Essential Violin

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Album Summary

Performers

• Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Leslie Pearson (Harpsichord)
• Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin)
• Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Christian Tetzlaff (Violin)
• David Oistrakh (Violin)
• Pierre Barbizet (Piano)
• Josef Suk (Violin)
• Sarah Chang (Violin)
• Gidon Kremer (Violin)
• Leonid Kogan (Violin)
• Vladimir Spivakov (Violin)
• Ida Haendel (Violin)
• Augustin Dumay (Violin)
• Jean-Phillipe Collard (Piano)
• Piers Lane (Piano)
• Tasmin Little (Violin)
• Maxim Vengerov (Violin)
• Vag Papian (Piano)
• Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
• Itamar Golan (Piano)
• Michael Rabin (Violin)
• Leon Pommers (Piano)
• John Lenehan (Piano)

Conductors

• Accardo, Salvatore
• Berglund, Paavo
• Boult, Adrian
• Domingo, Placido
• Erede, Alberto
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Kondrashin, Kirill
• Kurtz, Efrem
• Lysy, Alberto
• Matacic, Lovro von
• Menuhin, Yehudi
• Oistrakh, David
• Ozawa, Seiji
• Shostakovich, Maxim
• Slatkin, Felix
• Susskind, Walter
• Sutherland, Iain

Ensembles

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• I Virtuosi Italiani

Composers

• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Antonio Bazzini (1818 - 1897)
• Vittorio Monti (1868 - 1922)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Grigoras Dinicu (1889 - 1949)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Pablo de Sarasate (1844 - 1908)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840)
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• John Williams (Film Composer) (1932 - )
• Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

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Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons :: Spring

• Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Conductor: Alberto Lysy
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons :: Spring

• Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Conductor: Alberto Lysy
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons :: Autumn

• Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Conductor: Alberto Lysy
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons :: Winter

• Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Conductor: Alberto Lysy
• Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons :: Winter

• Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Conductor: Alberto Lysy
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV 1041 :: 1. Allegro

• Performers: Leslie Pearson (Harpsichord); Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin)
• Conductor: Salvatore Accardo
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1730

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 :: 2. Largo ma non tanto

• Performers: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
• Running Time: 7 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1730-1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for Violin in E, BWV 1042 :: 3. Allegro assai

• Performers: Leslie Pearson (Harpsichord); Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin)
• Conductor: Salvatore Accardo
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1730

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita no 3 in E, BWV 1006 :: 1. Preludio

• Performer: Christian Tetzlaff (Violin)
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Violin no 3 in G, K 216 :: 1. Allegro. conclusion

• Performer: David Oistrakh (Violin)
• Conductor: David Oistrakh
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1775

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Violin no 5 in F, Op. 24 "Spring" :: 1. Allegro. opening

• Performers: Pierre Barbizet (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1800-1801

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Violin in D, Op. 61 :: 2. Larghetto. opening

• Performer: Josef Suk (Violin)
• Conductor: Adrian Boult
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1806

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Violin in D, Op. 61 :: 3. Rondo. conclusion

• Performer: Josef Suk (Violin)
• Conductor: Adrian Boult
• Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1806

Sarasate, Pablo de : Concert Fantasy on "Carmen", Op. 25 :: Introduction

• Performer: Sarah Chang (Violin)
• Conductor: Placido Domingo
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1883

Bruch, Max : Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26 :: 2. Adagio. opening

• Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Conductor: Walter Susskind
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1864-1867

Mendelssohn, Felix : Concerto for Violin in D minor :: 2. Andante extract

• Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Conductor: Efrem Kurtz
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 09/16/1844

Massenet, Jules : Meditation (from "Thaïs")

• Performer: Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 6 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Brahms, Johannes : Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77 :: 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

• Performer: Gidon Kremer (Violin)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 8 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1878

Lalo, Edouard : Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 :: 3. Intermezzo

• Performer: Leonid Kogan (Violin)
• Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin
• Notes: Composition written: 1874.
• Running Time: 5 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1874

Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840) : Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor, Op. 6 :: 3. Rondo "La campanella"

• Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Conductor: Alberto Erede
• Running Time: 7 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1826

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Violin in D, Op. 35 :: 3. Allegro vivacissimo

• Performer: Vladimir Spivakov (Violin)
• Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
• Running Time: 9 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1878

Prokofiev, Sergei : Concerto for Violin no 1 in D, Op. 19 :: 2. Scherzo

• Performer: David Oistrakh (Violin)
• Conductor: Lovro Matacic
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1916-1917

Sibelius, Jean : Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47 :: 3. Allegro ma non tanto

• Performer: Ida Haendel (Violin)
• Conductor: Paavo Berglund
• Running Time: 7 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1903-1904

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16

• Performers: Augustin Dumay (Violin); Jean-Phillipe Collard (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1879

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 99 :: 4. Burlesque

• Performer: David Oistrakh (Violin)
• Conductor: Maxim Shostakovich
• Notes: Composition written: 1947-48.
• Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1947-1948

Shostakovich, Dmitri : The Gadfly :: Romance

• Performers: Piers Lane (Piano); Tasmin Little (Violin)
• Notes: Composition written: Soviet Union.
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Williams, John : Schindler's List :: Main Theme

• Performer: Tasmin Little (Violin)
• Conductor: Iain Sutherland
• Notes: Composition written: 1993.
• Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1993

Bazzini, Antonio : La ronde des lutins, Op. 25

• Performers: Maxim Vengerov (Violin); Vag Papian (Piano)
• Ensemble: I Virtuosi Italiani
• Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1852
• Studio/Live: Live

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 101/B 187

• Performers: Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin); Itamar Golan (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840) : 24 Caprices, Op. 1 :: no 24 in A minor

• Performer: Michael Rabin (Violin)
• Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1817

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5

• Performers: Piers Lane (Piano); Tasmin Little (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1858-1868

Sarasate, Pablo de : Spanish Dances (2) for Violin and Piano, Op. 23

• Performers: Michael Rabin (Violin); Leon Pommers (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1880

Kreisler, Fritz : Schön Rosmarin

• Performers: Itamar Golan (Piano); Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
• Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: by 1910

Monti, Vittorio : Csárdás

• Performers: John Lenehan (Piano); Tasmin Little (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1904

Dinicu, Grigoras : Hora staccato, for violin & piano (or orchestra)

• Performer: Michael Rabin (Violin)
• Conductor: Felix Slatkin
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1906