Oskar Rieding: Violin Concerto Op. 35 / Friedrich Seitz: Schueler Konzert N. 2 Op. 13 (orch. Bruce Adolphe) / Jean-Baptiste Accolay: Violin Concerto N. 1 / Charles-Auguste De Beriot: Scene de Ballet Op. 100 / Giovanni Battista Viotti: Violin Concerto N. 22 G 97 - Itzhak Perlman with Lawrence Foster and the Juilliard Orchestra (1998)

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Georg Friedrich Haendel: Violin Sonatas Op. 1 N. 3, Op. 1 N. 10, Op. 1 N. 12, Op. 1 N. 13, Op. 1 N. 14, Op. 1 N. 15 / Johannes Sebastian Bach: Partita N. 4 for Violin Solo BVW 1004 - Chaconne - Alfredo Campoli with George Malcolm (Haendel only) (1952, 1948)

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At the time of this recording Alfredo Campoli (more information at: http://www.answers.com/topic/alfredo-campoli-classical-musician and at: http://www.divine-art.com/AS/campoli.htm) used to play the 1702 violin by Antonio Stradivari now known as the "Ex-Campoli" and the 1694 "Baillot-Pomerau" Stradivari previously belonging to Fritz Kreisler (see posts devoted to him)

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').

Petr Tchaikovskij: Violin Concerto Op. 35 / Julius Konius: Violin Concerto in E Minor - David Garrett with Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra (1997)

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David Garrett (more information at: http://www.david-garrett.com/) used to play, at the time of this recording, the 1718 "San Lorenzo" Stradivari. The violin was subsequently smashed to pieces when Garrett fell down a staircase. It is currently undergoing restoration and, according to one of the leading experts of violin restoration, will sing again one day.

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.

Gyorgy Ligeti: Violin Concerto / Per Norgard: Violin Concerto "Light Night", Sonata for Violin Solo "The Secret Melody" - Christina Astrand, Thomas Dausgaard, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (1999)

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Christina Astrand (more information at: http://www.copenhagenartists.dk/artists/c__strand/biography) plays a Stradivari from 1705.

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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Petr Tchaikovskij: Violin Concerto Op. 35, Serenade Melancholique Op. 26 - Mischa Elman, John Barbirolli (Op. 35), London Symphony Orchestra (Op. 35), Nathaniel Shilkret (Op. 26), Victor Symphony Orchestra (Op. 26)/ Henri Wieniawski: Violin Concerto N. 2 Op. 22 - Mischa Elman, Alexander Hilsberg, Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia (1929, 1930, 1950)

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Alban Berg: Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" / Igor Stravinskij: Violin Concerto in D Major - Itzhak Perlman with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1978)

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante KV 364, Violin Concertos nn. 1-5 - Gidon Kremer, Kim Kashkashian (KV 364), Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Philharmoniker (1983, 1987)

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CD 1: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante KV 364, Violin Concertos N. 1 KV 207, N. 2 KV 211
CD 2: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concertos N. 3 KV 216, N. 4 KV 218, N. 5 KV 219

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Serenade for String Orchestra Op. 2, Violin Concerto Op. 8 - Kaja Danczowska, Antoni Wit, Polish Radio-Television Orchestra of Krakow (1992)

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The only information I could find about Kaja Danczowska is in Polish and can be found at: http://www.culture.pl/pl/culture/artykuly/os_danczowska_kaja and at http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaja_Danczowska.

Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op. 64 / Max Bruch: Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 26 / Fritz Kreisler: Caprice Viennois Op. 2, Liebesleid, Liebesfreud - Shlomo Mintz with Cladio Abbado and the Chicago Symphony Orchetra, and with Clifford Benson (Kreisler) (1980's)

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Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto Op. 47 - Jascha Heifetz, Walter Hendl, Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sergey Prokofiev: Violin Concerto N. 2 Op. 63 - Jascha Heifetz, Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra / Aleksandr Glazunov: Violin Concerto Op. 82 - Jascha Heifetz, Walter Hendl, RCA Symphony Orchestra (1959, 1959, 1963)

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto N. 1 BWV 1046, Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564 (orch. Wiener), Passacaglia and Fugue BWV 582 (orch. Respighi), Violin Concerto N. 2 BWV 1042 - Boris Goldstein (BWV 1042), Leo Ginsburg, Symphony Orchestra of the USSR (BWV 1046, 564, 482), State Tele and Radio Committee Grand Symphony Orchestra (BWV 1042) (1950's)

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Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concertos Op. 8 Nn. 1-4 RV 269, 315, 293, 297 "Le Quattro Stagioni", Violin Concerto RV 171, Concerto for Strings RV 163 "La Conca" - Fabio Biondi, L' Europa Galante (1993)

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Fabio Biondi (more information at: http://www.europagalante.com/fabio_biondi.php) plays a violin by Goffredo Cappa from 1690 (probably used for this recording) and a 1766 Carlo Ferdinando Gagliano.

