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Album: Paganini, 24 Caprices/ James Ehnes (Onyx)

There must be something in the air. Just as Thomas Zehetmair releases his second disc of Paganini's 24 Caprices, James Ehnes returns to the works that launched his recording career in 1995.

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James Ehnes and Twelve of His Closest Friends

James Ehnes, Homage (DVD and CD), with pianist Eduard Laurel(released on December 16, 2008)Onyx 4038David L. Fulton, like many brilliant mathematicians, has a gift for music, just as many musicians have mathematical minds. While Dr. Fulton was an undergraduate at the University of Chicago he played the violin in the university orchestra, even serving as concertmaster. As an avocation, he has...

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James Ehnes and BSO join up for Tchaikovsky

Violinist, Alsop first shared stage when he was only 12 The first time violinist James Ehnes visited Baltimore, it was to catch a game at Camden Yards. Don't hold it against him, but he was rooting for the Red Sox. He's been a fan since he was a kid, when his father would drive him to Boston from their home in Canada. "The highlight was going to Fenway Park," Ehnes says.

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Handrails to Colossus

... was like having a French meal in which you get the dessert first. ******* Guest violinist James Ehnes took Korngold's broad brushstrokes and transformed them into a pointillist painting--mesmerizing, intricate. ******* Sunday at 3pm the Youth Symphony of Kansas City and the Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra perform on the Powell Hall stage, both as individual ensembles and one colossal...

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Live Review: Bartók vs. Bartók – BSO trumps National, Harmonia Lends Hungary For the Night

... “Pastoral” for granted. You might even take Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto for granted, but James Ehnes ’ ample sprezzatura helped the BSO make a great case for Tchaikovsky, perhaps better than the composer himself when he called it “One violin concerto too many” – despite its being the only one that he composed. Here’s what tips the scales in favor of B-more… The Cleveland-based Eastern...

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Musings of an Amateur Violinist: Married to your Violin yet?

By Justin Lee: I must say, I have some personal bias and national pride when it comes down to my favourite violinist that I've yet listened to. If you're read my blog before, it'll come to no surprise that it's James Ehnes. He's Canadian, born around the same time as me. I read right here on our own V.com's interview with him about the stories surrounding his various violins. His quest for his...