violin concerto Archive

Paul Hindemith: Violin Concerto, Symphonic Metamorphosis, and Konzertmusik, Op. 50 To commemorate the death of Paul Hindemith 50 years ago, this CD presents a stunning new performance, featuring violinist Midori, the NDR Symphony Orchestra and …

Beethoven’s Violin Concerto: Performances compared. I am reading a tiny volume about the life and art of violinist Yehudi Menuhin. And this little book includes a CD, which contains some amazing recordings of Menuhin’s music. …

Lisa Batiashvili On Saturday, November 3, 2012, I decided to watch the Berlin Philharmonic on-line. More than 10 years ago, while I was on a visit to Toronto, Canada, I heard this violinist perform the …

Berlin Color! On Friday, October 26, 2012 the Berlin Philharmonic performed a concert with works by Benjamin Britten, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Jörg Widmann. The concert opened with the Passacaglia from ‘Peter Grimes’ by …

Esa-Pekka Salonen: “Out of Nowhere” Esa-Pekka Salonen’s four-movement Violin Concerto is a major addition to the concerto literature. Written for the American violinist Leila Josefowicz, this highly attractive concerto “appears headed straight into the standard …