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Sergey Prokofiev, Cesar Franck, Sergey Rachmaninov
Oistrakh in Recital
Genres: Dance & Electronic, New Age, Classical

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80: Andante assai
2. Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80: Allegro brusco
3. Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80: Andante
4. Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80: Allegrissimo
5. Sonata for violin & piano in A major, M. 8: Allegretto ben moderato
6. Sonata for violin & piano in A major, M. 8: Allegro
7. Sonata for violin & piano in A major, M. 8: Recitativo-Fantasia
8. Sonata for violin & piano in A major, M. 8: Allegretto poco mosso
Track Listings (14) - Disc #2
1. Cinderella, ballet, Op. 87: Waltz
2. Cinderella, ballet, Op. 87: Winter Fairy
3. Cinderella, ballet, Op. 87: Gavotte
4. Cinderella, ballet, Op. 87: Passepied
5. Cinderella, ballet, Op. 87: Mazurka
6. Vocalise, instrumental arrangement, Op. 34/14
7. Valse-scherzo, for violin & orchestra (or violin & piano) in C major, Op. 34
8. Souvenir d'un lieu cher, for violin & piano (or orchestra), Op. 42: Meditation
9. Hungarian Dances (21) for piano, 4 hands (or piano solo), WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 9
10. Hungarian Dances (21) for piano, 4 hands (or piano solo), WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 8
11. Hungarian Dances (21) for piano, 4 hands (or piano solo), WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 5
12. Meditation for violin & piano in D major, Op. 32
13. Song-Poem, for violin & piano ('In Honor of the Ashugs')
14. Dance (Tants) for violin & piano in B flat major, Op. 1
Track Listings (8) - Disc #3
1. Sonata for violin & piano No. 9 in A major ('Kreutzer'), Op. 47: Adagio sostenuto; Presto
2. Sonata for violin & piano No. 9 in A major ('Kreutzer'), Op. 47: Andante con variazoni
3. Sonata for violin & piano No. 9 in A major ('Kreutzer'), Op. 47: Finale - Presto
4. Sonata for violin & continuo in D major, Op. 9/3: Adagio molto maestoso
5. Sonata for violin & continuo in D major, Op. 9/3: Allegro
6. Sonata for violin & continuo in D major, Op. 9/3: Sarabande
7. Sonata for violin & continuo in D major, Op. 9/3: Tambourin
8. Sonata for violin solo No. 3 in D minor ('Ballade'), Op. 27/3

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All Artists: Sergey Prokofiev, Cesar Franck, Sergey Rachmaninov, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms, Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Ludwig van Beethoven, Jean-Marie Leclair, Eugene-Auguste Ysaye, David Oistrakh, Lev Oberin
Title: Oistrakh in Recital
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Vanguard Classics
Release Date: 1/4/1994
Genres: Dance & Electronic, New Age, Classical
Styles: Meditation, Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPC: 723918408026

Synopsis

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Shortly before moving to the United States, the great violinist David Oistrakh gave some performances in Europe and made these recordings in Paris. They were the first ones issued in the U.S. that gave a fair idea of how he sounded, and they caught him in top form. This is simply some of the greatest violin playing ever recorded, including some of the most musically convincing performances of such major works as Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata and the Franck Violin Sonata. The 1953-54 sound is excellent hi-fi mono. And don't miss the Ysaÿe Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin, a stunningly impassioned performance. --Leslie Gerber

CD Reviews

Oistrakh

03/26/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"These performances are Oistrakh at the hight of his facility and technical command. His playing is so solid and strong; his intonation, perfect, and ensemble playing, especially with his favorite accompinist, Lev Oberin, is intimate. His Kruetzer sonata with Lev Oberin is the best recording i have ever heard. These recordings are essential for the violin lover. He is one of the greatest of the century."

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Daniel J. Rose | Shrewsbury, MA USA | 06/04/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have little to add, except to say that the reason David Oistrakh stands as perhaps the greatest violinist of the century, so well illustrated in this recording, is that unlike such magicians as Heifetz, he never allowed the violin to become the end. Rather, he mastered it utterly toward the single purpose of making great music to sing, and not only to sing, but to sing in all of its parts, be it violin, viola, piano, cello, clarinet, or orchestra in the mix.His recording of the Prokoviev Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, among the others on this disk, stands as an archetype in this regard. For a more recent stereo version, his recording with Frida Bauer at the keyboard on Praga Productions (Harmonia Mundi s. a.) PR 250 041 (also available from Amazon), presents an almost identical performance in live concert, not quite as precise, but with the fuller sound of superior reproduction. Between these two available recordings we get a sense of the arguably greatest recording of this piece ever made, issued in the 1960s on RCA Victor Red Seal (LM-1987), but never reissued on CD (would it were so). This neglected RCA recording of Oistrakh with Vladimir Yampolsky at the keyboard had both the impeccable precision of the present recording and the full sound of the Praga recording, a perfect intersection of talent and timing.I urge you to get both of the available Oistrakh recordings of this piece and compare them to any more recent performance by, say, Mintz or Repin, and you will understand why I might pine for that RCA recording seemingly lost to fate."