The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra has released over three hundred recordings and continues to release numerous CDs each year with Naxos.
Performer Biography
Ilya Kaler, the violinist on this recording, is a Gold Medalist of the Tchaikovsky (1986), Sibelius (1985), and Paganini (1981) International Violin Competitions.
Composition History
Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto was written in just two weeks in 1853, during what seemed to be a time of hope and happiness for the composer.
Critical Reception
Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto was not performed until 1937, and despite the advocacy of violinist Yehudi Menuhin, it remains an underrated work.
Performer Biography
Pietari Inkinen, the conductor, is also an accomplished violinist who studied at the Cologne Music Academy and plays a Carlo Bergonzi violin from around 1732.
Composer Biography
Johannes Brahms, born in Hamburg in 1833, showed such a natural aptitude for music that there was talk of him touring as a prodigy at age eleven.
Composer Biography
Robert Schumann, born in Zwickau in 1810, was the son of a bookseller, publisher, and writer, and showed an early interest in literature.
