Wieniawski: Works for Violin

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The transfer to CD of this early seventies recording is every bit as satisfying as that on the comparably magical Paganini recording reviewed on page 1222. Hearing these two recordings, both... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Catalogue No: 5660592
Label: Warner Classics
Series: The Perlman Edition
Length: 71 minutes

Excerpt, Wieniawski: Études-caprices (8), Op. 18

Work length1:33

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Itzhak Perlman (musician), Samuel Sanders (musician), Itzhak Perlman (violin), Robert E. Laporta (compilationproducer), Samuel Sanders (piano)
Recorded: 1976-05-21
Recording Venue: 20-21 May 1976: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Rd

Wieniawski: 2 Mazurkas Op. 19 (1995 Digital Remaster): No.1 Obertass

Work length2:07

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Itzhak Perlman (violin), Samuel Sanders (piano)
Recorded: 1978-02-24
Recording Venue: 23-24 February 1978: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Rd

Wieniawski: Polonaise No. 2, Op.21

Work length8:40

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Itzhak Perlman (violin), Samuel Sanders (piano)
Recorded: 1978-02-24
Recording Venue: 23-24 February 1978: No. 1, Studio, Abbey Road

Wieniawski: Polonaise brilliante No. 1 in D major, Op. 4

Work length4:41

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Itzhak Perlman (musician), Samuel Sanders (musician), Itzhak Perlman (violin), Robert E. Laporta (compilationproducer), Samuel Sanders (piano)
Recorded: 1972-11-07
Recording Venue: 5-7 November 1972 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantelle in G minor, Op. 16

Work length4:32

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Itzhak Perlman (violin), Samuel Sanders (piano)
Recorded: 1972-11-07
Recording Venue: 5-7 November 1972: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 1 in F Sharp Minor, Op.14 (1985 - Remaster)

Work length27:50

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Itzhak Perlman/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa, Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa
Recorded: 1971-11-02
Recording Venue: 1-2 November 1971: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road London

I. Allegro moderato

Track length15:21

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II. Preghiera (Larghetto)

Track length5:20

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III. Rondo (Allegro giocoso)

Track length7:09

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Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor Op. 22 (1985 Digital Remaster)

Work length22:16

Album only

Itzhak Perlman/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa, Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa
Recorded: 1971-11-02
Recording Venue: 1-2 November 1971: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road) London

I. Allegro moderato

Track length11:19

Album only

II. Romance (Allegro non troppo)

Track length5:05

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III. Allegro con fuoco - Allegro moderato (à la Zingara)

Track length5:52

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The transfer to CD of this early seventies recording is every bit as satisfying as that on the comparably magical Paganini recording reviewed on page 1222. Hearing these two recordings, both over ten years old, next to Perlman's Philadelphia recording of the Tchaikovsky (reviewed on page 1228), brings it home how, with analogue recording in the seventies, good engineering in a sympathetic venue was of vital importance in conveying realism. Like the Paganini this brings rich, full sound immediate and real, firm in perspective against an open, believable acoustic, all to the credit of Suvi Raj Grubb as producer and Bob Gooch as engineer. The version of No. 2 which Perlman recorded in Paris ten years later for DG is less sympathetic to my ear for all its brilliance in both sound and performance. It can be reasonably recommended if you want the Saint-Saens coupling, but for an apter coupling in a performance even more winning I would opt for the EMI disc with no feeling of losing out on quality of sound, rather the opposite.

2011 edition

Perlman gives scintillating performances, full of flair, and is excellently accompanied, The recordings, from 1973, is warm, vivid and well balanced.

Wieniawski: Works for Violin

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