Chloe Hanslip; Martyn Brabbins: Royal Flemish Philharmonic - Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Hyperion�s record of the month for May heralds a new collaboration with the brilliant young British violinist Chloe Hanslip, the former child prodigy famously signed to Warner Classics at the age of just fourteen. Here, she lends her now-mature talents to the second release in Hyperion�s overview of Vieuxtemps� Violin Concertos and Volume 12 of the burgeoning Romantic Violin Concerto series.Henry Vieuxtemps (1820�1881) was a Belgian violin virtuoso who, after the death of Paganini, was widely considered to be the best violinist in Europe. Besides being a brilliant player, he was a remarkably fine composer, as demonstrated in these, his first two concertos. Alongside the memorable violin fireworks, Vieuxtemps here shows a well-argued musical sensibility that straddles both the Classical and Romantic eras as well as the ability to write gorgeous, almost operatic slow movements in the best bel canto tradition.