三首小提琴协奏曲 / 巴伯－康戈尔德－沃尔顿

2008 GRAMMY AWARD
2008 JUNO AWARD
2007 WESTERN CANADIAN MUSIC AWARD
Considered an extraordinary release by critics and audiences around the world, James Ehnes’s recording of the violin concertos by Barber, Korngold and Walton with Bramwell Tovey and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra swept the award season, winning the 2008 GRAMMY Award, JUNO Award, and Western Canadian Music Award.
The recording is available in Canada and US on the CBC Records label and worldwide on the Onyx Classics label.
One of the "100 CDs You Must Own" and “My Pick of 2007”
Classic FM's David Mellor
"In all three concertos, James Ehnes proves that he is one of today's most talented violinists. His tone soars and sings like a human voice -- this is violin playing of the highest class. He brings out the nostalgic, hyper-emotional melodies of the Korngold without straying into over-sentimentality, as well as the often cheeky virtuoso brilliance of Walton's concerto with equal aplomb. His innate sense of rhythm and timing, and spot-on intonation almost make you forget he's playing an instrument, so clear and direct is his expression of the music."
Classic FM's David Mellor
"James Ehnes gives superb performances, bringing out their full emotional thrust without vulgarity or exaggeration. His playing has always been impressive on disc, but here he excels himself in expressive range as well as the tonal beauty, with expressive rubato perfectly controlled. An outstanding disc in every way."
(Gramophone February 2007)
"James Ehnes is the finest violinist of his generation and these superb concerto recordings are all the proof I need to make that statement. Lush tone, flawless technique and personality to burn make this one of the finest recordings of the year."
(WRR, December 2006)
"All three composers tested a soloist's virtuosity, particularly Samuel Barber in the "presto in moto perpetuo" that forms the short but fiendish finale to his concerto; nor was Walton any slouch in the demands he made in the "presto capriccioso alla napolitana" at the centre of the concerto that he wrote on the Amalfi coast. Mediterranean warmth as well as caprice radiates from Ehnes's performance, and in the other two concertos he gets right to the heart of the music's temperament, nostalgic but with spirited uplift as well. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra does him proud in establishing vibrant, complementary support. This is a must-have disc."
(Daily Telegraph, 11 November 2006) *CD of the Week*