Coleridge-Taylor and Dvořák Violin Concertos album review – shrewd pairing, with Gill Shaham fluid and imposing

Shaham/Virginia Symphony Orchestra/Jacobsen (Canary Classics) The US violinist’s plush tone and laser-focused intonation enriches the solo line in these two violin concertos, with the Virginia Symphony light on its feet Pairing Samuel Coleridge-Taylor with his musical idol Dvořák is a shrewd idea. The British composer, of Sierra Leonean heritage, usually finds his Violin Concerto coupled with a little-known English work. Here, juxtaposed with one of the 19th century’s most popular concertos, it more than holds its own. Coleridge-Taylor’s concerto premiered in Connecticut in 1912 (despite the o

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