Marking Beethoven’s 250th birthday, here are 25 soloists playing the composer’s Violin Concerto.

 

In order of appearance:

1. Kyung-Wha Chung (00:12)

2. Frank Peter Zimmermann (04:53)

3. Isabelle Faust (06:01)

4. Henryk Szeryng (07:02)

5. Pinchas Zukerman (09:39)

6. Isaac Stern (12:10)

7. Anne-Sophie Mutter (14:14)

8. Shlomo Mintz (15:56)

9. Joshua Bell (17:44)

10. Leonidas Kavakos (19:03)

11. Nathan Milstein (20:24)

12. Hilary Hahn (21:51)

13. Augustin Hadelich (24:41)

14. Arabella Steinbacher (25:54)

15. Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (28:11)

16. Maxim Vengerov (29:19)

17. Patricia Kopatchinskaja (31:34)

18. Sergey Khachatryan (32:17)

19. Lisa Batiashvili (33:41)

20. Vadim Repin (35:13)

21. Akiko Suwanai (36:42)

22. Oleg Kagan (37:58)

23. Leonid Kogan (39:24)

24. Baiba Skride (41:56)

25. James Ehnes (44:01)

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