Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Violin Romances. Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. David Zinman, cond. Christian Tetzlaff, violin.

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International attention has focused on the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich ever since 1999, when Switzerland's oldest symphony orchestra won the German Record Critics' Award for its seminal recording of all Beethoven's symphonies.

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