Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Concerto in D op. 61

Beethoven composed this work, his only violin concerto, in 1806, in the same year that he composed the Symphony No. 5, the Rasoumowsky Quartets, and the Piano Concerto No. 4. It was dedicated to Franz Clement, who at its premiere separated the first movement from the second and third movements and fiddled some of his own works in between, with the violin turned upside-down! We can assume that Beethoven never spoke to him again. And needless to say the world took this concerto to its heart, as it has never left the repertoire. A magnificent piece. This new edition features a magnificently engraved solo part, printed on easy-to-read ivory paper; and now digitally remastered and with a low-tempo learning version of the accompaniment!Contains a newly engraved printed solo part, and three compact discs featuring the concerto with soloist in digitally remastered stereo; then again in a digital stereo accompaniment version minus the solo violin part. Also includes a special -20% slow-tempo version of the accompaniments for use while you learn the piece. Performed by Geoffrey Applegate, violinAccompaniment : Stuttgart Symphony OrchestraConductor : Emil Kahn