Novácek, Ottokar

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

135 Years of Czech Composers - Smetana, Fibich, Novacek, Janacek, Schulhoff, Suk et al. / Yvonne Smeulers, violin; Sander Sittig, piano

2 Super Audio CD / Quintone / 2012-02-28

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Z domoviny (From the Homeland), pieces (2) for violin & piano, JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 75/B 150; Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G m...
Performers: Sittig, Sander; Smeulers, Yvonne

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
This is a very attractive program. The gorgeous works by Smetana and Dvorak are reason alone to want this...continue...
Recording information: Westvest90-church, Schiedam, The Netherlands....continue...

Con Amore

1 CD / K2 HD Import / 2011-10-25

Works: Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Liebesleid; Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani; Liebesfreud; Ede Poldini: Poupée valsante (The Dancing Doll), for piano; Henryk Wieniawski: Scherzo-Taran...
Performers: Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Moll, Phillip

Recording information: Forde Abbey, Somerset (10/1985)....continue...

Phénoménal Vengerov! Concertos & virtuoso pieces for violin / Maxim Vengerov (3 CD)

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-06-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50; Fritz Kreisler: Liebe...
Performers: Brown, Ian [Piano]; Papian, Vag; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]
Conductors: Rostropovich, Mstislav; Pappano, Antonio;
Ensemble: ; Virtuosi

This 3-CD set celebrates Vengerov's thrilling career. On CD 1, we have the Beethoven Concerto and two Romances, as well as Kreisler's favorite encore 'Liebesleid'...continue...

Violinist Amy Moretti: Kaleidoscope

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2011-03-29

Works: Jascha Heifetz: Three Preludes, arrangement for violin & piano (after Gershwin); Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Op. 42; Valse-Scherzo for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op. 34; Ottokar Novacek: Perpetu...
Performers: McDuffie, Robert; Moretti, Amy Schwartz [Violin]; Pridgen, Elizabeth

Violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti is recognized for her musical elegance and grace. Her playing has been described as "breathtakingly rich in tone and color" (St....continue...
Recording information: Neva Langley Fickling Hall, Townsend School of Music, M (04/01/2010-04/03/2010)....continue...

Con Amore / Kyung-Wha Chung

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-02-01

Works: Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Liebesleid; Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani; Caprice for violin & piano in A minor (transcription of work by Wieniawski); Liebesfreud; Sérénade Esp...
Performers: Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]

BBC Music Magazine
A violinist at the height of her powers, in performances that are affectionate, powerful, playful or virtuosic, as the music requires. Especially attractive...continue...
Recording information: Forde Abbey Chard, Somerset (10/1985)....continue...

Spanish Rhapsody / John Novacek

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-06-03

Works: Franz Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole for Piano, S 254; Antonio Soler: Fandango for Keyboard; Alberto Ginastera: Danza de la moza donosa; Enriqué Granados: Goyescas for Piano, Op. 11; Maurice Ravel...
Performers: Novacek, John [Piano]

Icon - Nathan Milstein - Aristocrat of the Violin

8 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Partita for Violin solo n...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Firkusny, Rudolf; Milstein, Nathan; Pommers, Leon
Conductors: Steinberg, William; Fistoulari, Anatole; Golschmann, Vladimir; Susskind, Walter; Barzin, Leon; Irving, Robert
Ensemble: ; Concert Arts Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Best of Joshua Bell - The Decca Years

3 CD / Decca / 2009-09-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ("Turkish") K. 219; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Gabr...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Coker, Paul; Isserlis, Steven; Mustonen, Olli [Conductor/Piano]; Sanders, Samuel [Piano]; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]
Conductors: Maag, Peter; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

This is the very 1st 'Best of Joshua Bell' album to ever be released! Highlighting the essential moments of Joshua Bell's career on Decca, this...continue...

Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings

51 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Concerto for 2 Violins in D mino...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Balsam, Artur; Barshai, Rudolf; Bennett, William; Cassadó, Gaspar; Cassad?, Gaspar; Civil, Alan; Cocker, Paul; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Debost, Michel; Don...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Enescu, George; Monteux, Pierre; Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Pritchard, John; Silvestri, Constantin; Kletzki, Paul; Boult, Adrian; Panufnik, Andrzej; Da...
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio; Bath Festival Ensemble; Instrumental Ensemble

This 50-CD set features Sir Yehudi Menuhin's most celebrated EMI recordings, made during his extraordinary 70-year exclusive recording relationship with the company. Includes works by...continue...
Includes work(s) by Manuel de Falla....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Aurora's Wedding; Debussy, et al / Stokowksi

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Aurora's Wedding, ballet (short arrangement of "The Sleeping Beauty" by Diaghilev); Morceaux (2) for Piano, Op. 10; Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Estam...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra

The Art of Ruggiero Ricci

5 CD / Vox Classical / 2007-10-09

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Karl Goldmark: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 28; Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Vio...
Performers: Persinger, Louis; Ricci, Giorgio; Ricci, Ruggiero
Conductors: Kuntsch, Matthias; Froment, Louis de; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Luxembourg Radio/Television Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

'The Art of Ruggiero Ricci' presents over six hours of great recordings from the Vox, Turnabout and Candide Records archive, including over three hours of...continue...

Klemperer, Ravel, Brahms, etc / Stokowski

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-04-24

Works: Otto Klemperer: Merry Waltz for orchestra; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Ottokar ...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

This stereo broadcast of a Royal Albert Hall concert given in May 1974 represents the last public appearance of Leopold Stokowski in England. The 1974...continue...

The Art of Steven Staryk

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 2007-03-13

Works: Joseph-Hector Fiocco: Allegro; George Frederick Handel: Work(s); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade no 7 in D major, K 250 (248b) "Haffner"; Robert Schumann: Romance for oboe (or violin or cello) & pi...
Performers: Boucher, Lise; Niwa, Eloise; Staryk, Steven
Conductors: Gamley, Douglas

Legendary Treasures - Ricardo Odnoposoff Vol. 1

6 CD / Doremi / 2006-05-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; Niccolò Paganini: Concert...
Performers: Ashman, Gregory; Auber, Stefan; Hambro, Leonid; Herz, Otto; Morales, Angelica; Odnoposoff, Ricardo; Owen, Benjamin; Pavlovsky, Valentin; Rostal, Leo; Wehrle, Heinz
Conductors: Bamberger, Carl; Goehr, Walter; Rivoli, Gianfranco; Hupperts, Paul; Weingartner, Felix; Hollreiser, Heinrich

Recordings mostly from 1950-55 by Ricardo Odnoposoff, an electrifying performer who belongs at the very top of the twentieth century violin legends! Born in Buenos...continue...

Legendary Treasures - Julian Olevsky Vol 4 / Rosé, et al

1 CD / Doremi / 2005-08-09

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Romanze, for violin & piano, Op. 4; Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Rondino on a theme by Beethoven; Caprice Viennois; Tambourin Chinois; Schön Rosmarin; The Old Refrain; La Préc...
Performers: Kersenbaum, Estela; Mendoza, A. Rodriguez de; Olevsky, Julian; Rose, Wolfgang

Olevsky made his rectial debut at 10 and his orchestral debut at 12 under the baton of Fritz Busch. He became an American citizen in...continue...

The Joshua Bell Edition Vol 1 - Violin Favourites

2 CD / Decca / 2005-04-12

Works: Henryk Wieniawski: Variations for Violin on an original theme, Op. 15; Scherzo-Tarantelle in G minor, Op. 16; Jean Sibelius: Pieces (4) for Violin/Cello and Piano, Op. 78; Pieces (5) for Violin and P...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Coker, Paul; Sanders, Samuel [Piano]

Beethoven, Bach, Paganini, et al / Nathan Milstein, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-09-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Ma...
Performers: Lush, Ernest; Milstein, Nathan
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Nathan Milstein was born in Odessa and studied with celebrated teacher Leopold Auer in St. Petersburg. Through his friendship with the composer Glazunov, he met...continue...

