The Violin - Transcriptions

Andrew Manze explores some virtuoso transcriptions and arrangements made for the violin. Including Paganini's `Moses' fantasy played by Yehudi Menuhin, Leila Josefowicz playing Ernst's transcription of Schubert's `Erlkonig', Jascha Heifetz playing Waxman's `Carmen Fantasy', Maxim Vengerov performing variations on `The Last Rose of Summer', and a rare chance to hear Schumann's accompaniment to one of Bach's solo violin sonatas.