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(with Orchestra) Visit HilaryHahn.com Read the transcript of Hilary's 11/7/99 live chat on AOL "I've never heard this legendary, impossible piece of music played on a higher level, technically and musically, than it is on Hahn's debut CD. This is simply a magnificent performance."
"Amazing"
"This is an exciting debut..."
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 Following her critically acclaimed debut album of the Bach solo Partitas and Sonatas (SK 62793), violinist Hilary Hahn returns with her first concerto recording for Sony Classical. Having clearly established herself as one of today's most accomplished musicians, Hilary's youthful exuberance and passion for performing has astonished critics and audiences everywhere. In addition to her debut recording, which won France's most distinguished recording prize -- the 1998 Diapason d'Or for "Young Talent" -- and appeared for weeks as a bestseller on the Billboard classical chart, Hilary has performed to great acclaim with the major orchestras of the world. What makes all of this so remarkable is that Hilary is only 19 years old!
One of the youngest exclusive artists in the label's century-long history, Hilary Hahn again demonstrates confidence and virtuosity in her choice of repertoire to record, gathering together one of the most revered violin works in the repertory with a brightly engaging latter-day showpiece by the American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. As with the Bach Partitas and Sonatas where even the greatest and most accomplished violin virtuosos wait years before tackling these impossible works, this unique coupling of the Beethoven Violin Concerto and Bernstein Serenade pose exhaustive (and exhilarating) challenges to any virtuoso violinist who would attempt them. This album is guaranteed to attract strong interest. For this recording, Hilary Hahn renews her special relationship with David Zinman and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Both conductor and orchestra have been mentors and colleagues to Hahn since they heard her play at age 10.
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