Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Schumann Violin Concerto : Tetzlaff(Vn)P.Jarvi / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Schumann: Fantasie in C major for Violin and Orchestra, Op.131
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23

Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi, conductor

Live Recorded: 2008, 2009

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

The Mendelssohn Concerto is one of the most frequently performed violin concertos of all time, with an unfailing popularity among audiences. Also included is Schumann's more seldom recorded Fantasy for Violin and orchestra, which he completed shortly before writing the Concerto. One of Schumann's last significant compositions, the long-lost Violin Concerto saw its premiere performance only in 1937, and was hailed by Yehudi Menuhin as the "historically missing link of the violin literature."

Christian Tetzlaff is accompanied on this recording by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra - whose Artist-in-Residence he became in 2008/09 - and their acclaimed music director Paavo Jarvi. ( ONDINE )