Violinist Vilde Frang Performs Elgar’s Violin Concerto

Released on Warner Classics, Frang performs with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and conductor Robin Ticciati on the album

Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang has released her newest album, “Elgar: Violin Concerto,” featuring the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and its music director, Robin Ticciati.

Her album also features Elgar’s Carissima version for violin and piano, performed with the German pianist Thomas Hoppe, and William Lloyd Webber’s The Gardens at Eastwell “A Late Summer Impression” arranged by Soudoplatoff for violin and strings. 

Frang last performed the violin concerto on tour in 2023 with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra to great acclaim in the UK. 

“I’ve wanted to record Elgar’s violin concerto for a long time,” Frang said. “It really is a journey … Such a vast piece of music with such an original structure and so many impulses and ideas … You need to take the time to savor all these moments … That is part of the magic of the piece.

“There are some hidden messages in the concerto,” she added. “It actually starts with the answer, and then after it comes all the questions … Playing it is almost a meditative experience.” 

To purchase and listen to the album, click here. 

Frang’s international career launched in 2012 upon being awarded the Credit Suisse Young Artists Award and her subsequent debut at the Lucerne Festival with the Wiener Philharmoniker and the late Bernard Haitink. 

The upcoming season will see Frang return to perform with the Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko, and her debut with Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Her international tours will include those with the Münchner Philharmoniker, Oslo Philharmonic, DSO Berlin, London Philharmonic, Basel Kammerorchester, and London Symphony Orchestra.

An exclusive Warner Classics artist, Frang’s recordings have received numerous awards, including the Edison Klassiek Award, Diapason d’Or by Diapason Magazine, Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, Grand Prix du Disque, and two Gramophone Awards.