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 Historical Russian Archives - Gidon Kremer Edition
Release Date: 02/05/2008 
Label:  Brilliant Classics   Catalog #: 8712   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Luigi Boccherini,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Heinrich Ignaz Biber, 
Franz Schubert,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,  Felix Mendelssohn,  Ernest Chausson, 
Eugčne Ysa˙e,  Maurice Ravel,  Richard Strauss,  Max Reger, 
Sergei Prokofiev,  Ladislav Kupkovic,  Kara Karayev,  Vadim Salmanov, 
Arnold Schoenberg,  Anton von Webern,  Karlheinz Stockhausen,  Vladimir Martynov, 
Arthur Vincent Lourié,  Niccolň Paganini,  Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst,  Béla Bartók, 
Igor Stravinsky,  Rodion K. Shchedrin,  Grigoras Dinicu,  János Bihari, 
Camille Saint-Saëns,  Georg Philipp Telemann,  Luciano Berio
Performer:  Gidon Kremer,  Yuri Smirnov,  Oleg Maisenberg,  Maria Kurenko,  Tatiana Grindenko, 
Michail Muntian,  Oleg Kagan
Conductor:  Gidon Kremer,  Vladimir Kozhukhar,  Yuri Bashmet,  Saulius Sondeckis,  David Oistrakh

Orchestra/Ensemble:  German Chamber Philharmonic,  USSR Radio/TV Large Symphony Orchestra,  Moscow Philharmonic Society Soloists,  Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, 
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

Number of Discs: 10 
Recorded in: Stereo 

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An intriguing portrait of a versatile and passionate musician. Violinist Gidon Kremer, born in Latvia, has thrived on the modern and the unknown. It was Kremer who introduced the West to Schnittke. Yet he has also recorded his share of Baroque music, with Bach, Biber, and Telemann represented in this set alongside the 20th century's Schönberg, Webern, and Stockhausen.

Also included are Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert as well as the Russian composers Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Karayev, and Salmanov.

In short, this is Gidon Kremer in all his guises playing varied repertoire: solo, chamber music, and with orchestra, in live recordings made between 1970 and 1993.

