Tchaikovsky - Valse-scherzo in C major for violin & orchestra (or violin & piano), Op. 34

Fischer always knows when to lighten the mood, or how best to judge the tension and release of a musical paragraph, and in this she is supported to the hilt by a personable but never too overbearing... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Concerto] This is a live concert (before a silent audience), and the excitement of the music comes through the soloist’s fingers. In the finale, taken at speed, Lozakovich doesn’t pause for... — Fanfare, July/August 2020 More…

Ukrainian violinist Graf Mourja follows up his fine disc of Stravinsky and Szymanowski for Harmonia Mundi with a foray into more eclectic territory. This selection brings together the wild and... — Catherine Nelson, The Strad, May 2004 More…

The sound of Ehnes's violin is especially full and expressive; it's not the kind of tone Tchaikovsky would have recognised but it sound gorgeous and allows him to rise to the concerto's lyrical... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2012 More…

Though not naturally drawn to the piano like some, Tchaikovsky did, however, write and arrange a large amount of music for the instrument. The 10 discs take us from early works to orchestral... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019 More…