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Background

• Written in 1806. Its first performance by Franz Clement was unsuccessful.
• Revived by 12-year-old Joseph Joachim with the London Philharmonic Society conducted by Felix Mendelssohn in 1844.
• Joachim claimed it to be the greatest German violin concerto.

Recordings

• Maria Duenas, Beethoven and Beyond.
  Maria Duenas (violin). Cadenza by Maria Duenas.
  Wiener Symphoniker
  Manfred Honeck · Deutsche Grammophon
  Gramophone Magazine (2023): Critics' Choice.
  Presto Recording of the Week (2023).
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2023): Shortlisted Debut Solo Album.
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2023): Finalist.
  International Classical Music Awards (2024): Nominated Concerto.
  Opus Klassik Awards (2024): Winner Young Talent of the Year

• Violin Concerto.
  Veronika Eberle (violin). Cadenza by Jörg Widmann.
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Simon Rattle · LSO

• Violin Concertos (Berg, Beethoven)
  Isabelle Faust (violin). Cadenza by Ludwig van Beethoven.
  Orchestra Mozart
  Claudio Abbado · Harmonia Mundi
  BBC Music Magazine (2012): Disc of the Month.
  Gramophone Awards (2012): Winner Concerto.
  Presto Recording of the Week (2012).
  Gramophone Awards (2012): Winner Concerto.
  Presto Favourites (2012): Recommended Recording.
  BBC Music Magazine Awards (2013): Orchestral Finalist.
  Radio 3 Building a Library (2015): First Choice

• Violin Concertos (Beethoven, Stravinsky)
  Vilde Frang (violin). Cadenza by Ludwig van Beethoven.
  The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
  Pekka Kuusisto · Warner Classics
  BBC Music Magazine (2022): Concerto Choice.
  Gramophone Awards (2023): Shortlisted Concerto.
  International Classical Music Magazine (2023): Winner Concerto

• Violin Concerto.
  Itzhak Perlman (violin). Cadenza by Fritz Kreisler
  Philharmonia Orchestra
  Carlo Maria Giulini · Warner Classics
  Gramophone Awards (1981): Winner Concerto

• Violin Concertos (Beethoven, Sibelius)
  Christian Tetzlaff (violin). Cadenza by Christian Tetzlaff.
  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
  Robin Ticciati · Ondine
  Gramophone Magazine (2019): Recording of the Month
  International Classical Music Magazine (2019): Nominee Concerto.
  Presto Editor’s Choice (2019).
  Radio 3 Record Review (2019): Disc of the Week.
  The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year (2019).
  Gramophone Awards (2020): Shortlisted Concerto.

• Violin Concertos (Beethoven, Berg & Bartók)
  Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin). Cadenza by Fritz Kreisler.
  Berliner Philharmoniker
  Daniel Harding · Deutsche Grammophon
  Gramophone Magazine (2012): Editor’s Choice.
  Radio 3 Record Review (2021): record of the Week.
  Gramophone Awards (2022): Winner Concerto.
  International Classical Music Awards (2022): Nominated Concerto.

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