Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Today it’s one of the most well-loved violin concertos, but it wasn’t so popular at first... Violinist ...

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 ...

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A fascinating study in comparisons, and an auspicious DG debut for Vadim Repin and Riccardo Muti. Muti’s conducting of the Concerto is leisurely, at times even a mite imperious, though always flexible ...

Beethoven wrote 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets and nine symphonies, but only one violin concerto. It happens to be one of the greatest ever. Lucky , a fiddler born in Tokyo and raised in New ...

Friday 10 June 2005 7:00-10:00 (Radio 3) A selection of pieces by Beethoven. 3 hours Playlist Quella cetra (3 settings), WoO.99/10, a, b, & c Berlin Soloists Fragment of a Violin Concerto in C major, ...

Written in 1806, Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major was premiered by his colleague Franz Clement, just before Christmas of that year, on 23 December. Nine symphonies, five piano concertos, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Marin Alsop led the orchestra in a program of works by Beethoven, Brahms and Stravinsky, as well as a new violin concerto by Nico Muhly.

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 ...

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