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1.  Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: 5th movement, Chaconne by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
 		Length: 14 Minutes 28 Secs. 
2.  Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: 1st movement, Grave by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 39 Secs. 
3.  Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: 2nd movement, Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
 		Length: 8 Minutes 20 Secs. 
4.  Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216: 1st movement, Allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Yuri Smirnov (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria 
 		Length: 8 Minutes 33 Secs. 
5.  Sonata for Violin and Piano in C major, K 404 (385d) [Fragment] by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Yuri Smirnov (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1782; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 2 Minutes 10 Secs. 
6.  Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in E major, Op. 11 no 5/G 275: 3rd movement, Minuet in A by Luigi Boccherini
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Maisenberg (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1771; Spain 
 		Length: 3 Minutes 21 Secs. 
7.  Variations (12) for Violin and Piano on "Se vuol ballare", WoO 40 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1792-1793; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 10 Minutes 58 Secs. 
8.  German Dances (6) for Violin and Piano, WoO 42 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1796; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 25 Secs. 
9.  Mystery Sonatas (15) for Violin and Basso Continuo: no 4 in D minor Presentation - Ciacona by Heinrich Ignaz Biber
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Maisenberg (Piano)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1676; Salzburg, Austria 
 		Length: 9 Minutes 19 Secs. 
10.  Rondo for Violin and Strings in A major, D 438 by Franz Schubert
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Conductor:  Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  German Chamber Philharmonic
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1816; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 13 Minutes 55 Secs. 
11.  Introduction and Variations for Flute and Piano in E minor, D 802/Op. 160 "Trockne Blumen" by Franz Schubert
Performer:  Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1824; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 20 Minutes 4 Secs. 
12.  Rondo for Violin and Piano in B minor, D 895/Op. 70 "Rondo Brillant": Andante by Franz Schubert
Performer:  Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1826; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 3 Minutes 20 Secs. 
13.  Rondo for Violin and Piano in B minor, D 895/Op. 70 "Rondo Brillant": Allegro by Franz Schubert
Performer:  Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1826; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 11 Minutes 2 Secs. 
14.  Valse-Scherzo for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op. 34 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Yuri Smirnov (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; Russia 
 		Length: 5 Minutes 44 Secs. 
15.  Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: no 3, Mélodie by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Yuri Smirnov (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878; Russia 
 		Length: 3 Minutes 24 Secs. 
16.  Počme for Violin and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 25 by Ernest Chausson
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Maria Kurenko (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; France 
 		Length: 14 Minutes 13 Secs. 
17.  Sonatas (6) for Violin solo, Op. 27: no 5 in G major - L'aurore by Eugčne Ysa˙e
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1924; Belgium 
 		Length: 3 Minutes 52 Secs. 
18.  Sonatas (6) for Violin solo, Op. 27: no 5 in G major - Danse rustique by Eugčne Ysa˙e
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1924; Belgium 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 32 Secs. 
19.  Sonata for Violin and Piano in F minor by Eugčne Ysa˙e
Performer:  Maria Kurenko (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 27 Secs. 
20.  Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major: Blues by Maurice Ravel
Performer:  Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1923-1927; France 
 		Length: 6 Minutes 9 Secs. 
21.  Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 18: 1st movement, Allegro ma non troppo by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Maisenberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Germany 
 		Length: 10 Minutes 46 Secs. 
22.  Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 18: Andante cantabile by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Germany 
 		Length: 8 Minutes 19 Secs. 
23.  Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 18: 3rd movement, Andante-allegro by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Germany 
 		Length: 8 Minutes 56 Secs. 
24.  Sonata for Violin no 2 in C minor, Op. 139: 1st movement, Con passione by Max Reger
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Maisenberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1915; Germany 
 		Length: 9 Minutes 31 Secs. 
25.  Sonata for Violin no 2 in C minor, Op. 139: 2nd movement, Largo by Max Reger
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Maisenberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1915; Germany 
 		Length: 5 Minutes 58 Secs. 
26.  Sonata for Violin no 2 in C minor, Op. 139: 3rd movement, Vivace by Max Reger
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Maisenberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1915; Germany 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 37 Secs. 
27.  Sonata for Violin no 2 in C minor, Op. 139: 4th movement, Andantino con variazioni by Max Reger
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Maisenberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1915; Germany 
 		Length: 11 Minutes 32 Secs. 
28.  Souvenir by Ladislav Kupkovic
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Maisenberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1971 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 22 Secs. 
29.  Concerto for Violin by Kara Karayev
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Conductor:  Vladimir Kozhukhar
Orchestra/Ensemble:  USSR Radio/TV Large Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1967; USSR 
 		Length: 7 Minutes 47 Secs. 
30.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 by Vadim Salmanov
Performer:  Maria Kurenko (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 29 Secs. 
31.  Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47 by Arnold Schoenberg
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Maisenberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1949; USA 
 		Length: 7 Minutes 45 Secs. 
32.  Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 7: no 1, Sehr langsam by Anton von Webern
Performer:  Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1910/1914; Preglhof 
 		Length: 0 Minutes 53 Secs. 
33.  Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 7: no 2, Rasch by Anton von Webern
Performer:  Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1910/1914; Preglhof 
 		Length: 1 Minutes 22 Secs. 
34.  Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 7: no 3, Sehr langsam by Anton von Webern
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Maisenberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1910/1914; Preglhof 
 		Length: 0 Minutes 49 Secs. 
35.  Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 7: no 4, Bewegt by Anton von Webern
Performer:  Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1910/1914; Preglhof 
 		Length: 1 Minutes 20 Secs. 
36.  Tierkreis: Aquarius, Gemini, Pisces, Libra, Sagittarius, Leo, Aquarius by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Performer:  Tatiana Grindenko (Violin), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
 		Length: 9 Minutes 2 Secs. 
37.  Come In by Vladimir Martynov
Performer:  Michail Muntian (Celesta), Gidon Kremer (Violin), Tatiana Grindenko (Violin)