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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Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonatas N. 1 Op. 78, N. 2 Op. 100, N. 3 Op. 108 - Boris Goldstein, Julia Goldstein (1985)

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Very scant information is available about Boris Goldstein (at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Goldstein and, in Russian, at: http://berkovich-zametki.com/2006/Starina/Nomer7/Shtilman1.htm). I was unable to find any information about the violin he used to play.

Josef Myslivecek: Violin Concerto N. 4 / Giovanni Battista Viotti: Violin Concerto N. 22 G 97 / Franz Schubert: Rondo for Violin and Strings D 438 / Louis Spohr: Violin Concerto N. 8 "in Modo di Scena Cantante" - Elizabeth Wallfisch, Roy Goodman, The Brandenburg Orchestra (1995)

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For the Myslivecek concerto Elizabeth Wallfisch (more information at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Wallfisch, and at: http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A281) plays on a violin built by Pietro Paolo de Vitor in 1750; for Viotti, Schubert and Spohr, she used the copy of an Amati violin made in 1990 by Colin Irving, a contemporary luthier.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo BWV 1001-1006 - Oleg Kagan (1989)

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CD 2: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita BWV 1006, Partita BWV 1002, Sonata BWV 1005

Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto op. 64 / Henri Wieniawski: Violin Concertos N. 1 Op. 14 - Viktor Pikaizen, Gennadij Rozhdestvenskij, All-Union State Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra / Heino Heller: Violin Concerto in B Minor - Viktor Pikaizen, Peeter Lilje, Estonian State Symphony Orchestra (1969, 1970, 1985)

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Sergey Prokofiev - Violin Concertos N. 1 Op. 19, N. 2 Op. 63 - Itzhak Perlman, Gennadij Rozhdestvenskij, BBC Symphony Orchestra (1970's)

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Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77 - David Oistrakh, Otto Klemperer, Orchestre Nationale de la Radiodiffusion Francaise (1961)

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Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos N. 1 Op. 15, N. 2 Op. 83, Violin Concerto Op. 77, Double Concerto for Violin and Cello Op. 102 - Krystian Zimerman (Opp. 15, 83), Gidon Kremer (Opp. 77, 102), Misha Maiskij (Op. 102), Leonard Bernstein, Berliner Philharmoniker (1980's)

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CD 1: Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto N. 1 Op. 15
CD 2: Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto N. 2 Op. 83
CD 3: Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77, Double Concerto Op. 102


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Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concertos BWV 1041, BWV 1042; Concerto for Two Violins, Strings and Continuo BWV 1043 - Arthur Grumiaux, Herman Krebbers (BWV 1043), Arpad Gerecz, Les Solistes Romandes / Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Continuo BWV 1060 - Arthur Grumiaux, Heinz Hollinger, Edo De Waart, New Philharmonia Orchestra (1978, 1970)

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Concerning Arthur Grumiaux: see previous posts.
Herman Krebbers plays a Guarneri del Gesu' made in 1741.

Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F Minor Op. 4, Violin Sonata in F Major - Shlomo Mintz, Paul Ostrovsky (1987)

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Shlomo Mintz (more infromation at: http://www.shlomo-mintz.com/index.html) plays a violin made by Giuseppe Guarneri (filius Andrea) in 1716, known as the "Ex-Serdet".

Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto op. 64 / Max Bruch: Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 26 / Alban Berg: Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" - Josef Suk, Karel Ancerl, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra(1964, 1963, 1965)

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Petr Tchaikovskij: Violin Concerto Op. 35 / Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto Op. 47 - Viktoria Mullova, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra (1985)


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Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo BWV 1001-1006, Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord BVW 1016, BVW 1017 - Arthur Grumiaux, Egida Giordani Sartori (BVW 1016, BVW 1017) (1961, 1964)

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CD 1: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata BWV 1001, Partita BWV 1002, Sonata BVW 1003, Partita BWV 1004
CD 2: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata BWV 1005, Partita BWV 1006, Sonatas BWV 1016, BWV 1017


Arthur Grumiaux recorded the Sonatas and Partitas playing on the 1727 "General Dupont" Stradivari. For pictures of it, and of the other outstanding violins played by Grumiaux, see previous posts.

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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Bela Bartok: Sonata for Violin Solo Sz. 117 / Edward "Duke" Ellington: Mainly Black - Nigel Kennedy with Alec Dankworth (Mainly Black) (1990)

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Nigel Kenndy (more information at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Kennedy) currently plays the ca. 1735 Guarneri del Gesu' "Lafont".

At the time of the present recording, however, he used to play the 1707 "La Cathedrale" Stradivari.

Edouard Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21 / Camille Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto N. 3 Op. 61 - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim, Orchestre de Paris (1980, 1983)


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