Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor

Composer: Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (8 December 1865 20 September 1957) Orchestra: Stockholm Radio Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Sixten Ehrling Soloist: Camilla Wicks Year of recording: 1952 Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, written in 19031904. 00:00 I. Allegro moderato in D minor 15:53 II. Adagio di molto in Bflat major 24:27 III. Allegro, ma non tanto in D major The Violin Concerto is not the only work Sibelius wrote for solo violin with orchestra; he wrote a variety of excellent, shorter works including Two Serenades (1913) and Six Humoresques (1917). But the concerto is certainly the most ambitious of all these works. Despite the early enthusiasm of a few violinists notably Maud Powell, who was the soloist in the American premiere with the New York Philharmonic in 1906 and repeated the work several times on a transcontinental tour the concerto was slow to catch on with audiences. Not until Jascha Heifetz took up the work and