Schumann and Hindemith

Known 19th century violinist Joseph Joachim requested a solo piece by Schumann – he felt that violinists needed more opportunities to show their skills. The composer’s response was the critically acclaimed Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra. Hindemith’s Chamber Music No. 4, with the subtitle Violin Concerto, is indeed, in all the ways that matter, a solo concerto that can flourish in Zimmermann’s safe hands. There is even more Schumann when the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Daniel Harding perform his splendid revised version of Symphony No. 4 from 1851.