Tag: Vladimir Yampolsky
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Tartini: Devil’s Trill Sonata & Didone Abbandonata – Vivaldi: Double Violin Concertos
David Oistrakh’s classic recordings of Italian baroque masterpieces, issued together for the first time!
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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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Great Musicians of Ukraine
Ukraine has been the birthplace of some of the world’s greatest musicians. Parnassus Records brings together a program of towering Ukrainian talents, curated by Leslie Gerber and drawing on many rare recordings, featuring artists not known outside of specialist music collectors and scholars, others very well-known – but not properly remembered as Ukrainian. Support for…
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David Oistrakh – Violin Masterclass
10CD deluxe clamshell box including 24 Concertos, two Sonatas (Devil’s Trill etc), Scottish Fantasia, and many short Encores
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Rachmaninov & Prokofiev Cello Sonatas
“Legendary cellist Rostropovich alongide Richter no less, in their famous 1950 Moscow recording of Prokofiev’s 1949 Sonata (dedicated to the cellist). Also, his early recording, later reissued, of Rachmaninov’s Sonata and some of his earliest favourite ‘Encores’ for extra value !” (MusicalMerit)
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David Oistrakh: Encores
(contains EMI’s Great Recordings collection plus 6 more !) “the playing itself is certainly as beautiful as one could imagine, with good balance on the stereo between violin and piano.” (Gramophone) “the kind of favourites that flecked his concerts with such consistent beauty. The subtlety of his vibrato usage and the sophistication he employs bring…
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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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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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Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2; Five Pieces from Cinderella
“Oistrakh’s (2nd) has never been surpassed … a beautifully balanced reading which lays stress on the lyricism; the orchestral support could hardly be improved upon.” (Penguin Guide) “a modern classic now available in a splendidly vivid stereo performance: Prokofiev’s G minor Violin Concerto, with David Oistrakh as soloist and the PhiIharmonia at its best.” “The…