The Virtuoso Violin of Benno Rabinof / Sylvia Rabinof, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-04-27

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Introduction and Variations on Rossini's "I Palpiti", Op. 13; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Fantasia on Two Russian Themes, for violin & orchestra in B minor, Op. 33; Flight of th...
Performers: Rabinoff, Benno; Rabinoff, Sylvia
Conductors: Stanley, Robert; Fiorrito, Ernie
Ensemble: WOR Radio Orchestra, New York

Great Violinists Vol 15 / Ruggiero Ricci, Guila Bustabo

1 CD / Symposium / 2002-06-01

Works: Ottokar Novacek: Perpetuum Mobile, conzert caprice for violin & orchestra, Op. 5/4; Felix Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 8 in D flat major, Op. 27/2, ...
Performers: Bustabo, Guila; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Persinger, Louis; Ricci, Ruggiero
Conductors: Zaun, Fritz

Vengerov & Virtuosi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2001-08-14

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Manuel Ponce: Estrellita for voice & piano (or orchestra); Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in A major, WoO 1/7; Hungarian Dance for piano,...
Performers: Papian, Vag; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]

"This is above all a fun record - even more than most collections of violin lollipops a disc for those with a very sweet tooth....continue...

Legendary Treasures - William Primrose Collection Vol 3

1 CD / Doremi / 2001-05-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in E major, HWV 394 (doubtful); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540; Ottokar Novacek: Perpetuum Mobile, conzert c...
Performers: Benoist, Andre; Primrose, William; Spalding, Albert; Tar, Vernon de
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Goodman, Alice
Ensemble: ; New Friends of Music Orchestra

Sarasate, Bazzini, Bloch, Dinicu, et al / Yehudi Menuhin

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-10-17

Works: Pablo de Sarasate: Caprice Basque; Malaguena; Spanish Dances (2) for Violin and Piano, Op. 21; Romanza Andaluza, Op. 22 no 1; Spanish Dances (2) for Violin and Piano, Op. 23; Antonio Bazzini: La rond...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Endt, Hendrick; Gazelle, Marcel; Giesen, Hubert; Menuhin, Yehudi; Webster, Ferguson

HERITAGE Michael Rabin - The Early Years - Paganini, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-06-29

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Caprice for solo violin in E major (Andante), Op. 1/1, MS 25/1; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Caprice for solo violin in E major ("The Hunt"), Op. 1/9, MS 25/9; Caprice...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Rabin, Michael; Renardy, Ossy; Robert, Walter
Conductors: Voorhees, Donald
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

"Michael Rabin...is the postwar instrumental wunderkind. The appearance of this excellently recorded disc which offers Master Rabin's expert execution of a handful of Paganini's quite...continue...

Yehudi Menuhin Sampler

1 CD / Biddulph / 1996-06-01

Works: Joseph-Hector Fiocco: Pièces de clavecin, Op. 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Johann Sebastian B...
Performers: Eisenberg, Maurice; Giesen, Hubert; Menuhin, Hephzibah; Menuhin, Yehudi; Persinger, Louis
Conductors: Enescu, Georges; Ronald, Landon, Sir; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Paris Symphony Orchestra

Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Box IV

12 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-04-23

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata for violin & keyboard in G minor, H. 542.5 (also attributed to J.S. Bach as BWV 1020); Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 3 in E major, BWV ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Copland, Aaron; Rosen, Charles; Stern, Isaac; Zakin, Alexander
Conductors: Stern, Isaac

Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Encores for Violin & Piano

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-04-09

Works: Pablo de Sarasate: Caprice Basque; Gaetano Pugnani: Sonata in D Major, Op 8/3; Ottokar Novacek: Concert Caprice, for violin & piano, Op 5/4 "Perpetuum mobile"; Ernest Bloch: Baal shem; Fritz Kreisler...
Performers: Stern, Isaac; Zakin, Alexander

The Young Menuhin Encores

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-10

Works: Ferdinand Ries: La Capricciosa for violin & piano; Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor ("La campanella"), Op. 7, MS 48; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for ...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Gazelle, Marcel; Giesen, Hubert; Menuhin, Yehudi; Persinger, Louis; Webster, Ferguson

Celebration: Life With Music

4 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-11-03

Works: Henryk Wieniawski: Concerto for Violin no 2 in D minor, Op. 22; Pablo de Sarasate: Ziegeunerweisen; Caprice Basque; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor, Op. 3 no 8/RV 522; Maurice Rave...
Performers: Casals, Pablo; Istomin, Eugene; Katims, Milton; Oistrakh, David; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Rose, Leonard; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Schneider, Alexander [Violin]; Stern, Isaac; Tortelier, Paul; Zakin, Alexa...
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Waxman, Franz; Ormandy, Eugene; Bernstein, Leonard; Barenboim, Daniel; Stern, Isaac

This collection contains mono and stereo recordings.

Personnel: Isaac Stern (violin)....continue...