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15 October 2020

For the Record, Op. 135: Midori;

Jennifer Koh; Ligeti Quartet

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Violinist Midori. Photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.

Beethoven Violin Concerto
Midori, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne; Daniel Dodds, conducting

Violinist Midori, who has been a celebrated performer for more than 35
years, marks Beethoven’s 250th birthday this December with a new
recording of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, complemented by his two
Romances for violin and orchestra. Midori plays with the Lucerne Festival

Strings in a recording made in Switzerland shortly after the COVID-19
pandemic had caused the cancellation of a planned concert performance
and international tour. "Beethoven guided my colleagues and me, his work