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 ...

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 ...

Performing Saint-Saëns’ concerto, Kim shows proficiency and poise, with the ability to make her notes angelic. Flawless as ...

Lisa Batiashvili with the New York Philharmonic. Where: Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, 65th and Broadway, Manhattan. When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. Sept. 21. How much: Tickets ...

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, ...

For this concert, the ACO strings used gut and wire strung instruments and the rest of the orchestra played on period classical instruments. In doing this the ACO allowed the listener to really ...

When one begins listening to classical music, one of the most logical composers to start with would have to be Ludwig van Beethoven. Even the most novice listener knows Beethoven's most famous four ...

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 ...

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 ...