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Concertos News

• Benjamin Schmid / Wolf-Ferrari: Violin Concerto

  Friday, October 19th 2012

  
  Amidst all the turmoil of war in the years 1940 to 1943, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari composed a violin concerto in the festive key of D major.

• Ophelie Gaillard / Schumann: Cello Concerto

  Tuesday, April 3rd 2012

  
  Schumann's Cello Concerto was long regarded as a minor achievement; it has also been accused of treating the solo instrument unfavourably.

• Korobeinikov / Shostakovich: Piano Concertos

  Tuesday, January 17th 2012

  
  These scores show two completely different periods in the life of Shostakovich: that of a young musician suddenly become famous, going from strength to strength, and a quarter of a century later, the trials and disappointments, both professional and romantic, of a composer nearing his fiftieth anniversary.

• Christian Tetzlaff / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

  Monday, October 24th 2011

  
  This CD, his first release on Ondine, features German star violinist Christian Tetzlaff with virtuoso Romantic concertos by Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann.

• Baiba Skride / Brahms: Violin Concerto

  Friday, May 20th 2011

  
  Baiba Skride is not just one of the most sought-after artists when it comes to finding a soloist for one of the great violin concertos.

• Steinbacher / Brahms: Violin Concerto

  Wednesday, February 16th 2011

  
  The Violin Concerto in D Major op. 77 by Johannes Brahms is for performers and audience alike one of the loveliest, most challenging examples of the genre.

• Grafenauer, Wand / Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1

  Tuesday, June 22nd 2010

  
  Irena Grafenauer and Francois Leleux are two internationally renowned woodwind soloists, who emerged from the ranks of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.