Conductor:  Yuri Bashmet
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Moscow Philharmonic Society Soloists
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1988 
 		Length: 3 Minutes 33 Secs. 
38.  Concerto da Camera: 1st movement, Entrata by Arthur Vincent Lourié
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Conductor:  Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  German Chamber Philharmonic
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1947; USA 
 		Length: 3 Minutes 6 Secs. 
39.  Concerto da Camera: 2nd movement, Aria by Arthur Vincent Lourié
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Conductor:  Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  German Chamber Philharmonic
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1947; USA 
 		Length: 6 Minutes 59 Secs. 
40.  Concerto da Camera: 3rd movement, Intermezzo by Arthur Vincent Lourié
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Conductor:  Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  German Chamber Philharmonic
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1947; USA 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 44 Secs. 
41.  Concerto da Camera: 4th movement, Fantasia by Arthur Vincent Lourié
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Conductor:  Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  German Chamber Philharmonic
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1947; USA 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs. 
42.  Concerto da Camera: 5th movement, Serenata by Arthur Vincent Lourié
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Conductor:  Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  German Chamber Philharmonic
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1947; USA 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 40 Secs. 
43.  Concerto da camera: Epilogo by Arthur Vincent Lourié
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Conductor:  Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  German Chamber Philharmonic
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1947; USA 
 		Length: 6 Minutes 8 Secs. 
44.  Cantabile for Violin and Piano in D major by Niccolň Paganini
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Maria Kurenko (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: ?1824 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 3 Secs. 
45.  Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1: no 4 in C minor by Niccolň Paganini
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1805; Italy 
 		Length: 6 Minutes 26 Secs. 
46.  Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1: no 17 in E flat major by Niccolň Paganini
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1805; Italy 
 		Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs. 
47.  Polyphonic Studies (6) for Violin solo: no 6, Variations on "The Last Rose of Summer" by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1865 
 		Length: 7 Minutes 48 Secs. 
48.  Le roi des aulnes, Op. 26 "Der Erlkönig" by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1854; Moravia, Czech Repub 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 12 Secs. 
49.  Sonata for Violin solo, Sz 117: Chaconne by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1944; USA 
 		Length: 7 Minutes 54 Secs. 
50.  Elégie for Viola solo by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1944; USA 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 57 Secs. 
51.  In the style of Albeniz by Rodion K. Shchedrin
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Maria Kurenko (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1961; USSR 
 		Length: 3 Minutes 39 Secs. 
52.  Hora staccato by Grigoras Dinicu
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Maisenberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1906; Romania 
 		Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs. 
53.  Csárdás by János Bihari
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Maisenberg (Piano)
Period: Classical 
 		Length: 2 Minutes 40 Secs. 
54.  Carnival of the animals: no 8, People with long ears by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:  Tatiana Grindenko (Violin), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886; France 
 		Length: 1 Minutes 1 Secs. 
55.  Sonatas (6) for 2 Flutes/Violins, Op 5 "Melodious Canons": no 1 in G major, TV 40 no 118 - 1st movem by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer:  Tatiana Grindenko (Violin), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
 		Length: 1 Minutes 28 Secs. 
56.  Sonatas (6) for 2 Flutes/Violins, Op 5 "Melodious Canons": no 1 in G major, TV 40 no 118 - 2nd movem by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Tatiana Grindenko (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
 		Length: 1 Minutes 34 Secs. 
57.  Sonatas (6) for 2 Flutes/Violins, Op 5 "Melodious Canons": no 1 in G major, TV 40 no 118 - 3rd movem by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer:  Tatiana Grindenko (Violin), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
 		Length: 1 Minutes 42 Secs. 
58.  Partita for Violin solo no 3 in E major, BWV 1006: 4th movement, Minuet no 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
 		Length: 1 Minutes 45 Secs. 
59.  Partita for Violin solo no 3 in E major, BWV 1006: 5th movement, Minuet no 2 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
Written: after 1720; Germany 
 		Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs. 
60.  Concertone for 2 Violins in C major, K 190 (186E) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Tatiana Grindenko (Violin), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Conductor:  Saulius Sondeckis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1774; Salzburg, Austria 
 		Length: 7 Minutes 59 Secs. 
61.  Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 19: 2nd movement, Scherzo "Vivacissimo" by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Yuri Smirnov (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1916-1917; Russia 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 5 Secs. 
62.  Duetti (34) for 2 Violins: Leonardo [Pinzauti] by Luciano Berio
Performer:  Tatiana Grindenko (Violin), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1979-1983; Italy 
 		Length: 1 Minutes 33 Secs. 
63.  Duetti (34) for 2 Violins: Annie [Neuberger] by Luciano Berio
Performer:  Tatiana Grindenko (Violin), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1979-1983; Italy 
 		Length: 0 Minutes 38 Secs. 
64.  Duetti (34) for 2 Violins: Aldo [Bennici] by Luciano Berio
Performer:  Tatiana Grindenko (Violin), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1979-1983; Italy 
 		Length: 1 Minutes 54 Secs. 
65.  Partita for Violin solo no 3 in E major, BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
66.  Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Kagan (Violin)
Conductor:  David Oistrakh
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1717-1723; Cöthen, Germany 
67.  Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major, K 211 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Conductor:  Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  German Chamber Philharmonic
Period: Classical 
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria 
68.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 10 in G major, Op. 96 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1812; Vienna, Austria 
69.  Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Conductor:  Yuri Bashmet
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1844; Germany 
70.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 80 by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Oleg Maisenberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1938-1946; USSR 
71.  Sonata for 2 Violins in C major, Op. 56 by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Tatiana Grindenko (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1932; Paris, France 
72.  Sonatas (6) for 2 Flutes/Violins, Op 5 "Melodious Canons": no 5 in A major, TV 40 no 122 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer:  Gidon Kremer (Violin), Tatiana Grindenko (Violin)
Period: Baroque 
Written: by 1738; Germany 
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