Christoph Koncz has used gut-stringed baroque instrument to record Mozart’s violin concertos When he first dared ask the keepers of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s violin if he might be allowed to try it ...

Classic FM Drive Featured Album, 16 February 2015. Following the success of her discs of Romantic violin music, Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang has recorded Mozart’s Concertos Nos. 1 and 5 'Turkish' ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 Renaud Capuçon, Violin Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 Renaud Capuçon, Violin Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Concerto for Violin ...

It is hard for Mozart’s violin concertos to win attention for themselves, living as they do in the gigantic shadow cast by Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Mozart’s own sublime Sinfonia Concertante for ...

Playing Mozart's music on Mozart's own violin is like reaching through 250 years of history to commune with the legendary composer, says Christoph Koncz. Koncz, the principal second violinist of the ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. Nikolaj Znaider performs at the highest level as ...

Vilde Frang is a brilliant arrival on the violin scene; it seems slightly odd to combine her piercing but heavily vibrato-laden sound with the period-instrument practices of Arcangelo. Her extrovert ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1, Movements: Allegro moderato Kremerata Baltica Gidon Kremer, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 4, Movements: ...

Mozart wrote five violin concertos, all but one of them in the same year—1775, when he was nineteen. The Concerto No. 1 was written two years before, possibly. Musicologists are unsure. Are they great ...

When you're all grown up, you — at least theoretically — put away childish things. But there are exceptions, as violinist Hilary Hahn proves in her latest recording project. The album is a pairing of ...

What’s the difference between a viola and a trampoline? You take your shoes off to jump on a trampoline. Those damn viola jokes! Though usually good-natured and funny, they nonetheless belittle a ...