Ava Bahari joins Santtu-Matias Rouvali and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra for Sibelius’s Violin Concerto and Lemminkäinen Suite.
Tag: Violin
Top Five – Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team’s recommendations for the best recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.
Review: Schumann – Violin Concerto – Midori
Midori performs Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto, 3 Romances, 5 Pieces in Folk Style, and Clara Schumann’s 3 Romances. Pentatone.
Review: Nemanja Radulovic Plays Prokofiev
Nemanja Radulović presents Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto alongside the Sonata for Two Violins, Five Mélodies, and transcriptions.
Review: Mendelssohn, Bruch – Violin Concertos, Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending – Johan Dalene
Johan Dalene plays Mendelssohn’s & Bruch’s Violin Concertos, with an arrangement of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending for violin and choir.
Top Five – Brahms – Double Concerto – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team’s recommendations for the best recordings of Brahms’s Double Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra.
In Short – 5 Recent Bach Albums – November 2025
Five recent Bach albums by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Martin Fröst, Isabelle Faust, Inbal Megiddo, and Antoine Morinière & Thibaut Garcia.
Review: Elgar, Adès – Violin Concertos – Christian Tetzlaff
Christian Tetzlaff plays Elgar’s Violin Concerto and Adès’s “Concentric Paths” for violin and orchestra. With the BBC Philharmonic under John Storgårds.
Review: Itzhak Perlman – The Complete Warner Classics Edition (78 CDs)
A box set celebrating Itzhak Perlman’s 80th birthday, with all the recordings he made for Warner Classics between 1972-2016.
Review: Beethoven for Three, Vol. 4 – Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax perform Beethoven’s ‘Ghost’ and ‘Gassenhauer’ piano trios, and Shai Wosner’s arrangement of the first symphony.