Maxim Vengerov - The Best of Maxim Vengerov - Maxim Vengerov with Various Accompanists, Conductors and Orchestras (1990's, 2000)

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CD 1: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Sonata N. 5 Op. 24 "Spring" / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:Violin Sonata KV 378 / Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F Minor Op. 4 - with Itamar Golan (Beethoven, Mozart) and Alexander Markovich (Mendelssohn)

CD 2: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Sonata N. 9 Op. 47 "Kreutzer" / Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata N. 2 Op. 100 - with Alexander Markovich

CD 3: Henri Wieniawski: Polonaise N. 1 Op. 4 / Niccolo' Paganini: I Palpiti Op. 13 / Henri Wieniawski: Legende Op. 17 / Fritz Kreisler: Schoen Rosmarin / Ernest Bloch: Nigun (Baal Shem N. 2) / Petr Tchaikovskij: Scherzo (Souvenir d' un Lieu Cher Op. 42 N. 2), Melodie (Souvenir d' un Lieu Cher Op. 42 N. 3) / Fritz Kreisler:Tamburin Chinois Op. 3 / Olivier Messiaen: Theme et Variations for Violin and Piano / Fritz Kreisler: Caprice Viennois Op. 2 / Pablo de Sarasate: Caprice Basque Op. 24 / Antonio Joseph Bazzini: La Ronde des Lutins Op. 25 - with Itamar Golan

CD 4: Niccolo' Paganini: Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 6 / Camille Saint-Saens:Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Havanaise / Franz Waxman: Carmen Fantasy - with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 5: Max Bruch: Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 26 / Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op. 64 - with Kurt Masur and the Gewndhausorchester Leipzig

CD 6: Sergey Prokofiev - Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 19 / Dmitrij Shostakovich: Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 99 - with Mstislav Rostropovich and the London Symphony Orchestra

CD 7: Petr Tchaikovskij: Violin Concerto Op. 35 / Aleksandr Glazunov: Violin Concerto Op. 82 - with Claudio Abbado and the Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 8: Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto Op. 47 / Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto Op. 33 - with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD 9: Sergey Prokofiev - Violin Concerto N. 2 Op. 63 / Dmitrij Shostakovich: Violin Concerto N. 2 Op. 129 - with Mstislav Rostropovich and the London Symphony Orchestra

CD 10: Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77, Violin Sonata N. 3 Op. 108 - with Daniel Barenboim (conductor and piano) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD 11: Antonin Dvorak: Violin Concerto Op. 53 / Edward Elgar: Violin Sonata Op. 82 - with Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic (Dvorak), and Revital Chachmanov (Elgar)


Maxim Vengerov (more information at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Vengerov) currently plays a violin by Antonio Stradivari made in 1727, the "Ex-Kreutzer" (below). He previously used to play a violin by Carlo Landolfi made in 1760 (from 1988 to 1993), the "Reynier" Stradivari of 1727 (1993-1995) and the "Kiesewetter" Stradivari of 1723 (1995-1998).

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nn. 1-10 - David Oistrakh with Lev Oborin (1962)

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CD 1: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonatas N. 1 Op. 12-1, N. 2 Op. 12-2, N. 3 Op. 12-3
CD 2: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonatas N. 4 Op. 23, N. 5 Op. 24, N. 6 Op. 30-1
CD 3: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonatas N. 7 Op. 30-2, N. 8 Op. 30-3
CD 4: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonatas N. 9 Op. 47, N. 10 Op. 96


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Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Sonatas N. 5 Op. 24 "Fruehling", N. 7 Op. 30-2 / Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita N. 2 for Violin Solo BVW 1004 - Adolf Busch with Rudolf Serkin (Beethoven only) (1933, 1932, 1929)

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Adolf Busch (more information at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Busch) played a Stradivari from 1716 (now known as the 'Ex-Adolf Busch'), the 1732 "Wiener" Stradivari, and a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini from 1783 (also known as the 'Ex-Busch').

Fritz Kreisler: The Charming Maverick Plays Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Bruch, Tchaikovskij, Kreisler - Fritz Kreisler with Various Accompanists, Conductors and Orchestras (1900's-1930's)

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CD 1: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto N. 4 KV 218 - Landon Ronald, Unknown Orchestra / Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61 - with Leo Blech and the Berlin State Opera Orchestra

CD 2: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto N. 4 KV 218 - Malcolm Sargent, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61 - with John Barbirolli and the London Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 3: Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op. 64 / Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77 - with Leo Blech and the Berlin State Opera Orchestra

CD 4: Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op. 64 - Landon Ronald, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77 - with John Barbirolli and the London Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 5: Max Bruch: Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 26 - with Eugene Goossens and the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra / Fritz Kreisler: String Quartet in A Minor - Kreisler String Quartet

