Essential Violin - Over 2 1/2 hours of glorious melodies

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Album Summary

Performers

• Ernest Lush (Piano)
• Paul Coker (Piano)
• Cleveland Orchestra
• Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Riccardo Chailly (Box)
• Alexander Kerr (Violin)
• Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)
• Bernard Haitink
• Andre Previn
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Mayumi Fujikawa (Violin)
• Walter Weller (Violin)
• Charles Dutoit
• Academy Music
• Alan Loveday (Violin)
• Sir Marriner (Violin)
• National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Richard Bonynge (Piano)
• Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Louis Persinger (Piano)
• Ruggiero Ricci (Violin)
• Akiko Suwanai (Violin)
• Phillip Moll (Piano)
• Joshua Bell (Violin)
• Maurice Hasson (Violin)
• Henryk Szeryng (Violin)
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Piano)
• Andrew Litton (Piano)
• Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
• István Hajdu (Piano)

Conductors

• Ashkenazy, Vladimir
• Bonynge, Richard
• Chailly, Riccardo
• Dutoit, Charles
• Haitink, Bernard
• Litton, Andrew
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Previn, Andre
• Weller, Walter

Ensembles

• Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Cleveland Orchestra
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Composers

• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892)
• Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Pablo de Sarasate (1844 - 1908)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Paul Coker, Ernest Lush, Phillip Moll (piano).

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Works Details

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"

• Performers: Academy Music; Alan Loveday (Violin); Sir Marriner (Violin)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Massenet, Jules : Thaïs :: Méditation

• Performers: National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge (Piano); Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840) : Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor, Op. 7 "La Campanella" :: 3. La campanella

• Performers: Louis Persinger (Piano); Ruggiero Ricci (Violin)
• Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1826

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Songs (14), Op. 34

• Performers: Akiko Suwanai (Violin); Phillip Moll (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

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

• Performers: Academy Music; Joshua Bell (Violin); Sir Marriner (Violin)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 9 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1864-1867

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

• Performers: Maurice Hasson (Violin); Academy Music; Sir Marriner (Violin); Henryk Szeryng (Violin)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 6 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1730-1731

Ravel, Maurice : Tzigane

• Performers: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Piano); Joshua Bell (Violin); Andrew Litton (Piano)
• Conductor: Andrew Litton
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 10 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1922-1924

Elgar, Edward : Salut d'amour

• Performers: Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin); Phillip Moll (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888

Henryk Wieniawski : Scherzo-Tarantelle in G minor, Op. 16

• Performers: Ernest Lush (Piano); Ruggiero Ricci (Violin)
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1855

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83

• Performers: Joshua Bell (Violin); Paul Coker (Piano)
• Running Time: 9 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1863

Kreisler, Fritz : Liebesfreud

• Performers: Joshua Bell (Violin); Paul Coker (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: by 1910

Kreisler, Fritz : Liebesleid

• Performers: Joshua Bell (Violin); Paul Coker (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: by 1910

Henryk Wieniawski : Concerto for Violin no 2 in D minor, Op. 22 :: 2. Romance

• Performers: Cleveland Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano); Joshua Bell (Violin)
• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1870

Shostakovich, Dmitri : The Gadfly Suite :: Romance

• Performers: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly (Box); Alexander Kerr (Violin)
• Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
• Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: Soviet Union.
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Kreisler, Fritz : Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani

• Performers: Joshua Bell (Violin); Paul Coker (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1910

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50

• Performers: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Arthur Grumiaux (Violin); Bernard Haitink
• Conductor: Bernard Haitink
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1802

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

• Performers: István Hajdu (Piano); Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 :: 1. Allemande

• Performer: Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 :: 4. Gigue

• Performer: Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840) : Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1

• Performer: Ruggiero Ricci (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1817

Mendelssohn, Felix : Concerto for Violin in D minor :: 3. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace

• Performers: Academy Music; Joshua Bell (Violin); Sir Marriner (Violin)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 6 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 09/16/1844

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"

• Performers: Academy Music; Alan Loveday (Violin); Sir Marriner (Violin)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35 :: 2. Canzonetta

• Performers: Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin); Andre Previn; London Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1878

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Les berceaux, Op. 23 no 1

• Performers: István Hajdu (Piano); Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1879

Sarasate, Pablo de : Ziegeunerweisen

• Performers: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Piano); Joshua Bell (Violin); Andrew Litton (Piano)
• Conductor: Andrew Litton
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 9 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1878

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K 261

• Performers: Mayumi Fujikawa (Violin); Walter Weller (Violin); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Piano)
• Conductor: Walter Weller
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1776.
• Running Time: 7 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1776

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Souvenir d'un lieu cher :: 3. Mélodie

• Performers: Akiko Suwanai (Violin); Phillip Moll (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1878

Lalo, Edouard : Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 :: 5. Rondo

• Performers: Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin); Charles Dutoit
• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1874.
• Running Time: 8 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1874

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

• Performers: Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin); Phillip Moll (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1858-1868