Browse: Khachaturian - Violin Concerto in D minor

As Julia Fischer explains in the booklet-notes to this, her first CD, she has an abiding love of the Khachaturian Concerto, a work she found impossible to sell to concert-promoters. The freshness... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

A fiery whirlwind of an album from the virtuosic Franco-Serbian violinist: the Khachaturian violin Concerto and new takes on Scheherazade are fabulous showpieces. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Sergey Khachatryan is among the most compelling players of his generation. Being the youngest- ever winner of the Sibelius Competition (2000) he was bound to record the Sibelius Concerto.
Interestingly,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Ehnes’ urgent and energetic finale [of the Khachaturian] is full of gypsy spirit and freshness without feeling too sweet-toothed...This rather unusual mix of concerto and chamber music only serves... — MusicWeb International, 3rd June 2014 More…

All the qualities which attract me to Szeryng’s artistry are present in these two performances with Dorati. His grasp of the structure and architecture of the work gives it a logical sense of... — MusicWeb International, December 2015 More…

Weithaas again excels, rolling through the unaccompanied figurations with ease, shaping the lyrical lines sinuously. — MusicWeb International, March 2020 More…

I wasn’t expecting Rachel Barton Pine to be such a persuasive advocate for Khachaturian’s much-maligned Violin Concerto. She’s not a flashy player, and – let’s face it – this is one of the flashiest... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2020 More…