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 4, K218, Eugene Ormandy as ever keenly alert to his soloist’s every gesture…the programme’s centrepiece, the Sonata No 32 in B flat, K454, with pianist Vladimir Yampolsky, is glorious from start to finish, warm, poised, energetic and beautifully phrased, a model example of how this music should be played.”
-Rob Cowan, Gramophone, November 2023
“[In K.219, David Oistrakh’s] innate musicality shone through… [he] should be heard if you don’t mind a much fuller tone in Mozart… distinguished by [his] beautiful phrasing… very sympathetically supported by the Dresden Orchestra and Konwitschny.”
-Gramophone
“[Oistrak’s K.218 is] very romantic… a legendary violinist at his absolute peak, recorded in better sound than possible then in his own country and sympathetically supported.” “[K454 is] a warmly cosseted account of Mozart’s great B-flat Sonata, with Yampolsky providing trim pianistic support.”
