“The wondrous James Ehnes, a thinker of the violin as well as a supreme virtuoso of the instrument ... an artist of the first order.”
The Daily Telegraph
Latest Album
On this double album, acclaimed violinist James Ehnes joins forces with Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, an ensemble he’s had a friendship and artistic partnership with for more than three decades, to fulfil his longtime goal of recording Johann Sebastian Bach’s complete violin concertos.
Brahms: Trio Op. 40; Bach: Brandenburg Concerti nos. 2 and 5 (Riverdale Classics, 2020)
James Ehnes, violin / Jens Lindemann, trumpet and flugelhorn /Jon Kimura Parker, piano and harpsichord /Artists of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the National Arts Centre Orchestra
Kernis & Howard: Violin Concertos/ Tovey Stream of Limelight (Onyx, 2018)
James Ehnes, violin / Seattle Symphony, cond. Ludovic Morlot / Detroit Symphony, cond. Cristian Măcelaru / Andrew Armstrong, piano
Aaron Jay Kernis Violin Concerto/ James Newton Howard Violin Concerto/ Bramwell Tovey Stream of Limelight
Schubert: String Quartet No.14; Sibelius Quartet Op.56 (Onyx 2016)
Ehnes Quartet (James Ehnes & Amy Schwartz Moretti,violins; Richard Yongjae O’Neill, viola; Robert deMaine, cello
Schubert: String Quartet No.14 in D minor ‘Death and the Maiden’ Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor ‘intimate Voices’
Prokofiev: Complete Works for Violin (Chandos, 2013)
James Ehnes, violin / Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin / Andrew Armstrong, piano / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Gianandrea Noseda
ProkofievViolin Concertos Nos.1 & 2, Sonata for Two Violins, Sonata for Solo Violin, Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2, Five Melodies
Homage, Works for Violin (Onyx, 2009)
James Ehnes, violin / Eduard Laurel, piano
BazziniLa Ronde des Lutins, De Falla Suite Populaire espagnole, Elgar La Capricieuse, Scott Lotus Land, Dinicu Hora staccato, Ravel Piece en forme de Habanera, Wieniawski Etude-Caprice, Sibelius Mazurka, Moszkowski Guitarre, Elgar Salut d’amour, Kreisler Chanson Louis XIII and Pavanne, Tchaikovsky Melody, De Falla Danse espagnole, Vaughan Williams Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’, Benjamin Jamaican Rumba, David La Nuit, Bruch Scottish Fantasy (excerpt), Berlioz Harold in Italy (excerpt)
Wieniawski & Sarasate: Violin Showpieces (CBC Records, 2004)
James Ehnes, violin / Eduard Laurel, piano
Henryk Wieniawski: Polonaise Brillante Nos 1 & 2; Obertass; Scherzo-tarantelle in G minor; Theme Original Varie Op.15
Pablo de Sarasate: Spanish Dances, Op.21 Nos 1 & 2; Op. 22 Nos 2 & 3; Op. 23 Nos 1 & 2; Introduction and Tarantella, Op 43
Romantic Pieces (Analekta, 2004)
James Ehnes, violin & piano / Eduard Laurel, piano
Dvorak: 4 Romantic Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 75; Dvorak: Sonatina for violin and piano in G major, Op. 100; Dvorak: Humoresque; Janacek: Violin Sonata; Smetana: From the Homeland - two duos for violin and piano
