Ultimate Violin Classics: The Essential Masterpieces (2007)
performed by
Arthur Grumiaux (violin), David Oistrakh (violin), Henryk Szeryng (violin), István Hajdu (piano), Lev Oborin (piano), Ruggiero Ricci (violin)
composed by
Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Edward Elgar, Enrique Granados, Ernest Bloch, Felix Mendelssohn, Francesco Maria Veracini, Franz Schubert, Franz von Vecsey, Fritz Kreisler, Gabriel Fauré
Ultimate Violin Classics: The Essential Masterpieces would be an appropriate title for this five-disc set of performances taken from EMI's archives, if it weren't for the word "The." These are certainly many of the greatest works for violin, but there are too many obvious omissions -- solos by Bach, concertos by Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Brahms, to name just a few -- for this to be considered a definitive collection of violin masterpieces. The collection is diverse: sonatas by Beethoven; concertos by Mozart, Mendelssohn, ...
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Ultimate Violin Classics: The Essential Masterpieces would be an appropriate title for this five-disc set of performances taken from EMI's archives, if it weren't for the word "The." These are certainly many of the greatest works for violin, but there are too many obvious omissions -- solos by Bach, concertos by Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Brahms, to name just a few -- for this to be considered a definitive collection of violin masterpieces. The collection is diverse: sonatas by Beethoven; concertos by Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Bruch; and many small encore-type works for violin and piano. The performers include some of the greatest violinists of the mid- to late 20th century: David Oistrakh, Henryk Szeryng, Ruggiero Ricci, and Arthur Grumiaux. The recordings were made from the 1950s to the 1970s, so the sound is not up to 21st century standards, but it's very fine for its era. The collection should interest listeners looking for an assortment of violin music of many eras and styles, beautifully played. ~...
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- Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
- Havanaise, for violin & piano (or orchestra) in E major, Op. 83
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, for violin & orchestra in A minor, Op. 28
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
- Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major ("Turkish") K. 219
- Sonata for violin & piano No. 9 in A major ("Kreutzer"), Op. 47
- Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in F major ("Spring"), Op. 24
- Sicilienne for keyboard in E flat major
- Serenade No. 7 for orchestra in D major ("Haffner"), K. 250 (K. 248b): Rondo, K250
- Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Melody), arrangement (from "Orfeo ed Euridice")
- Andaluza (Playera), for guitar or other instrument (arrangement of No. 5 of 12 Spanish Dances)
- Schön Rosmarin, for violin & piano
- Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow), for violin & piano
- Liebesfreud (Love's Joy), for violin & piano
- Sonata for violin & continuo in A major, Op. 1/7: Allegro
- Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor, RV 565, Op. 3/11 ("L'estro armonico" No. 11): Siciliano
- Tambourin for violin & piano (transcription of work by Leclair)
- Minuet for piano in G major, WoO 10/2
- Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
- Humoresque for piano No. 7 in G flat major, B. 187/7 (Op. 101/7)
- Thaïs, opera in 3 acts: Meditation
- Valse sentimentale, for piano (or violin & piano) in F minor, Op. 51/6
- Largo for violin & piano in F sharp
- Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven, for violin & piano
- Andantino in the Style of Padre Martini, for violin & piano
- La capricieuse -- morceau de genre, for violin & piano, Op. 17
- Après un rêve ("Dans un sommeil"), song for voice & piano, Op. 7/1
- España, album leaves (6) for piano, Op. 165, B. 37: No. 2 Tango
- Valse Triste, for violin & piano
- Estrellita, for guitar
- Belshazzar's Feast (Belsazars gästabud), suite for orchestra (or piano), Op. 51: No. 3 Nocturne
- Se tu m'ami, for voice & piano (spurious; by A. Parisotti)
- Ständchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4
- Divertimento No. 17 for 2 horns & strings in D major, K. 334 (K.320b): Menuetto
- Kinderszenen No. 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7
- Sonatina for violin & piano in G major ("Indian Lament"), B. 183 (Op. 100): Larghetto
- Meditation on Prelude No. 1 of Bach, for violin or cello & piano with organ or cello ad lib. (or other instrumental arrangement), CG8
- Sonata for violin & guitar in E minor, Op. 3/6, MS 27/6
- Songs my mother taught me (Als die alte Mutter), song for voice & piano, B. 104/4 (Op. 55/4) (Gypsy Melodies)
- Souvenir de Moscou, deux airs russes, for violin & orchestra, Op. 6
- Pièce en forme de Habanera, arrangement(s) for solo instrument & keyboard
- Zigeunerweisen, for violin & piano (or orchestra) ("Gypsy Airs"), Op. 20
- Allegro, for orchestra in G major
- Les berceaux, song for voice & piano in B flat minor, Op. 23/1
- Tzigane, rhapsodie de concert, for violin & piano (or orchestra), M. 76
- Baal Shem: 3 pictures of Hassidic life, for violin & piano (or orchestra): Nigun
- Adagio for violin (or viola or cello) & piano
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