Great Violin Concertos: Highlights and discoveries
Since they were founded, the Berliner Philharmoniker have played with the classical world’s leading violin virtuosos. This playlist of concertos from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to György Ligeti features violinists who are particularly closely associated with the Philharmoniker as artists in residence or who regularly appear with the orchestra as guest soloists. These include Anne-Sophie Mutter and Frank Peter Zimmermann plus Lisa Batiashvili, Janine Jansen and Christian Tetzlaff.
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