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Icon: Michael Rabin

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for Violin and Orchestra in C major,...
Performers: Pommers, Leon; Rabin, Michael
Conductors: Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Matacic, Lovro von; Galliera, Alceo; Slatkin, Felix

Released to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Michael Rabin's death on 19th January 1972 this collection brings together his finest recordings on EMI Classics in...continue...

The Studio Recordings 1954-1960: Michael Rabin, violin

6 CD / Testament / 2011-12-13

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for Violin and Orchestra in C major,...
Performers: Pommers, Leon; Rabin, Michael
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Galliera, Alceo; Boult, Adrian; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Slatkin, Felix

The story of the amazing violinist Michael Rabin is complicated and ultimately tragic. When his career should have been reaching the height of his success,...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1960....continue...

Art of the Violin / Petteri Iivonen

1 CD / Yarlung / 2011-06-28

Works: Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 2 in A minor ("Obsession"), Op. 27/2; Sonata for violin solo no 4 in E minor (dedicated to F. Kreisler), Op. 27/4; Aulis Sallinen: Cadenza for violin...
Performers: Fitzgerald, Kevin; Iivonen, Petteri [Violin]

While much of his music on this recording is exceptionally beautiful, it is not beautiful for the sake of being pretty. The modern concert world...continue...
Recording information: Alfred Newman Hall, University of Southern California, (06/09/2008-06/16/2008)....continue...

Going Solo

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-06-14

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasias (12) for Violin solo; Henri Vieuxtemps: Capriccio for Viola solo, Op. 55 no 9; Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 4 in E minor (dedicated to F. Kreisl...
Performers: Sant'Ambrogio, Stephanie

This recording of works for solo violin and viola is performed by Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, a former member of the Cleveland Orchestra, former concertmaster of the...continue...
Recording information: Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Pa (01/2010/10/2010)....continue...

Ysaye Impressions / Koprowski

1 CD / CD Accord / 2011-04-26

Works: Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1; Sonata for violin solo no 2 in A minor ("Obsession"), Op. 27/2; Sonata for violin solo no 3 in D minor ("Ballade"), Op. 27/3;...
Performers: Koprowski, Wojciech

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There's some evidence that Ysaÿe himself, who was recorded a few times, tended toward a more dramatic approach, but Koprowski deserves credit for running counter...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall (2008-11-??&2009-05-??&2009-)....continue...

Reflections I

1 CD / Telos / 2010-02-23

Works: Pierre Boulez: Anthemes, for solo violin; Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 2 in A minor ("Obsession"), Op. 27/2; Sonata for violin solo no 4 in E minor (dedicated to F. Kreisler), Op...
Performers: Widmann, Carolin

Recording information: Tonstudio Mechernich-Floisdorf (2004-12-04_2004-12-05&2005-)....continue...

Ysaÿe: Sonates no 1, 3 and 4, etc / Goldfeld, et al

1 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2007-12-31

Works: Eugène Ysaÿe: Poem no 2 for violin & orchestra ("Au Rouet"), Op. 13; Sonata for violin solo no 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1; Mazurka for violin & piano; Sonata for violin solo no 4 in E minor (de...
Performers: Goldfeld, Denis; Goldfeld, Vadim

Eugene Ysaye was a musicians musician: a predominant violin virtuoso of the generation that preceded Heifetz, a composer, and a renowned conductor and orchestra builder....continue...

Recital - Ysae: Violin Sonata no 4, etc / Andriani

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-11-13

Works: Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 4 in E minor (dedicated to F. Kreisler), Op. 27/4; Nathan Milstein: Paganiniana for violin; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for violin solo in D major, Op. ...
Performers: Andriani, Carmelo

Eugene Ysaye: Six Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-11-13

Works: Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1; Sonata for violin solo no 2 in A minor ("Obsession"), Op. 27/2; Sonata for violin solo no 3 in D minor ("Ballade"), Op. 27/3;...
Performers: Zhong, Jay

Eugène Ysaÿe: Six sonates pour violon seul, Op. 27

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1; Sonata for violin solo no 2 in A minor ("Obsession"), Op. 27/2; Sonata for violin solo no 3 in D minor ("Ballade"), Op. 27/3;...
Performers: Kotková, Hana

Solovision - Kreisler, Bartok, et al / Jennifer Frautschi

1 CD / Artek / 2005-08-16

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice for Violin solo, Op. 6; Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 4 in E minor (dedicated to F. Kreisler), Op. 27/4; Béla Bartók: Sona...
Performers: Frautschi, Jennifer

Recording information: Loho Studios, New York, NY.

In pop music, the "sophomore jinx" is what might take hold during the second time around for an artist who has had a successful first album --...continue...

Solo - Bach, Varga, Bartók, etc / Mirijam Contzen

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-05-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Tibor Varga: Le Serpent, fantasy for solo violin; Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin solo, Sz 117; Igor Stravinsky: Ele...
Performers: Contzen, Mirijam

German-Japanese violinist Mirijam Contzen is one of the top-flight younger-generation violinists. She was given her first violin at the age of two and her first...continue...

A Life for the Violin [Box Set]

10 CD / Dynamic / 2003-02-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Johann Mattheson: Air for violin & keyboard in B minor; Niccolò Pagani...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bagnoli, Eugenio; Cardi, Stefano; Furstner, Carl; McNaught, Graeme; Ricci, Ruggiero
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir

Portrait of a Legendary Violinist - Bach, Mozart / Shumsky

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-06-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1060; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, B...
Performers: Miller, Robin; Shumsky, Oscar [Violin/Conductor]; Tunnell, John
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Leopold Stokowski called Oscar Shumsky (1917-2000) "The most astounding genius I have ever heard," and David Oistrakh proclaimed him "one of the world's greatest violinists."...continue...