Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77: a guide to the best recordings

Charlotte Gardner
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Brahms’s Violin Concerto stands alongside Beethoven’s at the peak of the instrument’s repertoire. Charlotte Gardner makes a selection from almost a century of recordings

Johannes Brahms composed his Violin Concerto in 1878 (photography: Alamy Stock Photo)

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