Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 [Yehudi Menuhin]

Accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique de l’ORTF (today the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France), legendary violinist of the 20th century, Yehudi Menuhin performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216. Menuhin also conducts the orchestra. This performance was recorded at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, in 1967.

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 [Khachatryan, Eschenbach, SWR Symphonieorchester]

Accompanied by the SWR Symphonieorchester, the Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan performs Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Opus 77. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach. This performance was recorded in April 2019 at the Liederhalle Stuttgart.

Sibelius: Violin Concerto, [Khachatryan, Kochanovsky, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic]

Accompanied by the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan performs Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47. Conductor: Stanislav Kochanovsky. This performance was recorded at the Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on March 16, 2019.

Vivaldi: Four Seasons [Alexandra Conunova, Orchestre International de Genève]

Accompanied by the Orchestre International de Genève, the Moldovan violinist Alexandra Conunova performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni), a group of four violin concerti. This performance was recorded on August 2, 2015, at the Saint-Ursanne “Piano Festival”. Sound and Video: Eliyah Reichen for Beyond Groove Productions.

Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 [Bezuidenhout, Faust, Eberle]

Isabelle Faust (violin), Sol Gabetta (Cello), and Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) perform Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major for piano, violin, and cello, D. 929, one of the last compositions completed by the composer. This performance was recorded at the Solsberg Festival 2021.