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The Essential Joshua Bell


Release Date: 09/13/2005 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 000518502   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Felix Mendelssohn,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Johannes Brahms,  Fritz Kreisler,   ... 
Performer:  Joshua Bell,  Paul Coker,  Samuel Sanders,  Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner,  Peter Maag,  Christoph von Dohnányi,  Charles Dutoit,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,  English Chamber Orchestra,  Cleveland Orchestra,   ... 
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 18 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1.
Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64: 1st movement, Allegro molto appassionato by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1844; Germany 
2.
Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216: 2nd movement, Adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Peter Maag
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria 
3.
Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77: 3rd movement, Allegro giocoso by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Christoph von Dohnányi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878; Austria 
4.
Caprice viennois, Op. 2 by Fritz Kreisler
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin), Paul Coker (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Austria 
5.
March of the Toy Soldiers by Fritz Kreisler
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin), Paul Coker (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Austria 
6.
Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63: 2nd movement, Andante assai by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; Paris, France 
7.
La vida breve: Spanish Dance by Manuel de Falla
Performer:  Samuel Sanders (Piano), Joshua Bell (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1904-1905; Spain 
8.
Baal shem: 2nd movement, Nigun "Improvisation" by Ernest Bloch
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  David Zinman
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1923; USA 
9.
Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 by Pablo de Sarasate
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:  Andrew Litton
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philarmonic Orquestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878 
10.
Waves at play by Edwin Grasse
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin), Samuel Sanders (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
11.
Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A major, Op. 13: 1st movement, Allegro quasi presto by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: France 
 Notes: Composition written: France (1875 - 1876). 
12.
Concert for Piano, Violin and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21: 2nd movement, Sicilienne "Pas vite" by Ernest Chausson
Performer:  Joshua Bell (Violin), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Takács String Quartet
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1889-1891; France 

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