CD 6: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Sonatas N. 1 Op. 12-1, N. 2 Op. 12-2, N. 3 Op. 12-3, N. 4 Op. 23 - with Franz Rupp

CD 7: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Sonatas N. 5 Op. 24, N. 6 Op. 30-1, N. 7 Op. 30-2 - with Franz Rupp


CD 8: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Sonatas N. 8 Op. 30-3, N. 9 Op. 47, N. 10 Op. 96 - with Franz Rupp


CD 9: Fritz Kreisler: Caprice Viennois Op. 2, Tamburin Chinois Op. 3, Schoen Rosmarin, La Gitana, Liebesleid, Liebesfreud / Johannes Sebastian Bach: Partita N. 3 for Violin Solo BVW 1006 - Gavotte (arr. Kreisler) - with Franz Rupp / Fritz Kreisler: La Precieuse (in the Style of Couperin), Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane (in the Style of Couperin) - with Michael Raucheisen / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade N. 7 KV 250 "Haffner" - Rondo (arr. Kreisler), Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven - with Franz Rupp / Franz Schubert: Rosamunde D 797 - Ballet in G (arr. Kreisler) / Carl Maria Von Weber: Violin Sonata in F Op. 10 - Larghetto (arr. Kreisler) - with Michael Raucheisen / Johannes Sebastian Bach: Sonata N. 1 for Violin Solo BVW 1001 - Adagio / Robert Schumann: Romanze in A Op. 94 N. 2 (arr. Kreisler) - with Michael Raucheisen

CD 10: Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Woerter Op. 62 N. 1 - Andante Espressivo in G Major "May Breezes" - with Arpad Sandor / Frederic Chopin: Mazurka for Piano Op. 67 N. 4 - with Franz Rupp / Eduard Poldini: Poupee Valsante - with Franz Rupp / Antonin Dvorak: Waltzes for Piano Op. 54 N. 7 - with Franz Rupp / Petr Tchaikovskij: String Quartet N. 1 Op. 11 - Andante Cantabile - with Franz Rupp / Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel: Hymn to the Sun, Sadko: Song of the Indian Guest - with Franz Rupp / Aleksandr Glazunov: Serenade Espagnole - with Michael Raucheisen / Traditional: Londonderry Air - with Franz Rupp /Cyril Scott: Lotus Land - with Franz Rupp / Manuel De Falla: Canciones Populares Espanolas: N. 4 "Jota" - with Michael Raucheisen / Manuel De Falla: La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance N. 1 - with Franz Rupp/ Johann Evangelist Brandl: Old Refrain - with Michael Raucheisen / Richard Heuberger: Der Opernball - Im Chambre Separee "Midnight Bells" - with Michael Raucheisen / Fritz Kreisler: Scherzo in the Style of Dittersdorf - with Lauri Kennedy and Thomas Petre / Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra N. 3 BWV 1068 - Air - Unknown /Fritz Kreisler: Aubade Provencale in the Style of Couperin - Haddon Squire / Petr Tchaikovskij: Souvenir de Hapsal Op. 2 N. 3 - Chanson Sans Paroles - Unknown


Fritz Kreisler (more information at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Kreisler and at: http://www.thirteen.org/publicarts/violin/kreisler.html) played many great violins during his career. Among them the 1730 Guarneri del Gesu' now known as the "Ex-Kreisler"

...and the 1694 "Baillot-Pomerau" Stradivari.

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Sonatas N. 3 Op. 12-3, N. 5 Op. 24 "Fruehling", N. 9 Op. 47 "Kreutzer" - Leonid Kogan, Emil Gilels (1964)

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Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61 / Eduard Lalo: Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21 / Johann Strauss: "An der Schoenen Blauen Donau" Op. 314, "Fruehlingsstimmen" Op. 410 - Bronislaw Huberman (Op. 61, Op. 21), Georg Szell, Wiener Philharmoniker (1934)

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Nathan Milstein, Pinchas Zukerman: Great Violin Concertos - Nathan Milstein and Pinchas Zukerman with Various Accompanists, Conductors and Orchestras (1975, 1973, 1973, 1977)

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CD 1: Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77 - Nathan Milstein, Eugen Jochum, Wiener Philarmoniker / Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op. 64 - Nathan Milstein, Claudio Abbado, Wiener Philharmoniker

CD 2: Petr Tchaikovskij: Violin Concerto Op. 35 - Nathan Milstein, Claudio Abbado, Wiener Philharmoniker / Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61 - Pinchas Zukerman, Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra



Concerning Nathan Milstein: see previous posts.
Pinchas Zukerman used to play the 1734 Guarneri del Gesu' "Stauffer" at the time of this recording (below).

