Wynton Marsalis' rare musical versatility has long been a beacon in the worlds of jazz and classical music. Now the Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer brings those ...

Performed by soloist Sandy Cameron conducted by John Mauceri, Elfman's album opens with his violin concerto in four movements: Grave – Animato, Spietato, Fratasma, and Giocoso – Lacrimae. The album ...

After all the hype I tried to generate for Nicola Benedetti playing Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto, I thought it would be good to revisit some of the traditional violin concerto repertoire. I will ...

Augustin Hadelich is steeped in the repertoire of classical violin concertos and travels the globe to perform them with the world's major orchestras. The cosmopolitan violinist — born in Italy to ...

Classical music meets Halloween and the paranormal Thursday night when the National Symphony Orchestra plays the Schumann Violin Concerto, a work buried for nearly a century and recovered — or so the ...

The 1930s were a vibrant time for the violin, a fact that Gil Shaham is exploring in a characteristically vivacious and thoughtful series of recordings encompassing the concertos from that decade. On ...

Simon Rattle takes the concerto back to the 19th century and Renaud Capuçon’s partnership with Stephen Hough for the sonata is a meeting of equals The Violin Concerto is not only one of Elgar’s ...

Performed on original instruments, the composer’s neoclassical works – particularly his Violin Concerto, brilliantly played by Isabelle Faust, come into sharper focus It was through their recordings ...

Albums entirely dedicated to solo viola music don't come along every week – or even every year – but Timothy Ridout is an artist whose recordings for Harmonia Mundi have quickly established him as ...

Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall was the setting for a different kind of homecoming concert on Thursday and Friday. The Minnesota Orchestra welcomed back not a musician whose career began here, but a piece ...

“This is complete madness,” the maestro tells the orchestra. He glances to the soloist, the world-famous violinist Rachel Barton Pine, then says simply, “Let’s go.” You wouldn’t know from the title on ...

FARGO — In her 40-year career, violinist Rachel Barton Pine has played all kinds of music, from classical to folk, Celtic, rock, jazz and even heavy metal. Still, she’s always looking for something ...