The ever-industrious Bohuslav Martinů never seems to have allowed himself a day off. Other composers of his time were trying their hands at the form of the double concerto, but only Martinů could have ...

Alas, the rigour it brings to the big tuttis in the first movement make them sound more like interpolations in some 18th-century drama rather than a 19th-century concerto, although the orchestra does ...

Received wisdom has it that Schumann’s late works fall off creatively, mirroring the composer’s failing mental health. These period instrument performances think differently. I’ve never heard quite ...

If you have come to expect sublime lyricism and melody from Tchaikovsky, his violin concerto will certainly not disappoint. One of the most popular pieces of music ever written, this concerto is ...

Baiba Skride's performance of Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto provides a sharp corrective to anyone accustomed to thinking of it as faux modernism, as a rather soft-edged exploration of exotic ...

Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra Andrzej Panufnik, Composer Zygmunt Rychert, Conductor Stanisław Moniuszki Music Academy Symphony Orchestra, Gdansk Robert Kabara, Violin Concerto for Cello and ...

Discover Mendelssohn's lesser-known violin music in the context of his brilliant Violin Concerto in E minor. Drive Featured Album 28 January 2013. Mendelssohn's Violin Concertos are rarely anything ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä Tianwa Yang, Musician, Violin Patrick Gallois, Conductor Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Concerto for Violin and Strings Sinfonia Finlandia ...

There are over 60 recordings of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in the catalogue, but this version from Greek virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos certainly stands out among them. This is not the drooping, ...