In the sleevenotes, Lisa Batiashvili concludes that the slow movement of Brahms's Violin Concerto constitutes "an incredibly impassioned declaration of his love" for Clara Schumann, whose Three Romances for violin and piano she includes as a filler. More pertinent to the pairing, perhaps, is the fact that both were written for Joseph Joachim, whose Stradivarius Batiashvili now plays. And very beautiful it sounds, too. The concerto is engrossingly done, with the first movement majestically shaped and the finale sensibly paced so that we appreciate its logic as well as her panache. And she does indeed play the Adagio like a declaration of love. In place of Joachim's cadenza, however, she opts for Busoni's, which won't be to everyone's taste.