In February 1877, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky claimed that he could compose only "weak and rotten little themelets." The next year he composed the brave and cheerful tunes of his Violin Concerto in D ...

In 1878 Tchaikovsky dedicated his newly written Violin Concerto to the renowned violinist and teacher Leopold Auer, with the idea that Auer would perform the premiere of the work in March 1879.

Elegance and poise may not be the qualities that first come to mind for Tchaikovsky's bravura Violin Concerto. But in a performance built on just those virtues, Armenian virtuoso Sergey Khachatryan ...

Vadim Gluzman presents an effortless reading of Tchaikovsky's notoriously technical violin concerto with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under Jakub Hrůša. As a soloist, Gluzman is equal parts ...

“Where words fail, music speaks,” said Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. New Philharmonic, the only professional orchestra based in DuPage County, presents concerts featuring works tied together ...

Jennifer Higdon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2008 Violin Concerto, here appearing on disc for the first time, wasn’t just written for Hilary Hahn. It was custom-created to show her playing off to ...

Teodor Currentzis and his MusicAeterna are a welcome astringent in the modern recording world, giving us daring period takes on Così fan Tutte and Le nozze di Figaro and making Rameau’s wonderfully ...

Chen Yi's new work brings her signature blend of Chinese traditional themes and Western orchestral forms to this new commission. Stravinsky takes baroque-era music and spikes it with his inimitable ...

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto: a deep-dive into the best recordings Mark Pullinger Monday, February 6, 2023 Despite its troubled early reception, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto has become a favourite ...

Charles Hazlewood is joined by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky for an in-depth examination of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, a work originally rejected by its ...

A health warning on the cover might be appropriate. Patricia Kopatchinskaja is a violinist rooted in contemporary music and Teodor Currentzis a conductor of catholic tastes with a penchant for the ...