Surprisingly Beethoven only wrote one violin concerto and it proved so popular that he transcribed it for the piano too Again, only one, and given its exceptional quality and the number of first-rate ...

Berg & Beethoven: Violin Concertos (Harmonia Mundi) Verdict: "German violinist finds the romantic soul of two concertos a century apart." If the success of concerto recordings often lies in the ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Berg concerto still deters many classical music buffs, but the tide is turning in its favour, not just because ...

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, normally encamped in Glendale’s Alex Theatre or UCLA’s Royce Hall, occasionally roams in search of different places and spaces. It’s a boon for music fans in this ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Isabelle Faust, Violin Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Claudio Abbado, Conductor Mozart Orchestra Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 'To the memory of an angel' Alban ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Polish Chamber Orchestra Nigel Kennedy, Violin Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 4 Nigel Kennedy, Violin Polish Chamber Orchestra ...

Christian Tetzlaff has played Beethoven’s Violin Concerto hundreds of times, but still found a way to take it to another level with the LSO and Daniel Harding “It’s a big part of me,” Christian ...

Benedetti and the Aurora, who play from memory, have fun and freedom here, augmenting the role of the drum in an ebullient recording We tend to have an unhealthy reverence towards Beethoven, says ...

Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major Opus 61 was written in 1806, but was not a success at its premiere. 200 years on and this Concerto is regarded as one of the greatest pieces ever written for the ...

Augustin Dumay follows in the great tradition of Franco-Belgian violinists, which can be traced back to such legendary figures as Eugène Ysaÿe, Henri Vieuxtemps, and Arthur Grumiaux. Here he tackles ...

There's something extra- special about the way Isabelle Faust and Claudio Abbado bring a sense of tentative wonder and discovery to the opening of the Berg Violin Concerto. The Berg bridges many ...

An inspired coupling together with A-list casting make this disc a must. In a booklet note Isabelle Faust pays due homage to the artistry of Claudio Abbado, but it works both ways. These performances ...