Audiences love Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor for its warmth and frequent pyrotechnics. The concerto also features playful innovations that would have shocked—or delighted—the audience at ...

Performed by soloist Sandy Cameron conducted by John Mauceri, Elfman's album opens with his violin concerto in four movements: Grave – Animato, Spietato, Fratasma, and Giocoso – Lacrimae. The album ...

Audio for this feature is no longer available. Her new CD, released Sept. 21, is an unusual pairing of two concertos -- one warhorse and one freshly minted -- which may, on the surface, seem like ...

After all the hype I tried to generate for Nicola Benedetti playing Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto, I thought it would be good to revisit some of the traditional violin concerto repertoire. I will ...

Max Bruch resented that his First Violin Concerto (of three) achieved widespread fame while the rest of his output was largely neglected. But with its brooding melodies, unusual form, and joyous ...

One of the world’s great orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic, will return to mid-Michigan for a performance at the Wharton ...

It's hard to square the 30-year-old Hahn's youthfulness with a career that included recording the Beethoven concerto back in 1999. If you do the math, you'll realize this is a young woman on a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Eighty years after his death, the ghost of Robert Schumann helped unearth his own violin concerto. Or at least that’s how the story goes. Whether or not you believe that the composer ...

"I would say that this recording was something that didn't get affected by COVID. It was the last thing that I actually, so to say, did before the lockdown." That's Midori talking about her new ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 by ...

Until after his death, the score for Polish composer Ludomir Różycki’s forgotten violin concerto lay buried in a suitcase in the garden of his deserted Warsaw home. Amid the countless horrors of the ...