The Essential Joshua Bell [Decca]

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Album Summary

Performers

• Joshua Bell (Violin)
• Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Paul Coker (Piano)
• Samuel Sanders (Piano)

Conductors

• Dohnanyi, Christoph von
• Dutoit, Charles
• Litton, Andrew
• Maag, Peter
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Zinman, David

Ensembles

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• Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
• English Chamber Orchestra
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Royal Philarmonic Orquestra
• Takacs String Quartet

Composers

• Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Edwin Grasse (1884 - 1954)
• Pablo de Sarasate (1844 - 1908)
• Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962)

Notes & Reviews:

With a career that began on Decca, Indiana-born Joshua Bell recorded a complete catalog of violin repertoire that was certainly a portent of things to come. As his career continues to soar and take flight, this new compilation presents a wonderful selection of favorite concerto movements and other solo pieces that dazzle and impress.

With critically acclaimed performances and sold-out concerts, Joshua Bell has become a heartthrob to legions of concert goers everywhere and one of today's hottest classical stars! With a career that began on Decca, Indiana-born Joshua Bell recorded a complete catalog of violin repertoire that was certainly a portent of things to come. As his career continues to soar and take flight, this new compilation presents a wonderful selection of favorite concerto movements and other solo pieces that dazzle and impress. Decca. 2005.

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Works Details

Mendelssohn, Felix : Concerto for Violin in D minor :: 1. Allegro molto appassionato

• Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
• Running Time: 13 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 09/16/1844
• Studio/Live: Studio

Chausson, Ernest : Concert for Piano, Violin and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21 :: 2. Sicilienne

• Performers: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano); Joshua Bell (Violin)
• Ensemble: Takács String Quartet
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1889-1891
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216 :: 2. Adagio

• Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin)
• Conductor: Peter Maag
• Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1775
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A major, Op. 13 :: 4. Allegro quasi presto

• Performers: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano); Joshua Bell (Violin)
• Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1876
• Studio/Live: Studio

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

• Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin)
• Conductor: Christoph Dohnányi
• Running Time: 8 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1878
• Studio/Live: Studio

Kreisler, Fritz : Caprice Viennois

• Performers: Paul Coker (Piano); Joshua Bell (Violin)
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1910
• Studio/Live: Studio

Kreisler, Fritz : March of the Toy Soldiers

• Performers: Joshua Bell (Violin); Paul Coker (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: March
• Studio/Live: Studio

Grasse, Edwin : Waves at play

• Performers: Samuel Sanders (Piano); Joshua Bell (Violin)
• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

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

• Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin)
• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1935.
• Running Time: 9 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1935
• Studio/Live: Studio

Kreisler, Fritz : Danse Espagnol

• Performers: Joshua Bell (Violin); Samuel Sanders (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bloch, Ernest : Baal Shem :: 3 pictures of Hassidic life, for violin & piano (or orchestra)

• Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin)
• Conductor: David Zinman
• Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1923
• Studio/Live: Studio

Sarasate, Pablo de : Ziegeunerweisen

• Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin)
• Conductor: Andrew Litton
• Ensemble: Royal Philarmonic Orquestra
• Running Time: 9 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1878
• Studio/Live: Studio