Thoughtful is how I’d describe Jurowski’s conducting...Perhaps the most moving aspect of this performance – also testimony to Benedetti’s knack of getting under the skin the piece – is the finale’s haunting accompanied cadenza...Benedetti shines a beam on [the Concerto's] reigning quality: sincerity. Nobility too…Although other digital versions have also moved me, none that I can recall has made me more keenly aware of just what a great work this is.

The Elgar is a work which wears its heart squarely on its sleeve (the composer sheepishly described it as ‘awfully emotional’), and Benedetti embraces its full-throttle ardour with open arms...and there’s something about her rapid vibrato and lean, muscular tone which puts me in mind of the very earliest recordings of the piece...The three evergreens which follow are beautifully done, and given with an almost homely intimacy.

Benedetti’s vibrant, beefy full-throttle tone is made for the concerto, and she’s an assertive soloist, never disappearing into the glowing textures the London Philharmonic weaves around her. Vladimir Jurowski conducts with a clear eye on the work’s huge dimensions, and Benedetti, too, shapes the violin’s restless music into long, sinewy paragraphs.

The first thing to spot is Benedetti’s confident ease and sparkle during the many double-stopped passages, executed at lightning speed across the instrument’s range. Yet beyond sheer agility, Benedetti offers listeners something even more valuable: a dynamic personal interpretation, refreshing and convincing...Jurowski’s forces contribute their own dark passion.