Brahms, Britten, Elgar, Sibelius - Violin Concertos | ICA Classics ICAC5185

Brahms, Britten, Elgar, Sibelius - Violin Concertos

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Label: ICA Classics

Cat No: ICAC5185

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 5th September 2025

Contents

Artists

Ida Haendel (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Paavo Berglund
Adrian Boult
Andrew Davis
Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Works

Brahms, Johannes

Violin Concerto in D major, op.77

Britten, Benjamin

Violin Concerto in D minor, op.15

Elgar, Edward

Violin Concerto in B minor, op.61

Sibelius, Jean

Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47

Artists

Ida Haendel (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Paavo Berglund
Adrian Boult
Andrew Davis
Gennady Rozhdestvensky

About

The world-renowned violinist Ida Haendel CBE (1928-2020) was born in Poland, a child prodigy whose career spanned seven decades. She studied with the greatest teachers of the time, Carl Flesch and George Enescu.

Haendel made her London debut playing the Brahms Concerto at the Royal Albert Hall Promenade concerts in 1937, to great acclaim. The association with the Proms was lifelong and resulted in 68 appearances there.

At the outset of war she moved to the UK, before finally settling in the US. Her close affinity with the Sibelius Violin Concerto drew praise from the composer, while her performances of the Brahms, Elgar and Britten concertos were of the very highest quality.

She toured widely under such great conductors as Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir Adrian Boult, Sergiu Celibidache, Bernard Haitink, Otto Klemperer, Raphael Kubelík, Charles Munch, Sir Georg Solti, Lorin Maazel and Zubin Mehta.

She died at her home in Miami aged 92.

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