Dvořák: Violin Concerto [Julia Fischer]

Accompanied by the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, German classical violinist and pianist Julia Fischer performs Antonín Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 (B.108). Conductor: David Zinman. Recorded during the BBC Proms 2014. Encore: Paul Hindemith – Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 11 No. 6, the 3rd movement.

Bach: Sonata No. 4 For Violin And Harpsichord [Menuhin, Gould]

Widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, American-born violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin and the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, who became one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century, perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonata No. 4 in C Minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1017. It …

Vivaldi: Winter (the Four Seasons) [Cynthia Freivogel, Voices of Music]

Accompanied by the San Francisco-based early music ensemble Voices of Music, the American violinist Cynthia Miller Freivogel who specialized in both baroque and modern violin performs Antonio Vivaldi’s “Winter” from The Four Seasons. The piece was performed on original period instruments.

Bach: Concerto for Violin and Oboe [Il Gardellino, Ponseele]

Belgian baroque ensemble Il Gardellino performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe in c minor, BWV 1060R. Soloist (oboe): Marcel Ponseele. While the existing score is in the form of a concerto for harpsichord and strings (BWV 1060), Bach scholars believe it to be a transcription of a lost double concerto in D …