Linda Brava is a collection of easy-on-the-ear violin favourites including pieces by Edvard Grieg, Jules Massenet, Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod, Edward Elgar, Gabriel Fauré, Fritz Kreisler, Niccolò Paganini and Jean Sibelius.

The opening Elgar Salut d'amour is pleasing enough but the following Faure Berceuse is utterly winning, and the famous 'Meditation' from Massenet's Thaïs soars aloft without being in the least sentimentalized.

The central Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza (pure mountain-stream Grieg) is exquisitely played, and how beautifully the excellent pianist, John Lenehan, prepares the way for his soloist's warm-hearted entry.

Her best playing comes in the three short pieces by her countryman Sibelius: the skittish Rondino extracts her quickest fingerwork, the Humoreske Op.87 No.1 wins her most tortured expression and the Romance Op.78 No.2 sings under her confident touch.

It was such a privilege to record for EMI Classics, the same label that has Yehudi Menuhin, Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Maria Callas, Simon Rattle etc.