Schwerelos – Strawinsky & Mendelssohn by Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Pk 27 sep 2024, No (2024/2024), Diriģents Anja Bihlmaier, Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany

The gentle melancholy of the opening melody goes straight to the heart: Mendelssohn's E minor Violin Concerto has enchanted audiences time and time again since its first performance. Alina Ibragimova, one of the most exciting violinists of her generation, interprets this work - for Arnold Schoenberg the "epitome of the highest violin beauty". Jean Sibelius lets the vastness of the Nordic landscape become sound in his first symphony, while Stravinsky translates the variety of colors of Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concertos into the 20th century in "Dumbarton Oaks".