Marc Bouchkov, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra & Juanjo Mena

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, one of the best known works in the concert repertoire and a paradigm of Romantic expressiveness, offers intelligently orchestrated melodies of great beauty, some of popular origin, in each of its movements.

Anton Bruckner’s unfinished symphony is a powerful testimony to his art. He was frequently assailed by doubt and, although his edifices in sound have metaphysical aspirations, they are fragile or, at the very least, have cracks on the surface. In its three movements, the Ninth is a captivating work, both in terms of the masses of sound that are summoned and the subtle spirituality that emanates from the adagio.