Elgar’s Violin Concerto with Gil Shaham and David Zinman
Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto calls for a soloist who can bring its tenderly autumnal, lyrical tone to life without sentimentality. Gil Shaham, who performed the work here with the Berliner Philharmoniker and conductor David Zinman, is such an artist. Also on the programme was Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, which brilliantly alternates between elegy and a defiant will to live.
Berliner Philharmoniker
David Zinman
Gil Shaham
© 2008 Berlin Phil Media GmbH
Artists
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