (piano)
EMI (1989)
Schubert: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2, Sonatensatz, Notturno, Grand Duo
Augustin Dumay (violin), Jean Philippe Collard (piano), Frédéric Lodéon (cello)
EMI (1988)
Fauré – Musiques de Chambre Vol. 2
Augustin Dumay (violin), Jean Philippe Collard (piano), Frédéric Lodéon (cello) and Bruno Pasquier (viola)
EMI (1988)
Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn Violin Concertos
Emil Tchakarov conducts the London Symphony Orchestra with Augustin Dumay (violin)
EMI (1988)
Chausson
Concerto in D major for violin, piano and string quartet Op. 21 with Augustin Dumay (violin) Jean Philippe Collard (piano) and the Quatuor Muir
EMI (1985)
Augustin Dumay
Programme includes Chausson, Massenet, Berlioz, Faure, Ravel etc. Manuel Rosenthal conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
EMI (1985)
Saint-Saens
Violin Concerto No. 3, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso. Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo conducted by Hikotaro Yazaki with Augustin Dumay (violin)
EMI (1984)
Recordings
Compilation: The Best of Ravel
Augustin Dumay (violin), Maria João Pires (piano) and other artists
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (2012)
Compilation: The Debussy Edition
Augustin Dumay (violin), Maria João Pires (piano) and other artists
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (2012)
Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas
Augustin Dumay (violin) and Maria João Pires (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (1992)
... this set surely ranks with Grumiaux and Haskil, Menuhin and Kempff, or Perlman and Ashkenazy. [...] Superlatives fail me.
International Piano (London), Calum MacDonald
... Make no mistake, this is chamber music playing of the first order, and a major contribution to the Beethoven discography.
ClassicsToday.com, David Hurwitz
Dumay is an absolute Master of using changes in tone color as an expressive device [...] [He] plays some of the most gorgeous violin diminuendos you will ever hear.
Fanfare (USA), Richard A. Kaplan
... the reference edition of Beethoven’s violin sonatas for years to come.
Stereophile (New York), Jed Distler
Compilation: Mozart 111 Masterworks
Augustin Dumay (violin), Maria João Pires (piano) and other artists
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (2012)
Compilation
Mozart Violin Concertos, Sinfonia Concertante, Rondos, Divertimento, Duos for violin & viola
Augustin Dumay (violin), Gérard Caussé (viola), Gary Hoffman (cello), Sinfonia Varsovia, Emmanuel Krivine (conductor)
EMI (1997)
Compilation: Franck
Augustin Dumay (violin), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), other artists
EMI (2007)
Fauré – Musiques de Chambre Vol. 1
Augustin Dumay (violin), Jean Philippe Collard (piano), Frédéric Lodéon (cello) and Michel Debost, (flute)
EMI (1988)
REEDITION
EMI (2006)
Compilation: Fauré Musique de Chambre
Augustin Dumay (violin), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Bruno Pasquier (viola) Frédéric Lodéon (cello) and other artists
EMI (2008)
REEDITION CD
Augustin Dumay (violin), Fréderic Lodeon (cello) and Jeab-Philippe Collard (piano)
EMI Classics (1988)
Compilation: The very best of Tchaikovski
Augustin Dumay (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tchakarov (conductor) and other artists
Virgin Classics (2007)
Compilation: Petitgirard Concertos for String Instruments
Augustin Dumay (violin), Philharmonie Classique Polonaise, Laurent Petitgirard (conductor), and other artists
NAXOS (2007)
Schumann
Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola & Cello in Eb major Op. 44 with Augustin Dumay (violin 1), Renaud Capuçon (violin 2), Gérard Caussé (viola) and Jian Wang (cello) and the Concerto for Piano & Orchestra in A minor Op. 54 with Maria João Pires. Claudio Abbado conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (2000)
Compilation: Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Lalo
Warner (2004)
Belo Horizonte
John McLaughlin (guitar), Augustin Dumay (violin), Katia Labèque (piano)
WARNER BROS WEA INTERNATIONAL (1981)
LEKEU & DEBUSSY Violin Sonatas, RAVEL Tzigane
Augustin Dumay (violin) and Jeab-Philippe Collard (piano)
EMI (1981)
RAVEL Sonate, Sonate posthume, Tzigane, Trio
Augustin Dumay (violin), Fréderic Lodeon (cello) and Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
EMI La Voix De Son Maître (1980)
Brahms Complete Violin Sonatas, F.A.E Sonata
Augustin Dumay (violin), Michel Béroff (piano)
EMI La Voix De Son Maître (1978)
CESAR FRANCK Sonate en La Majeur, Andantino Quietoso, Duo sur des motifs de Gulistan
Augustin Dumay (violin), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
EMI La Voix De Son Maître (1977)
SCHUBERT Grand Duo en La majeur, Sonatines No 1 & 3
Augustin Dumay (violin), Jacques Rouvier (piano)
CALLIOPE CAL. 1603 Vinyl (1975)
BEETHOVEN Sonate a Kreutzer - BACH Chaconne - BRAHMS Scherzo F.A.E
Augustin Dumay (violin), Pascal Dumay (piano)
PIERRE CARDIN Vinyl (1973)
DEBUSSY Sonate pour violon et piano en sol mineur - RAVEL Tzigane
Augustin Dumay (violin), François-Joël Thiollier
LE KIOSQUE D' ORPHÉE Vinyl (1970)
MOZART Rondo en Sol - PAGANINI Cantabile - PARADIS Sicilienne
Augustin Dumay (violin), Brenno Ambrosini (piano), Tasso Janopoulo (piano)
CLASSIQUE JEUNESSE (1964)