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61 - Jascha Heifetz, Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra / Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77 - Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1955)

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Jascha Heifetz (more information at: http://www.jaschaheifetz.com/index.html and at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jascha_Heifetz) used tp play on the 1730 "Ex-David" Guarneri del Gesu' (picture below or, to look at it closer: http://www.famsf.org/imagebase_zoom.asp?rec=7852312242150025)

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61 - David Oistrakh, Andre Cluytens, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise / Max Bruch: Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 26 - David Oistrakh, Lovro Von Matacic, London Symphony Orchestra (1958, 1954)

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Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61 / Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita N. 3 for Violin Solo BVW 1006 - Prelude, Sonata N. 3 for Violin Solo BWV 1005 - Allegro Assai - Nigel Kennedy with Klaus Tennstedt (Beethoven) and the Sinfonie-Orchester des Nord Deutschen Rundfunks (Beethoven) (1992)

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Ludwig Van Beeth0ven: Violin Concerto Op. 61 - Itzhak Perlman, Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra (1981)

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Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61, Romances N. 1 Op. 40, N. 2 Op. 50 - Josef Suk, Franz Konwitschny, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Op. 61), Vaclav Smetacek, Prague Symphony Orchestra (Opp. 40 & 50) (1962, 1970)

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Josef Suk (more information at: http://www.supraphon.com/en/artists/?item=31) plays on the "Prince of Orange, Ex-Wald, Ex-Hoffmann" Guarneri del Gesu' of ca. 1744. He has played, throughout his career, on quantity of other great violins, including the 1710 "Duc de Camposelice" Stradivari, the 1683 "Ex-Suk" (after his grandfather, also named Josef Suk) Strdivari and the 1729 "Libon" Stradivari.

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Artistic Quality: 10/10
Sound Quality: 7/10

Fans of Beethoven's Violin Concerto will need no urging from me to snap up this classic performance, which, in Josef Suk features one of our century's great exponents of the work, in Franz Konwitschny one of the great central European "cult" conductors, and in the vintage Czech Philharmonic of 1962 one of the great orchestras of any time or place, period. Just listening to the interchanges between the soloist and those incomparably characterful woodwinds is worth the modest price of the disc. Konwitschny shapes the music with unforced mastery, offering the kind of warmth that brings to mind a conductor like Knappertsbusch, only with no lapses in orchestral discipline. Suk was in his absolute prime here: his playing has such poise and elegance in the first two movements, but no lack of bravura in the finale. Heavens, this is gorgeous! The two Romances make a logical coupling, and are also well done. Buy this disc. It's like welcoming home a long lost, beloved friend.

--David Hurwitz

Mischa Elman: The Best of Mischa Elman, Concertos & Virtuoso Works for Violin and Piano - Mischa Elman, Various (1950's)

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CD 1: Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op. 64 / Edouard Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21 / Camille Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso - Vladimir Golschmann, Vienna State Opera Orchestra

CD 2: Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor / Jules Massenet: Thais Meditation / Cesar Cui: Kaleydoskop Op. 50 N. 9 "Orientale" / Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen Op. 20 / Ludwig Van Beethoven: Minuet WoO 10 N. 2 in G major / Frederic Chopin: Nocturnes B. 54 Op. 9 N. 2 in E flat major (arr. Sarasate) /Francois Joseph Gossec: Gavotte in D major / Joseph Achron: Hebrew Melody Op. 33 / Mischa Elman: Eili Eili - Vladimir Golschmann, Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Khachaturian), Joseph Seiger (Violin and Piano pieces)


Mischa Elman (more information at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischa_Elman) owned various precious Stradivari' s in his life: the 1727 "Madame Recamier", the 1722 "Ex-Joachim" and the 1735 "Ex-Hartmann, Ex-Samazeuilh".

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61 / Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op. 64 - Yehudi Menuhin, Wilhelm Furtwaengler, Philhamonia Orchestra (Op. 61), Berliner Philharmoniker (Op. 64) (1953, 1952)

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Yehudi Menuhin (more information at: http://www.menuhin.org/ and at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehudi_Menuhin) played on a quantity of great violins. The two instruments which he owned for the longest time were, however, the 1742 "Lord Wilton" Guarneri del Gesu' (below) and the the 1714 "Soil" Stradivari (see posts with Itzhak Perlman).

