Tag: David Oistrakh
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5, Violin Sonata No. 32, K. 454
David Oistrakh, one of the greatest violinists of all time, was renowned for his Mozart performances and recordings. For the first time, three of his most elusive early Mozart sessions are released together at bargain price! “Alto’s well- transferred all-Mozart Oistrakh album (recorded 1955-56) opens with a fine Sony-recorded Philadelphia account of the Concerto No…
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Mieczysław Weinberg: Piano Quintet, Violin Concerto & Moldavian Rhapsody
Mieczyslaw Weinberg has emerged at last as one of the leading Soviet composers of the post-Shostakovich generation, following decades of almost scandalous neglect in the music world. This prolific composer’s works retain the unabashed post-romantic candor of Shostakovich, but evolved in a unique and inimitable style as his career progressed. For the first time, three…
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Shostakovich Piano Concertos, Concertino, Trio No. 2 – Previn, Bernstein
Released together for the first time – landmark, critically lauded recordings of the Shaotakovich piano concertos and two other masterpieces, the Second Piano Trio and Concertino, performed by twentieth century all-stars including AndréPrevin, Leonard Bernstein, David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Knushevitzky, Lev Oborin, and Dmitri and Maxim Shostakovich!
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Romantic Violin – Symanowski: Violin Concerto, Violin Sonata; Hindemith Violin Concerto
“Szymanowski is among the most exciting of twentieth century composers … a highly individual style which owes nothing to anyone … Try the first few bars of this recording; I should be surprised if you wanted to (stop) before the end … his early sonata, has many signs of that strange genius … Its melodies,…
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Tchaikovsky & Sibelius Violin Concertos
(Tchaikovsky) “warm, relaxed and romantic, has the right degree of restraint in the obvious lyrical moments … it is completely convincing” (Sibelius) “Oistrakh in the Sibelius concerto is of course to be recommended – this is a fine bargain, especially as Ormandy, too, is in excellent form … the Philadelphia strings are both very strong…
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Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1, Scottish Fantasy; Brahms: 3 Hungarian Dances – David Oistrakh
“A first-class recording helps this Concerto into a winner; that, with Oistrakh’s first-class performance. His technical wizardry can be taken for granted, but here is too, some unbending towards the warm romanticism the work requires … all these virtues result in an unhesitating recommendation”. (Fantasia) “The performance is superlative … The recordings have satisfying balance…
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Shostakovich: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 and Suite from ‘Alone’
“Similar feelings (soaring spontaneity and deeply perceptive intelligence) attend his readings of the Shostakovich concertos – added to which is my growing certainty that this version of No.I (accompanied by the great Mravinsky) is his finest. … It was with Mravinsky and the Leningrad that Oistrakh (as dedicatee) gave the first performance … Oistrakh plays…
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Two Romances
“Schneiderhan’s version is amongst the greatest recordings: the serene spiritual beauty of the slow movement and the playing of the second subject in particular have never been surpassed … Jochum provides a background tapestry of breadth and dignity” (Penguin Guide Rosette) “technically the best stereo version in the catalogue … slow-movement cadenza is rather good,…