The Great Recordings

~ Release by David Oistrakh (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

A 17-CD collection of David Oistrakh's most significant recordings for Warner Classics.

Annotation last modified on 2022-09-27 07:11 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Piano Trio no. 7 “Archduke”
▶ CD 2: Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Brahms: Double Concerto
▶ CD 3: Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Sibelius: Violin Concerto
▶ CD 4: Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Violin Sonata no. 9 “Kreutzer”
▶ CD 5: Mozart: Violin Sonata no. 32 / Beethoven: Violin Sonata no. 3 / Brahms: Violin Sonata
▶ CD 6: Brahms: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto
▶ CD 7: Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3 / Brahms: Violin Concerto
▶ CD 8: Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 / Violin Sonata no. 2
▶ CD 9: Mozart: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 / Sinfonia concertante
▶ CD 10: Mozart: Violin Concertos 4 & 5 / Adagio in E / Rondo concertante / Rondo in C
▶ CD 11: Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3 / Concertone
▶ CD 12: Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Bruch: Violin Concerto
▶ CD 13: Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no. 1 / Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
▶ CD 14: Taneyev: Suite de concert / Franck: Violin Sonata in A
▼ CD 15: Szymanowski: Violin Sonata in D minor / Suk: Love Song / Kodály: Three Hungarian Folk Songs / Wieniawski: Légende / Zarzycki: Mazurka in G / Debussy arr. Poulenc: Clair de lune / Falla: Jota / Tchaikovsky: Scherzo-Valse / Ysaÿe: Exstase
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 9: I. Allegro moderato
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1954-06-08)
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Владимир Ямпольский (Vladimir Yampolsky) (on 1954-06-08)
violin:
David Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1954-06-08)
recording of:
Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 9: I. Allegro moderato (Patetico) (on 1954-06-08)
composer:
Karol Szymanowski (composer) (in 1904)
part of:
Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 9
Karol Szymanowski9:51
2Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 9: II. Andantino tranquillo e dolce
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1954-06-08)
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Владимир Ямпольский (Vladimir Yampolsky) (on 1954-06-08)
violin:
David Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1954-06-08)
recording of:
Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 9: II. Andantino tranquillo e dolce (on 1954-06-08)
composer:
Karol Szymanowski (composer) (in 1904)
part of:
Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 9
Karol Szymanowski6:34
3Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 9: III. Allegro molto quasi presto
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1954-06-08)
producer and balance engineer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
piano:
Владимир Ямпольский (Vladimir Yampolsky) (on 1954-06-08)
violin:
David Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1954-06-08)
recording of:
Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 9: III. Finale. Allegro molto, quasi presto (on 1954-06-08)
composer:
Karol Szymanowski (composer) (in 1904)
part of:
Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 9
Karol Szymanowski5:32
4Six Pieces, op. 7 no. 1: Love Song
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
piano:
Владимир Ямпольский (Vladimir Yampolsky) (on 1956-02-28)
violin:
David Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1956-02-28)
piano and violin arranger:
Jaroslav Kocián
balance engineer:
Robert Arnold (engineer, active in the 1950s)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1956-02-28)
recording of:
Píseň lásky (arr. Jaroslav Kocián for violin and piano) (on 1956-02-28)
composer:
Josef Suk (composer, 1874-1935) (from 1891 until 1893)
piano arranger and violin arranger:
Jaroslav Kocián
arrangement of:
Klavírní skladby, op. 7: I. Píseň lásky. Adagio non troppo lento
Josef Suk6:08
5Three Hungarian Folk Songs
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
piano:
Владимир Ямпольский (Vladimir Yampolsky) (on 1956-02-28)
violin:
David Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1956-02-28)
piano and violin arranger:
Grigory Feighin
balance engineer:
Robert Arnold (engineer, active in the 1950s)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1956-02-28)
