Cover image for
Title:
Essential violin.
Author:
Loveday, Alan.

Kennedy, Nigel.

Ricci, Ruggiero, 1918-2012.

Suwanai, Akiko, 1972-

Bell, Joshua, 1967-

Szeryng, Henryk.

Hasson, Maurice.

Chung, Kyung-Wha, 1948-

Kerr, Alexander.

Chailly, Riccardo, 1953-

Grumiaux, Arthur.

Fujikawa, Mayumi, 1946-
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Decca, ℗2003.
Call Number:
ECS ESSE EV L02 8000A-B
Physical Description:
2 audio discs (157 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Compact discs.

Program notes, inserted.
Contents:
Disc 1. The four seasons. Concerto, no. 1 in E major, RV 269 "Spring". Allegro / Vivaldi (Alan Loveday ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields ; Neville Marriner, conductor) (3:12) ; Thaïs. Méditation / Massenet (Nigel Kennedy ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (5:40) ; Violin concerto no. 2 in B minor, op. 7. La campanella / Paganini (arr. Kochanski ; Ruggiero Ricci ; Louis Persinger, piano) (4:31) ; Vocalise, op. 34, no. 14 / Rachmaninov (Akiko Suwanai ; Philip Moll, piano) (5:27) ; Violin concerto, no. 1 in G minor, op. 26. Adagio / Bruch (Joshua Bell ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields ; Neville Marriner, conductor) (9:25) ; Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV 1043. Largo ma non tanto / Bach (Henryk Szeryng, Maurice Hasson ; Academy of St Marin in the Fields ; Neville Marriner, conductor) (6:29) ; Tzigane / Ravel (Joshua Bell ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Andrew Litton, conductor) (10:29).

Salut d'amour, op. 12 / Elgar (Kyung Wha Chung ; Philip Moll, piano) (2:58) ; Scherzo-Tarantelle, op. 16 / Wieniawski (Ruggiero Ricci ; Ernest Lush, piano) (4:11) ; Introduction et Rondo capriccioso / Saint-Saëns (Joshua Bell ; Paul Coker, piano) (9:46) ; Liebesfreud (3:49) ; Liebesleid (3:44) / Kreisler (Joshua Bell ; Paul Coker, piano) ; Violin concerto, no. 2 in D minor, op. 22. Romance / Wieniawski (Joshua Bell ; Cleveland Orchestra ; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor) (4:56) ; The gadfly / Shostakovich (Alexander Kerr, ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Riccardo Chailly, conductor) (3:51).

Disc 2. Praeludium and Allegro (in the style of Gaetano Pugnani) / Kreisler (Joshua Bell ; Paul Coker, piano) (5:45) ; Romance, no. 2 in F major, op. 50 / Beethoven (Arthur Grumiaux ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Bernard Haitnik, conductor) (7:51) ; Ave Maria, D839 / Schubert (Arthur Grumiaux ; István Hajdu, piano) (4:16) ; Violin partita, no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004. Allemande (4:12) ; Gigue (3:07) / Bach (Kyung Wha Chung) ; Caprice, no. 13 in B flat major, op. 1 "Devil's laughter" / Paganini (Ruggiero Ricci) (2:21) ; Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64. Allegretto non troppo / Mendelssohn (Joshua Bell ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields ; Neville Marriner, conductor) (5:57) ; The four seasons. Concerto, no. 4 in F minor, RV 297 "Winter". Largo / Vivaldi (Alan Loveday ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields ; Neville Marriner) (2:20).

Violin concerto in D major, op. 35. Canzonetta / Kyung Wha Chung ; London Symphony Orchestra ; André Previn, conductor) (6:25) ; Les Berceaux, op. 23, no. 1 / Fauré (Arthur Grumiaux ; István Hajdu, piano) (2:47) ; Zigeunerweisen, op. 20 / Sarasate (Joshua Bell, violin ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Andrew Litton, conductor) (9:03) ; Adagio in E major for violin and orchestra, K261 / Mozart (Mayumi Fujikawa ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Walter Weller, conductor) (7:32) ; Souvenir d'un lieu cher, op. 42. Mélodie / Tchaikovsky (Akiko Suwanai ; Philip Moll, piano) (3:39) ; Symphonie espagnole, op. 21. Rondo / Lalo (Kyung Wha Chung ; Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ; Charles Dutoit, conductor) (8:16) ; Hungarian dance, no. 1 / Brahms (arr. Joachim ; Kyung Wha Chung ; Philip Moll, piano) (3:13).
Copies: