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It is possible that David Oistrakh was the most consistently satisfying violinist of his generation. At least that's the impression his large discography conveys. As it happens, EMI was responsible for some of his most memorable recorded achievements, many of which have been reissued numerous times, and in some cases reviewed for Classicstoday.com. There's little anyone can add to years of positive critical consensus concerning such catalog mainstays as the Beethoven Triple Concerto with Rostropovich, Richter, and Karajan, both versions of the Brahms Concerto (with Klemperer and Szell, respectively) and Double Concerto (Fournier/Galliera, Rostropovich/Szell), the two Prokofiev Concertos (No. 1 with Matacic, No. 2 with Galliera), plus those warm, lyrically generous Mozart concerto collaborations with the Berlin Philharmonic, including a Sinfonia concertante to die for. And Oistrakh himself preferred his 1972 Shostakovich First concerto with the composer's son Maxim at the helm to his pioneering mono recording with Mitropoulos.
However, this 17-disc complete Oistrakh edition's main attraction for collectors concerns rarities that either are new to or long unavailable on CD, such as the superb 1954 Sibelius and Beethoven concertos with Sixten Ehrling and the Stockholm Festival Orchestra, and, with Jean Martinon, a passionate, vividly characterized Lalo Symphonie espagnole (including the once-rare-now-common central Intermezzo movement). If you don't mind old-fashioned clarinet and bassoon vibrato circa Moscow 1955, an expansive Schubert Octet will give you pleasure. The "new" sonata recordings feature Oistrakh's equal-minded if not always sonically well-balanced partnership with Vladimir Yampolsky (the Franck, Khachaturian, and Mozart B-flat K. 454), plus a Beethoven "Kreutzer" hampered by Lev Oborin's dull pianism. For the most part, previously reissued items are represented by their most recent EMI transfer. Tully Potter's notes provide welcome biographical information plus interesting background details on the recordings themselves. Buy this release together with Brilliant Classics' wider ranging concerto collection and you'll have an instant, near-definitive Oistrakh library worth far more than its modest asking price. --Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com |
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| 1. |
Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto" by Ludwig van Beethoven | |||||
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Performer:
Sviatoslav Knushevitzky (Cello),
David Oistrakh (Violin),
Lev Oborin (Piano)
Conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1804; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 5/10/1958 |
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Trio for Piano and Strings no 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 "Archduke" by Ludwig van Beethoven | |||||
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Performer:
Lev Oborin (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin),
Sviatoslav Knushevitzky (Cello)
Period: Classical Written: 1810-1811; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 5/1958 |
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Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto" by Ludwig van Beethoven | |||||
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Performer:
Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello),
David Oistrakh (Violin),
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1804; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 9/1969 |
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Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double" by Johannes Brahms | |||||
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Performer:
Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: George Szell Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1887; Austria |
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Date of Recording: 5/1969 |
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" by Ludwig van Beethoven | |||||
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Performer:
Lev Oborin (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: Classical Written: 1802-1803; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 1953 |
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Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Sixten Ehrling Orchestra/Ensemble: Stockholm Festival Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1806; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 6/1954 |
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Sonata for Violin and Piano in B flat major, K 454 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: Classical Written: 1784; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 2/1956 |
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 no 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: Classical Written: 1797-1798; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 5/19/1955 |
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| 9. |
Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108 by Johannes Brahms | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: Romantic Written: 1886-1888; Austria |
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Date of Recording: 5/20/1955 |
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| 10. |
Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47 by Jean Sibelius | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Sixten Ehrling Orchestra/Ensemble: Stockholm Festival Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1903-1905; Finland |
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Date of Recording: 6/1954 |
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Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: André Cluytens Orchestra/Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1806; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 11/1958 |
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Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77 by Johannes Brahms | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Otto Klemperer Orchestra/Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1878; Austria |
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Date of Recording: 6/1960 |
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| 13. |
Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double" by Johannes Brahms | |||||
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Performer:
Pierre Fournier (Cello),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Alceo Galliera Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1887; Austria |
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Date of Recording: 3/1956 |
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Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: David Oistrakh Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 3/1971 |
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Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77 by Johannes Brahms | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: George Szell Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1878; Austria |
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Date of Recording: 5/1969 |
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Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 19 by Sergei Prokofiev | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Lovro von Matacic Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1916-1917; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 11/1954 |
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Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63 by Sergei Prokofiev | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Alceo Galliera Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1935; Paris, France |
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Date of Recording: 5/1958 |
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Concerto for Violin no 1 in B flat major, K 207 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: David Oistrakh Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 3/1971 |
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Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major, K 211 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: David Oistrakh Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 9/1971 |
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Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364 (320d) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |||||
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Performer:
