The French violinist Renaud Capuçon regularly pours his soul into his 286-year-old instrument. It’s one of only about 250 Guarneri violins that still exist. For his January Carnegie Hall debut, the ...

A number of French cellists have recorded Elgar’s Cello Concerto, led by André Navarra, whose recording for Elgar’s centenary year with Sir John Barbirolli can be mentioned in the same breath as ...

Renaud Capuçon’s violin is older than the United States. The instrument, which was made in 1737, was crafted by a rival of Stradivarius, the Italian master Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri. The trademark ...

It has all the earmarks of a great movie score: sweeping soundscapes, stirring melodies. But it's actually a concert hall violin concerto by a composer whose day job was writing movie music. Violinist ...

The long-established duo’s Beethoven sonatas felt alive and risky, beginning with a thrilling opening to the Kreutzer The musical relationship between violinist Renaud Capuçon and pianist Frank Braley ...

Duos for violin and cello (tr. Frederick Neumann): Invention No.8 in F major BWV 779 Duos for violin and cello (tr. Frederick Neumann): Aria: Suite Française No.2 in C minor BWV 813 Duos for violin ...

From the first few bars of the Beethoven concerto, the mood of Renaud Capuçon's performance is set. Yannick Nézet-Séguin nudges the music into life, without any fierce attacks or exaggerated dynamics, ...

What sort of effect does it have on a young violinist when he finds himself trumpeted with praise? Of course, it can be music to the ears. But the engaging French violinist Renaud Capucon does not ...

The exciting pianist Martha Argerich seems most comfortable on stage these days when she is egging on extravagantly gifted young players, such as the French brothers Renaud and Gautier Capucon. Last ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The appeal of a major romantic concerto to international violinists has lifted Elgar’s concerto out of the ...

The Capuçon brothers here light on two Saint-Saëns favourites – the Third Violin Concerto and First Cello Concerto — and, in league with that inspiring young French conductor Lionel Bringuier, they ...