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Dvorák: Violin Concerto

The outer movements of Dvorák's fiddle concerto, while pleasant enough, don't rank
up there among the Czech composer's finest work. However, it wins a place in our
rundown of great violin concertos thanks to its entrancing slow movement. This
begins with a haunting melody played by the violin: the moment, near the end of the
movement, when this theme gets another runout (courtesy of the full orchestra this
time) is a piece of pure Dvorákian magic.

Recommended recording: Rachel Barton Pine (violin), Royal Scottish National
Orchestra / Teddy Abrams (Avie). Read our review here.