Thomas Zehetmair
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Special offer. Elgar: Violin Concerto
RecommendedThomas Zehetmair (violin), Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
Zehetmair...is able to marry impassioned purpose with appreciation of Elgar's complexity...Mark Elder's direction is stunning...there's a warm glow about the Hallé sound that adds an extra strand... —
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Building a Library, January 2012, First Choice
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Concerto
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Zehetmair is among the most characterful of living violinists, a forceful personality whose ego is employed at the service of whatever music he happens to be playing…It's not exactly a comfortable... —
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recital (Violin)
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It's rare to come across truly revelatory performances of such oft-recorded repertory, but that's what the Zehetmair Quartet have given us here. —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, Editor's Choice
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By tailoring his solo sonatas to fit the styles of six very different violinists Eugène Ysaÿe may have been acting as the ultimate critic, describing his subjects with musical illustrations... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Finalist - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2005, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: Fantasia, Triple Concerto & Rondo for piano & orchestra
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Thomas Zehetmair (violin) & Clemens Hagen (cello)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Fine performances of two of Beethoven's seriously undervalued works. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2004, Disc of the Month
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Berg, Janacek & Hartmann: Violin Concertos
RecommendedThomas Zehetmair (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Heinz Holliger
A recording that not only stands out from the pack by virtue of its subtle attention to to detail but never ceases to be true to the authentically conflicted spirit of the music...a fresh and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Collection
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Building a Library, January 2006, Budget Choice
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Fauré & Saint-Saëns: Violin Works
RecommendedDeborah Nemtanu (violin)
Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Thomas Zehetmair
Characterful and very French playing, with an idiomatic brightness and transparency in Saint-Saens, balanced by the more veiled Pelleas Suite and a rich-toned Berceuse. —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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…Zehetmair emphasises the Concerto's strong relationship to Brahms's chamber music: the interpretation achieves a level of intimacy between soloist and orchestra that is almost unrivalled elsewhere.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, Disc of the month
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Special offer. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, etc.
RecommendedThomas Zehetmair (violin)
Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen
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Building a Library, September 2003, First Choice
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a typically stimulating and warmly engineered collection of works. They open with a probing account of Beethoven's last String Quartet...the Scherzo and Finale are projected with great exuberance...The... —
