Browse: Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, in 1806. Its first performance by Franz Clement was unsuccessful and for some decades the work languished in obscurity, until revived in 1844 by the then 12-year-old violinist Joseph Joachim with the orchestra of the London Philharmonic Society conducted by Felix Mendelssohn.
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Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos
Vilde Frang (violin), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Pekka Kuusisto
Frang’s exquisite tonal subtlety and enhanced range of dynamics allows her to weave in and out of Beethoven’s carefully graded orchestral textures, with a profound sense of listening and responding... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Dueñas’s performance favours the Concerto’s abundant lyrical qualities. In the magical Larghetto she combines unaffected simplicity with rich sentiment while her account of the ‘Rondo’ is certainly... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Beethoven & Sibelius: Violin Concertos
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati
Such glorious playing cannot be recommended too strongly, but for me the Beethoven performance makes a greater contribution to the work’s discography. I won’t soon forget how deeply Tetzlaff... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 21st September 2019, Disc of the Week
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Beethoven & Berg: Violin Concertos
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin)
Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado
listening to these wonderful performances side by side is cathartic...The journey is vividly delineated from the outset of the Berg. With Abbado drawing sonorities from his first-rate orchestra,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th February 2012
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Building a Library, October 2015, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2012, Disc of the Month
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Concerto
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Beethoven, Berg & Bartók: Violin Concertos
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding, Kirill Petrenko, Alan Gilbert
Where this set really comes into its own is with the 20th-century concertos, most especially the Berg, a work whose combination of Romantic cantabile, emotional thrust and tonally stretched world-weariness... — More…
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Record Review, 2nd October 2021, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Concerto
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Beethoven and Beyond - Vinyl Edition
RecommendedMaría Dueñas (violin), Wiener Symphoniker, Manfred Honeck
Dueñas’s performance favours the Concerto’s abundant lyrical qualities. In the magical Larghetto she combines unaffected simplicity with rich sentiment while her account of the ‘Rondo’ is certainly... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Two Romances
James Ehnes (violin)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
The warmth and sweetness of James Ehnes’s tone stand him in very good stead, and his pianissimo playing conveys an admirable sense of mystery. He’s greatly helped by having a sympathetic fellow-violinist... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Septet Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Kavakos plays with his customary big, rich sound and wonderful timbre. The Larghetto is lovely in both the solo and orchestral parts. Few current violinists spin such a nuanced, silky legato... — More…
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Record Review, 21st December 2019, Record of the Week
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Beethoven - Violin Concerto Lisa Batiashvili (violin and direction)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Georgian Chamber Orchestra
…this recording can unquestionably be ranked among the finest ever made. What is particularly remarkable about Batiashvili's performance is its capacity to make one listen afresh to such over-familiar... — More…
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