Violin Concerto (Britten)

Benjamin Britten wrote his Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 15 , shortly after his crossing to the United States in 1939 . It premiered the following year in New York by John Barbirolli and the New York Philharmonic with Antonio Brosa as soloist.

Sentence names

1. Movement: Moderato con moto
2. Sentence: Vivace
3. Movement: Passacaglia: Andante lento

Recordings

• English Chamber Orchestra under Benjamin Britten, soloist: Mark Lubotsky , 1971 . Britten said: This is the performance I have been waiting for
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Berglund , soloist: Ida Haendel , 1977 .
• London Symphony Orchestra under Mstislav Rostropovich , soloist: Maxim Vengerov , 2003 .
• BBC Symphony Orchestra under Paul Watkins , soloist: Daniel Hope , 2004 .
• Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under Witold Rowicki, soloist: Wanda Wilkomirska , 1967, Orchestral Concert CDs, CD12 / 2011
• Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under James Gaffigan, soloist: Vilde Frang, 2016