Violin Concerto

Classical CD Reviews: Arabella Steinbacher plays Britten and Hindemith and Daniil Trifonov’s “Chopin Evocations”

September 22, 2017
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Hindemith and Britten could hardly have asked for more committed advocates than Steinbacher, Jurowski, and the RSOB.

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Rethinking the Repertoire #12 – Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Violin Concerto

May 24, 2017
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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich has an uncanny understanding of what instruments can do and how to showcase them best.

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Classical CD Reviews: Isabelle Faust plays Schumann and the Dmitri Ensemble plays Shostakovich Chamber Symphonies

July 22, 2015
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Listening to Isabelle Faust’s performance of Schumann’s Violin Concerto I wondered why the piece has remained on the fringes of the repertoire for so long.

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