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Britten, Brahms, Elgar & Sibelius: Violin Concertos

Ida Haendel

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: ICAC5185

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Release Date:  05 September 2025

Label:  Outhere / ICA Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5060244551855

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Britten, Brahms, Elgar & Sibelius

  • Description

    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.