Prokofiev: Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56

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Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19, etc.

Prokofiev:

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19

Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80

Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35b

Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56

Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63

Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a


Frank Peter Zimmerman (violin) & Alexander Lonquich (piano)

Philharmonia Orchestra & Berliner Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons & Lorin Maazel

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Prokofiev - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Prokofiev - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2


Prokofiev:

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19

Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63

Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56


Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

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David Oistrakh

David Oistrakh


Bach, J S:

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041

Beethoven:

Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 'Spring

Brahms:

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 - Allegro giocoso

Sonatensatz (Scherzo from the F.A.E. sonata)

Debussy:

Clair de Lune

Prokofiev:

Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35b

Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56

(with Igor Oistrakh)

Schubert:

Duo in A minor, (slow movement)


David Oistrakh (Violin)

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Prokofiev: Sonata in D major for solo violin, Op. 115, etc.

Prokofiev:

Sonata in D major for solo violin, Op. 115

Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56

Schnittke:

Praeludium in memorium D.Shostakovich for two violins

Shostakovich:

Violin Sonata, Op. 134


Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Emma Young (violin), Clifford Benson (piano)

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Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas

Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas


Prokofiev:

Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56

Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80

Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a


Jaakko Kuusisto, Pekka Kuusisto, Ilkka Paananen

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Prokofiev: Complete Violin Sonatas

Prokofiev: Complete Violin Sonatas


Prokofiev:

Sonata in D major for solo violin, Op. 115

Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80

Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35b

Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56

Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56

Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a

War and Peace, Op. 91

Ivan the Terrible, Op. 116 - concert oratorio (ed. Stassevich)

Scherzo


Tatiana Samouil (Violin), Boris Brovtsyn (Violin), Plamena Mangova (Piano)

It was a demonstration that gave birth to Prokofiev’s Sonata for two violins: the great composer had heard a work for two violins that he thought excruciatingly dull and so he set to work on the composition of his opus 56 with the intention of proving that so specific a form could nonetheless arouse interest. The exercise was wholly convincing. Nearly 75 years later, the young musicians on this disc have tackled the same demonstration, with a power of conviction – as you will notice – that does not lack arguments. Tatiana Samouil is, of course, not unknown to music lovers: the young Russian violinist made a very strong impression during the Queen Elisabeth Competition for violin in 2001. She has since become the leader of the Orchestre Symphonique de La Monnaie, one of the best formations in the kingdom. She is also a chamber musician of the first rank who can be heard in the most prestigious festivals around the world alongside partners who have led dazzling careers. The pianist Plamena Mangova, the official musical partner of Tatiana Samouil, is the laureate of many competitions and she too performs at all the leading festivals of chamber music. With the young violinist Boris Brovtsyn they offer us what will be one of the most powerful and unusual classic performances of the complete violin sonatas of Prokofiev.

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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, etc.

Debussy:

Violin Sonata

Boris Berezovsky (piano)

Dinicu:

Horo di Mars

Roby Lakatos and his Ensemble

Mozart:

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K211

Wiener Kammerorchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 "Turkish"

Prokofiev:

Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80

Boris Berezovsky (piano)

Boris Berezovsky

Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56

Anton Barachovsky (piano)

Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a

Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35b

Ravel:

Violin Sonata in G major

Boris Berezovsky (piano)

Schubert:

Grand Duo for Violin and Piano in A Major, D574

Rolf Gothoni (piano)

Sibelius:

Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

London Symphony Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine

Tchaikovsky:

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

London Symphony Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine


Vadim Repin (violin)

“Simply the best, the most perfect violinist I have ever heard” (Yehudi Menuhin)

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Historic Russian Archives - Gidon Kremer

Historic Russian Archives - Gidon Kremer

All recordings are live, made between 1970 and 1993


Bach, J S:

Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne

Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006

Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043

Oleg Kagan, violin I

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, David Oistrakh

Bartók:

Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz 117: I - Tempo di ciaconna

Beethoven:

Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Variations in F major on Mozart's "Se vuol'ballare"

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

6 German Dances, WoO 42

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Berio:

Duet for violins "Leonardo" (dedicated to Leonardo Pinzauti)

Tatiana Grindenko, violin II

Duet for violins "Annie" (dedicated to Annie Neuberger)

Tatiana Grindenko, violin II

Duet for violins "Aldo" (dedicated to Aldo Bennici)

Tatiana Grindenko, violin II

Biber:

Ciacona from mystery sonata No. 4 in D minor "The Presentation"

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Boccherini:

Minuet from String Quintet in E, Op. 13 No. 5

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Chausson:

Počme for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 25

Maria Bondarenko, piano

Dinicu:

Hora Staccato

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Borzo/Bihari: Csardas in A minor

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Ernst:

Variations on "The Last Rose of Summer"

Der Erlkönig - Grand Caprice Op. 26

Karayev:

Violin Concerto

USSR State TV & Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kozhukhar

Kupkovic:

Souvenir

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Lourié:

Concerto da Camera

German Chamber Philharmonic Society

Martinov:

Come In!

