Tchaikovsky is the clear model for Karlowicz's sunny concerto (the excellent notes point out that the work begins just like the First Piano Concerto played upside down), also expertly written and very skillfully scored. Once again Little offers playing of real enthusiasm in the outer movements, full of passion at the beginning of the first-movement development and exhibiting a sweet timbre that never turns shrill in the instrument's upper registers. Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony deliver their usual thoroughly professional, musicianly accompaniments and more--they sound both involved and enthusiastic about this project, as well they should. Hyperion's sonics, excellently balanced, uphold the high standards of the house. Very warmly recommended, as are all of the releases so far in the label's fine Romantic Violin Concerto series (of which this is Volume 4).