Violin Concertos (Sibelius, Magnus Lindberg), Lisa Batiashvili, violin. Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Sakari Oramo, conductor; Sony Classical. Batiashvili offers a coolly commanding account of Sibelius's popular Violin Concerto, but she makes this list for her advocacy of a wonderful new work by Lindberg, who shows that it is possible to wed lyricism and virtuosic display with bracingly fresh sounds and musical ideas of substance.

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