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Jack Liebeck rises to the challenge with aplomb in Brahms and Schoenberg’s Violin Concertos

‘This recording finds a near-perfect balance between spaciousness and detail, conveying every intricacy within a natural perspective’

Freya Parr

Published: April 7, 2020 at 3:34 pm

Brahms • Schoenberg Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77; Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 Jack Liebeck (violin); BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Andrew Gourlay Orchid Classics ORC100129 77.15 mins

‘Jack Liebeck responds with astonishing command, allowing the music’s expression to speak with a real degree of freedom, even fantasy, so that the solo part can interact with similarly deft accompaniment by the orchestra’

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.

Jack Liebeck rises to the challenge with aplomb in Brahms and Schoenberg’s Violin Concertos

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