Paganini & Wieniawski Violin Concertos (Mark Kaplan, violin; London Symphony Orchestra; Mitch Miller, cond.; Arabesque). It isn`t often that one encounters 19th-Century virtuoso pieces played with as ...

Ilya Gringolts, violin; Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska, conductor; Irina Ryumina, piano (Bis). Wieniawski: Works for violin and piano Corey Cerovsek, violin; Katja Cerovsek, piano (Delos) Two ...

It’s surprising that Rudolf Koelman, despite a fine pedigree as a Heifetz pupil and his distinguished career including a spell as leader of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, gets second billing below ...

The boldface title in the BPO program said “Paganini’s Violin” and that was appropriate. Even though Antonin Dvorak’s oeuvre contributed two out of the three pieces on Friday night’s concert, his pair ...

Nicolo Paganini was a rock star of the early 19th century, so to do justice to one of the violin virtuoso’s concertos, Topeka Symphony Orchestra maestro Kyle Wiley Pickett hired Alexander Markov, a ...

British classical guitarist Nicola Hall took upon herself the daunting task of adapting Nicolo Paganini's Violin Concerto in B-minor for the guitar. Judging from the results, she was clearly up to the ...

Are we in a golden age of violinists? It looks like it. That astonishing young players keep coming up the ranks and capturing the public’s imagination is nothing new. But what really seems to mark our ...

The Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos has been signed to the Sony Classical label – and his first UK release is an outstanding one. Winner of both the Sibelius and Paganini violin competitions, Kavakos ...

Symphony Hall is a one-hour program airing each weeknight that features a full-length major symphonic work. Performances are drawn from major symphony orchestras from around the globe. To find out ...

Symphony Hall is a one-hour program airing each weeknight that features a full-length major symphonic work. Performances are drawn from major symphony orchestras from around the globe. To find out ...