Britten, Brahms, Elgar & Sibelius: Violin Concertos

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Label
ICA Classics
Release Date
November 28, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johannes Brahms, Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar, Jean Sibelius
    • PERFORMER
      Ida Haendel
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 28, 2025
    • UPC
      5060244551855
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ICAC5185
    • LABEL
      ICA Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro non troppo (cadenza by Joseph Joachim)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ida Haendel

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ida Haendel

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    3. III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ida Haendel

      Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky

    4. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ida Haendel

      Conductor: Paavo Berglund

    5. II. Adagio di molto

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ida Haendel

      Conductor: Paavo Berglund

    6. III. Allegro ma non tanto

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ida Haendel

      Conductor: Paavo Berglund

    7. I. Allegro

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ida Haendel

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    8. II. Andante

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ida Haendel

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    9. III. Allegro molto

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ida Haendel

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    10. I. Moderato con moto - Agitato - Tempo primo -

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ida Haendel

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    11. II. Vivace - Animando - Largamente - Cadenza -

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ida Haendel

      Conductor: Andrew Davis

    12. III. Passacaglia

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ida Haendel

      Conductor: Andrew Davis


The world-renowned violinist Ida Haendel CBE (1928-2020) was born in Poland, a child prodigy whose career spanned seven decades. She studied with the greatest teachers of the time, Carl Flesch and George Enescu. Haendel made her London debut playing the Brahms Concerto at the Royal Albert Hall Promenade concerts in 1937, to great acclaim. The association with the Proms was lifelong and resulted in 68 appearances there. At the outset of war she moved to the UK, before finally settling in the US. Her close affinity with the Sibelius Violin Concerto drew praise from the composer, while her performances of the Brahms, Elgar and Britten concertos were of the very highest quality. She toured widely under such great conductors as Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir Adrian Boult, Sergiu Celibidache, Bernard Haitink, Otto Klemperer, Raphael Kubelik, Charles Munch, Sir Georg Solti, Lorin Maazel and Zubin Mehta. She died at her home in Miami aged 92.