Tatiana Grindenko, violin II, Mikhael Muntyan, celesta

Moscow Philharmonic Society Soloists, Yuri Bashmet

Mendelssohn:

Concerto in D minor for violin and strings (second version)

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Bashmet

Mozart:

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K211

German Chamber Philharmonic Society

Concertone in C for 2 Violins and Orchestra, K190

Tatiana Grindenko, violin II

Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Saulius Sondetskis

Violin Sonata No. 31 in C major, KV 404 (unfinished)

Yuri Smirnov, piano

Paganini:

Cantabile, Op. 17

Maria Bondarenko, piano

Caprice No. 4 in C minor (maestosa)

Caprice for solo violin, Op. 1 No. 17 in E flat major

Prokofiev:

Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Scherzo, vivacissimo, from violin concerto No. 1 in D major Op. 19, transcription for violin & piano

Yuri Smirnov, piano

Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56

Tatiana Grindenko, violin II

Ravel:

Blues

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Reger:

Violin sonata in C minor, Op. 139

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Saint-Saëns:

Creatures with long ears (from carnaval des animeaux)

atiana Grindenko, violin II

Salmanov:

Violin Sonata No. 2

Maria Bondarenko, piano

Schoenberg:

Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, Op. 47

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Schubert:

Rondo for violin and strings in A major, D438

German Chamber Music Society

Introductions and Variations on 'Trockne Blumen' from Die Schöne Müllerin D802

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Rondo brillant in B minor, D895 (Op. 70)

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Shchedrin:

In Imitation of Albeniz

Maria Bondarenko, piano

Stockhausen:

Tierkreis, Op. 41

excerpts: Aquarius, Gemini, Pisces, Libra, Sagittarius, Leo

Tatiana Grinkdenko, violin II

Strauss, R:

Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Stravinsky:

Elegy, for solo violin

Tchaikovsky:

Valse-Scherzo

Yuri Smirnov, piano

Melodie from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42 No. 3

Yuri Smirnov, piano

Telemann:

Sonata en canon in A minor for 2 violins, Op. 5 No. 6

Tatiana Grindenko, violin II

Sonata en canon in G major, Op. 5 No. 1

Tatiana Grindenko, violin II

Webern:

Four pieces for violin & piano, Op. 7 (1910)

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Ysaye:

Sonata for solo violin in G major, Op. 27 No. 5

Sonata for violin & piano in F minor after Locatelli

Maria Bondarenko, piano


Gidon Kremer (violin)

Although he plays a modern violin, Kremer has always included Baroque music in his repertoire and it is fitting therefore that Bach, Biber and Telemann are featured in this set. Music from the 20th-century, such as Schöenberg, Webern and Stockhausen, is also prominently represented as are the stalwarts of the violin repertory, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. Predictably, Russian composers form a major part of this offering, from the well known (Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev) to the more obtuse (Karayev and Salmanov).

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Vadim Repin

Vadim Repin


 

Tutta Bravura

featuring Tchaikovsky, Bazzini, Wieniawski, Paganini, Ponce, Schubert

Alexander Markovich, piano

Bartók:

Romanian Folk Dances for piano, Sz. 56, BB 68

Boris Berezovsky, piano

Chausson:

Počme for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 25

London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano

Debussy:

Violin Sonata

Lalo:

Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21

London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano

Medtner:

Violin Sonata no.3 ‘Epica'

Boris Berezovsky, piano

Mozart:

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K211

Wiener Kammerorchester, Yehudi Menuhin

Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216

Wiener Kammerorchester, Yehudi Menuhin

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 "Turkish"

Wiener Kammerorchester, Yehudi Menuhin

Prokofiev:

Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56

Boris Berezovsky, Raph Gothoni, Anton Barachovsky piano

Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80

Boris Berezovsky, piano

Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35b

Boris Berezovsky, piano

Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63

Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano

Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a

Boris Berezovsky, piano

Ravel:

Violin Sonata in G major

Boris Berezovsky, piano

Tzigane

Schubert:

Grand Duo for Violin and Piano in A Major, D574

Shostakovich:

Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

Boris Berezovsky, piano, Dmitri Yablonsky, Cello

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99

Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano

Sibelius:

Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

London Symphony Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine

Strauss, R:

Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18

Boris Berezovsky, piano

Stravinsky:

Divertimento

Boris Berezovsky, piano

Tchaikovsky:

Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50

Boris Berezovsky, piano, Dmitri Yablonsky, Cello

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

London Symphony Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine


Vadim Repin (violin)

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Itzhak Perlman

Itzhak Perlman


Albéniz:

Tango (No. 2 from Espana, Op. 165)

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Bach, J S:

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041

English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043

Pinchas Zukerman (violin)

English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Concerto for Oboe & Violin in C minor, BWV1060

Ray Still (oboe)

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042

English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Barber:

Violin Concerto, Op. 14

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

Beethoven:

Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Major, Op. 97 'Archduke'

Lynn Harrell (cello) & Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

Piano Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 'The Ghost'

Piano Trio No. 8 in E flat major, WoO 38

Ben-Haim:

Berceuse sfaradite

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Bernstein:

Serenade (after Plato's 'Symposium')

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

Brahms:

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Sonatensatz (Scherzo from the F.A.E. sonata)

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor

Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D minor

Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A major

Hungarian Dance No. 9 in E minor

Bruch:

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Jésus López-Cobos

Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Jésus López-Cobos

Chaminade:

Sérénade espagnole, Op. 150

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Chausson:

Počme for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 25

Orchestre de Paris, Jean Martinon

Chopin:

Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Debussy:

La fille aux cheveux de lin

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Dvorak:

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

Daniel Barenboim

Romance in F Minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 11 (B39)

Daniel Barenboim

Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 100

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Romantic Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 75

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55 No. 4

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, Op. 46 No. 2

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Slavonic Dance No. 16 in A flat major, Op. 72 No. 8

Elgar:

La Capricieuse, Op. 17

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Foss:

Three American Pieces

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

Foster, S:

Old folks at home

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Glazunov:

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Gluck:

Melodie from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Grainger:

Molly on the shore

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Granados:

Danza espańola, Op. 37 No. 5 'Andaluza'

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Korngold:

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Kreisler:

Caprice Viennois, Op. 2

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Tempo di menuetto (in the style of Pugnani)

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Sicilienne and Rigaudon (in the style of Francoeur)

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Toy Soldiers' March

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Syncopation

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Andantino in the style of Martini

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Schön Rosmarin

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Liebesleid

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Recitative & Scherzo Caprice, Op. 6

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Lehár:

Frasquita

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Massenet:

Meditation (from Thais)

Mendelssohn:

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

André Previn

Moszkowski:

Guitare, Op. 45. No. 2

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Novácek, O:

Perpetuum mobile - Concert Caprice Op. 5 No. 4

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Paganini:

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in E flat

Lawrence Foster

Paradis:

Toccata

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Sicilienne

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Ponce, M:

Estrellita

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Poulenc:

Presto in B flat major

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Prokofiev:

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56

Pinchas Zukerman (violin)

Raff:

Cavatina for violin & orchestra Op. 85 No. 3

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Ravel:

Tzigane

Orchestre de Paris, Jean Martinon

Saint-Saëns:

Le Carnaval des Animaux: Le Cygne

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28

Orchestre de Paris, Jean Martinon

Havanaise, Op. 83

Orchestre de Paris, Jean Martinon

Sarasate:

Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25

Lawrence Foster

Introduction and Tarantella, Op. 43

Abbey Road Ensemble, Lawrence Foster

Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

No. 1

Abbey Road Ensemble, Lawrence Foster

Danza Espańola No. 6: Zapateado, Op. 23, No. 2

Danza Espańola No. 1: Malagueńa, Op. 21, No. 1

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Caprice Basque, Op. 24

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Danza Espańola No. 3: Romanza Andaluza, Op. 22, No. 1

Schumann:

Romance in A major, Op. 94 No. 2

Samuel Sanders (piano)

Shostakovich:

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

3 Violin Duets

Pinchas Zukerman & Samuel Sanders

Sibelius:

Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Sinding:

Suite for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 10 'im alten Stil'

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Tchaikovsky:

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Sérénade Mélancolique for Violin & Orchestra in B minor, Op. 26

Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

trad.:

Hebrew and Yiddish Folksongs

Israel Zohar

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Dov Seltzer

Vieuxtemps:

Souvenir d'Amérique on 'Yankee Doodle'

Samuel Sanders (piano)


Itzhak Perlman (violin)

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