Franz Clement: Violin Concerto in D Major / Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61 - Rachel Barton Pine, Jose Serebrier, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2008)

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CD1: Franz Clement: Violin Concerto in D Major
CD2: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61

Rachel Barton Pine (more information at: http://classical.rachelbartonpine.com/index.php and at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Barton_Pine) plays the 1742 "Ex-Soldat" Guarneri del Gesu'.

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The adventurous Rachel Barton Pine seldom ploughs solely familiar furrows in the recording studio and has a fine knack of pairing the established with the complementary but barely known. In the case of her recording of the Brahms and Joachim D minor [No.2] concertos on Cedille she paired works by two whose relationship was close and important [Cedille CDR90000068]. Now she goes if anything one better in juxtaposing Beethoven with the violinist-composer who gave the premiere of that concerto and whose own had been premiered the previous year; Franz Clement.

As Joachim and Brahms were friends and fellow composers so were Clement and Beethoven. Though he didn’t receive the dedication of the work he premiered – Beethoven dedicated it to Stephan von Breuning – Beethoven did add his inscription ‘par Clemenza pour Clement’ on the autograph score. The two were close, with Beethoven adding in a letter; ‘Nature and art vie with each other in making you a great artist.’ Not lightly won praise.

Clement’s own concerto receives its first ever commercial recording. He was assuredly immersed in Beethoven’s concerto writing – but in terms of the first three Piano Concertos of course. And yet despite this and the proximity of Beethoven’s own Violin Concerto a year later Clement’s has features more in common with earlier stylistic imperatives. That said there are especially deft features throughout; the way the solo violin’s first entry gently slides in for example rather then Beethoven’s perilous broken octaves. There’s plenty of demanding passagework for the soloist and strong solid themes. The orchestration is lucid and imaginative though light. No cadenzas survive so Barton Pine has provided her own. The limpid wind writing of the central movement ushers in a rather bel canto feel for the soloist – plenty of lyricism with a contrasting B section with plentiful arabesques showing the athletic virtuosity of the soloist. This moves seamlessly back to the initial lyrical unfolding with no bumps at all. The finale is light hearted and dashingly aerial – tuneful, enjoyable, not on the same level perhaps as the preceding movements but enjoyable nonetheless.

There are certainly some slight resemblances to the Clement in Beethoven’s own Concerto. Not only is this revealing and fascinating in itself but the fact that the Clement emerges in so good a light is a testament to its validity as a work. That we should have waited two centuries for its first recording is a matter of amazement; all credit then to these forces for doing the honours so well.

The Beethoven is rather deliberately moulded and gets off to a slow start. Barton Pine has a small, sweet tone, well focused and Serebrier gets from the RPO tuttis, for instance, that are malleable but not forceful. It’s a keynote of the performance which is rather reigned in if not restrained. The second subject is quite slow and veiled. The slow movement is delicate and refined, the finale pleasurable but not really ebullient or sharply etched. It’s been my experience that Barton Pine tends to take her time in canonic nineteenth century concertos. As with the Clement she plays her own cadenzas.

The Clement is a very fine archaeological reclamation from these forces and well worth your time; the recorded sound for the Clement is slightly more forward than in the slightly mushier Beethoven.

Jonathan Woolf

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61, Romances N. 1 Op. 40, N. 2 Op. 50 - Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Eugen Jochum, Berliner Philharmoniker (Op. 61) / David Oistrakh, Eugene Goossens, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Opp. 40 & 50) (1962)

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Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61 - Erich Gruenberg, Jascha Horenstein, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto Op.54 - Malcolm Frager, Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1967)

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I was unable to find information about the violin played by Erich Gruenberg.

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nn. 1-10 - Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Wilhelm Kempff (1952)

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CD 1: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonatas N. 1 Op. 12-1, N. 2 Op. 12-2, N. 3 Op. 12-3, N. 8 Op. 30-3
CD 2: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonatas N. 4 Op. 23, N. 5 Op. 24, N. 9 Op. 47
CD 3: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonatas N. 6 Op. 30-1, N. 7 Op. 30-2, N. 10 Op. 96


Wolfgang Schneiderhan used to play the 1704 "Ex-Liebig" Stradivari.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto N. 4 KV 218 / Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita N. 2 for Violin Solo BWV 1004 / Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano N. 6 Op. 30-1 (Adagio) - Bronislaw Huberman, Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (KV 218) / Boris Rubakin (Op. 30-1) (1945)

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Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61, Ouvertures "Name Day", "King Stephan", "Consacration of the House" - Christian Ferras (Op. 61), Herbert Von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker (1967)

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Christian Ferras (more info at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ferras, and, in French at: http://www.associationferras.com/artiste/index.html) used to play the "President" Stradivarius of 1721 and the "Dragonetti-Milanollo" Stradivarius from 1728 (below).