Australian Chamber Orchestra & Richard Tognetti - Beethoven & Brahms Concertos for Violin and Orchestra (Live in Concert) (2025) Hi-Res

The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) continues its 50th anniversary celebrations with the release of a landmark new album, Beethoven & Brahms: Concertos for Violin and Orchestra, featuring Artistic Director Richard Tognetti as soloist. Timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Orchestra’s very first concert, on 21 November 1975 at the Sydney Opera House, this release pays tribute to the ACO’s remarkable legacy while also honouring Artistic Director Richard Tognetti’s extraordinary 35 years of leadership.

Recorded live, the album showcases Tognetti and the ACO at their most vital and alive. Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 was recorded in 2018 and Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 earlier this year. These cornerstones of the violin repertoire are reframed with the clarity, intimacy, and daring that have become hallmarks of the ACO’s sound.