Igor Oistrakh (Violin),
David Oistrakh (Viola)
Conductor: David Oistrakh Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1779; Salzburg, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 3/1972 |
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Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K 218 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 11/1970 |
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Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major, K 219 "Turkish" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 11/1970 |
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Rondo for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in B flat major, K 269 (261a) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |||||
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Performer:
Sviatoslav Knushevitzky (Cello),
Lev Oborin (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1776; Salzburg, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 9/1971 |
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Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K 261 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1776; Salzburg, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 9/1971 |
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Rondo for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in C major, K 373 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |||||
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Performer:
Sviatoslav Knushevitzky (Cello),
David Oistrakh (Violin),
Lev Oborin (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1781; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 9/1971 |
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Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: David Oistrakh Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 5/1958 |
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| 27. |
Concertone for 2 Violins in C major, K 190 (186E) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |||||
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Performer:
Igor Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: David Oistrakh Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1774; Salzburg, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 3/1972 |
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| 28. |
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 by Edouard Lalo | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Jean Martinon Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1873; France |
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Date of Recording: 11/1954 |
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| 29. |
Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26 by Max Bruch | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Lovro von Matacic Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1868; Germany |
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Date of Recording: 11/1954 |
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| 30. |
Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77 by Dmitri Shostakovich | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Maxim Shostakovich Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USSR |
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Date of Recording: 11/25/1972 |
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| 31. |
Concerto for Violin in D minor by Aram Khachaturian | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin),
Sviatoslav Knushevitzky (Cello),
Lev Oborin (Piano)
Conductor: Aram Khachaturian Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1940; USSR |
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Date of Recording: 11/1954 |
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| 32. |
Suite de concert for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 28 by Sergei Taneyev | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Conductor: Nicolai Malko Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1909; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 2/1956 |
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| 33. |
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8 by César Franck | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: Romantic Written: 1886; France |
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Date of Recording: 6/8/1954 |
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| 34. |
Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 9 by Karol Szymanowski | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1904; Warsaw, Poland |
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Date of Recording: 6/8/1954 |
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| 35. |
Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 7: no 1, Love Song by Josef Suk | |||||
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Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin),
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1891-1893; Prague, Czech Republ |
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Date of Recording: 2/28/1956 |
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| 36. |
Hungarian Folksongs (10): Excerpt(s) by Zoltán Kodály | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1906; Hungary |
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Date of Recording: 2/28/1956 |
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| 37. |
Mazurka for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 26 by Aleksander Zarzycki | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: Romantic Written: by 1884; Poland |
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Date of Recording: 2/28/1956 |
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| 38. |
Suite bergamasque: 3rd movement, Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1890/1905; France |
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Date of Recording: 2/28/1956 |
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| 39. |
Canciones populares espańolas (7): no 4, Jota by Manuel de Falla | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1914-1915; Spain |
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Date of Recording: 2/28/1956 |
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| 40. |
Valse-Scherzo for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op. 34 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: Romantic Written: 1877; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 2/28/1956 |
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Extase, Op. 18 by Eugčne Ysa˙e | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: Romantic |
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Date of Recording: 2/28/1956 |
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| 42. |
Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat major, D 898/Op. 99 by Franz Schubert | |||||
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Performer:
Sviatoslav Knushevitzky (Cello),
David Oistrakh (Violin),
Lev Oborin (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: ?1828; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 5/1958 |
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| 43. |
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor, Op. 1 by Karen Khachaturian | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: 20th Century Written: USSR |
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Date of Recording: 5/21/1955 |
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Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 1 no 4 "Devil's Trill" by Giuseppe Tartini | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: Baroque Written: Italy |
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Date of Recording: 2/1956 |
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Octet for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings in F major, D 803/Op. 166 by Franz Schubert | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Sorokin (Clarinet),
Peter Bondarenko (Violin),
Sviatoslav Knushevitzky (Cello),
David Oistrakh (Violin), Mikhail Terian (Viola), Joseph Gertovich (Double Bass), Joseph Stidel (Bassoon), Jacov Shapiro (French Horn) Period: Romantic Written: 1824; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 10/27/1955 |
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Légende for Violin and Orchestra in G major, Op. 17 by Henri Wieniawski | |||||
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Performer:
Vladimir Yampolsky (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
Period: Romantic Written: circa 1860; St. Petersburg, Russ |
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