Higdon & Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos / Hahn
 | Label: DG Catalog: B001469802 Format: CD Hilary Hahn; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily PetrenkoJennifer Higdon: Violin Concerto Acclaimed violinist Hilary Hahn (who won the 2008 Grammy for best instrumental solo with orchestra) releases a very personal and unique album devoted to a recently commissioned concerto and a staple of the violin repertoire. Hahn performs Jennifer Higdon's Violin Concerto which was written expressly for the violinist and recently awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Hahn and Higdon first met at the Curtis Institute where Hahn attended Higdon's class on 20th-century music history. The Higdon concerto, which was premiered on February 6, 2009 in Indianapolis, is here paired with Tchaikovsky's concerto from 1878 (first performed in 1881). Initially thought to be unplayable and critically condemned, the work has emerged as one of the most popular and enduring works for violin and orchestra.  Price: $15.98 |