The Very Best of David Oistrakh

The first CD opens with a complete performance of one of the great masterpieces of the violin repertoire, the Violin Concerto in D by Brahms, which Oistrakh performs with the famous Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell. This is followed by the slow movement from Beethoven's Triple Concerto in which Oistrakh joins his two eminent Russian colleagues, the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and the pianist Sviatoslav Richter, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Herbert von Karajan in one of EMI's all time best-selling classical recordings. The CD ends with Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.2, recorded in London with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Alceo Galliera in 1958. The second CD opens with an example of Oistrakh as a consummate performer of chamber music in the opening movement of Schubert's Piano Trio No.1. Oistrakh is heard here with his pianist colleague, Lev Oborin, and the cellist Sviatoslav Knushevitsky, who all performed regularly together as a piano trio. Next comes Tartini's 'Devil's Trill' Sonata with the pianist Vladimir Yampolsky, followed by a group of attractive short 'encore' pieces by Kodály, Wieniawski, Ysaÿe and others, mostly arranged for violin and piano from compositions from other genres including piano solos like Debussy's 'Clair de lune' and Tchaikovsky's 'Valse-Scherzo'. The CD finishes with the lively second movement 'Scherzo: Allegro' from Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No.2, written in 1967and dedicated to Oistrakh, and the finale 'Tarantella: Presto' from Taneyev's colourful 'Suite de Concert'.

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Brahms, Johannes : Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77

Performer: David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: George Szell
Notes: Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio (05/13/1969/05/16/1969)
Running Time: 40 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1878

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56 :: 2. Largo

Performers: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello); Sviatoslav Richter (Piano); David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Notes: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (09/15/1969-09/17/1969)
Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1803-1804

Prokofiev, Sergei : Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63

Performer: David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Alceo Galliera
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (05/14/1958/05/19/1958)
Running Time: 27 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1935

Schubert, Franz : Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat, D. 898 :: 1. Allegro moderato

Performers: Svyatoslav Knushevitsky (Cello); Lev Oborin (Piano); David Oistrakh (Violin)
Notes: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (05/13/1958/05/16/1958)
Running Time: 10 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Chamber Music
Written: ?1827

Tartini, Giuseppe : Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 1 no 4 "Devil's Trill"

Performers: Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano); David Oistrakh (Violin)
Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: ?1740

Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967) : Hungarian Folksongs (10)

Performers: David Oistrakh (Violin); Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1958

Henryk Wieniawski : Légende for Violin and Orchestra in G major, Op. 17

Performers: David Oistrakh (Violin); Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano)
Running Time: 7 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1859

Zaracycki, Alexander : Mazurka for violin & piano in G, Op 26

Performers: David Oistrakh (Violin); Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

Performers: David Oistrakh (Violin); Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1890-1905

Falla, Manuel de : Suite populaire espagnole :: Jota

Performers: David Oistrakh (Violin); Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1926

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Valse-Scherzo for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op. 34

Performers: David Oistrakh (Violin); Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano)
Running Time: 5 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1877

Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931) : Extase, for violin & piano, Op. 21

Performers: Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano); David Oistrakh (Violin)
Running Time: 9 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1956

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 99 :: 2. Scherzo

Performer: David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Maxim Shostakovich
Notes: Composition written: 1947-48.
Running Time: 6 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Concerto
Written: 1947-1948

Taneyev, Sergei : Suite de concert, Op. 28 :: 5. Tarantella

Performer: David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Nikolai Malko
Running Time: 6 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1908-1909

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