recording of:
Three Hungarian Folk Songs "Kállai kettõs" (on 1956-02-28)
composer:
Zoltán Kodály (composer)
Zoltán Kodály4:19
6Légende, op. 17
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
piano:
Владимир Ямпольский (Vladimir Yampolsky) (on 1956-02-28)
violin:
David Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1956-02-28)
balance engineer:
Robert Arnold (engineer, active in the 1950s)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1956-02-28)
recording of:
Légende, op. 17 (for violin and orchestra or piano) (on 1956-02-28)
composed in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1859)
composer:
Henryk Wieniawski (composer and violinist) (in 1859)
dedicated to:
Isabella Hampton
publisher:
Kistner (in 1861)
part of:
Works of Henryk Wieniawski by opus number (number: op. 17)
Henryk Wieniawski7:27
7Mazurka in G, op. 26
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
piano:
Владимир Ямпольский (Vladimir Yampolsky) (on 1956-02-28)
violin:
David Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1956-02-28)
balance engineer:
Robert Arnold (engineer, active in the 1950s)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1956-02-28)
recording of:
Mazurka in G major, op. 26 (for violin and piano) (on 1956-02-28)
composer:
Aleksander Zarzycki
arrangement of:
Mazurka in G major, op. 26 (for violin and orchestra)
Aleksander Zarzycki4:46
8Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
piano:
Владимир Ямпольский (Vladimir Yampolsky) (on 1956-02-28)
violin:
David Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1956-02-28)
balance engineer:
Robert Arnold (engineer, active in the 1950s)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1956-02-28)
recording of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune, pour violon et piano (Roelens arrangement) (on 1956-02-28)
composer:
Claude Debussy (composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
arranger:
Alexandre Roelens
arrangement of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82a : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
Claude Debussy4:41
9Suite populaire española: Jota
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
piano:
Владимир Ямпольский (Vladimir Yampolsky) (on 1956-02-28)
violin:
David Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1956-02-28)
balance engineer:
Robert Arnold (engineer, active in the 1950s)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1956-02-28)
recording of:
Suite populaire espagnole: VI. Jota (for violin and piano, arr. Kochanski) (on 1956-02-28)
composer:
Manuel de Falla (Spanish composer) (in 1914)
piano and violin arranger:
Paweł Kochański (violinist)
arrangement of:
Siete canciones populares españolas, G. 40, nº 4: Jota
part of:
Suite populaire espagnole (for violin and piano, arr. Kochanski)
Manuel de Falla3:00
10Scherzo-Valse, op. 34
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
piano:
Владимир Ямпольский (Vladimir Yampolsky) (on 1956-02-28)
violin:
Давид Фёдорович Ойстрах (David Oistrakh, violinist) (on 1956-02-28)
balance engineer:
Robert Arnold (engineer, active in the 1950s)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1956-02-28)
recording of:
Valse-Scherzo in C major, op. 34 (arr. for violin and orchestra, Bezekirsky) (on 1956-02-28)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
arranger:
Vasily Bezekirsky
arrangement of:
Valse-Scherzo in C major, op. 34 (for violin and orchestra)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky5:29
11Exstase, op. 21
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
piano:
Владимир Ямпольский (Vladimir Yampolsky) (on 1956-02-28)
violin:
David Oistrakh (violinist) (on 1956-02-28)
balance engineer:
Robert Arnold (engineer, active in the 1950s)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1956-02-28)
recording of:
Extase, op. 21 (for violin and piano) (on 1956-02-28)
composer and arranger:
Eugène Ysaÿe (Belgian violinist, composer and conductor)
arrangement of:
Extase, op. 21 (for violin and orchestra)
Eugène Ysaÿe9:51
▶ CD 16: Schubert: Piano Trio no. 1 / K. Khachaturian: Violin Sonata / Tartini arr. Kreisler: Violin Sonata in G minor “The Devil's Trill”
▶ CD 17: Schubert: Octet

Credits

Release

photography:Ken Veeder
liner notes:Tully Potter
design:Georgina Curtis (design, graphics, usu. for WLP Ltd.)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/21365296 [info]
discography entry:https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/david-oistrakh-great-recordings [info]