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David Oistrakh: The Complete EMI Recordings | EMI 2147122

David Oistrakh: The Complete EMI Recordings

Label: EMI

Cat No: 2147122

Barcode: 5099921471223

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 17

Release Date: 4th August 2008

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Contents

Artists

David Oistrakh (violin)

Artists

David Oistrakh (violin)

About

EMI Classics are proud to be able to present this 17-CD set of some of the finest recordings by David Oistrakh, one of the truly great violin virtuosi of the past 100 years. Like Nathan Milstein five years before him, Oistrakh was born in Odessa in the Ukraine, on 30 September 1908, and grew up and was educated in what was soon to become the Soviet Union. In spite of this he was a frequest visitor to the West and, in his early years, took part in many of Europe's best-known instrumental competitions, winning first prize in many cases.

During World War II Oistrakh gave many concerts in his homeland: at the front, in factories and hospitals and in besieged Leningrad. Being an eager advocate of new music brought him into contact with most Soviet composers of the time and he befriended many of them. Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Miaskovsky, Khachaturian, Rakov and Vainberg all dedicated works to him, many of which were specially written for him.

Aside from his activities on the concert platform Oistrakh also taught many young and up-coming violinists, amongst whom were Oleg Kagan, Gidon Kremer, Cyrus Forough and his own son, Igor Oistrakh.

After an immensely successful international career Oistrakh suffered a fatal heart attack whilst working with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam in 1974. His remains were returned to Moscow where he was interred in Moscow's famous Novodevichy Cemetery.

Oistrakh was a prolific recording artist and left behind him a large legacy of incomparable recorded performances. Naturally, the majority of these recordings were made for Melodiya, the Soviet State recording company, but EMI Classics are privileged to have worked with Oistrakh in the studio more than any other record company in the West and these recordings are not only technically superior but are of immeasurable musical worth.

This unique set brings together for the first time all of Oistrakh's EMI recordings on 17 CDs. The collection includes most of the great works of the violin repertoire, both solo and concerto, and there are some fine examples of Oistrakh as a player of chamber music.

Contents:
CD 1
Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C, Op.56
David Oistrakh, Lev Oborin, Sviatsolav Knushevitzky
Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent
Recorded: 10 May 1958, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B flat Op. 97 'Archduke'
David Oistrakh, Lev Oborin, Sviatsolav Knushevitzky
Recorded: 9-10, 12 May 1958, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Total approximate duration 70.15

CD 2
Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C, Op.56
David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor, Op.102
David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich
Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell

Total approximate duration 69.58

CD 3
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op.61
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
David Oistrakh
Stockholm Festival Orchestra / Sixten Ehrling
Recorded: 10-11 June 1954, Stockholm

Total approximate duration 74.47

CD 4
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op.61
David Oistrakh
Orchestre National de la Radioffusion Française / André Cluytens
Recorded: 8 & 10 November 1958, Salle Wagram, Paris

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.9 in A, Op.47 'Kreutzer'
David Oistrakh, Lev Oborin
Recorded: 1953, Paris

Total approximate duration 78.50

CD 5
Mozart: Violin Sonata No.32 in B flat, K.454
David Oistrakh, Vladimir Yampolsky
Recorded: 16 February 1956, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.3 in E flat, Op.12 No.3
*
Brahms: Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108
David Oistrakh, Vladimir Yampolsky
Recorded: 20 & *19 May 1955, Salle Colonaille, Brussels

Total approximate duration 65.56

CD 6
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op.77
David Oistrakh
Orchestre National de la Radioffusion Française / Otto Klemperer
Recorded: 17-19 June 1960, Salle Wagram, Paris

Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor, Op.102
David Oistrakh, Pierre Fournier
Philharmonia Orchestra / Alceo Galliera
Recorded: 29 February & 2-3 March 1956, Kingsway Hall, London

Total approximate duration 73.39

CD 7
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3 in G, K.216
David Oistrakh
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 22-23 March 1971, Zehlendorfer Gemeindehaus, Berlin

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op.77
David Oistrakh
Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell
Recorded: 13, 16 May 1969, Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio

Total approximate duration 65.54

CD 8
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1 in D, Op.19
David Oistrakh
London Symphony Orchestra / Lovro von Matacic
Recorded: 18 & 21 November 1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.2, Op.63
David Oistrakh
Philharmonia Orchestra / Alceo Galliera
Recorded: 14 & 19 May 1958, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No.2 in D, Op.94
David Oistrakh, Vladimir Yampolsky
Recorded: 22 May 1955, No.1 Salle Colonaille, Brussels

Total approximate duration 72.08

CD 9
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat, K.207
David Oistrakh
Berliner Philharmoniker / David Oistrakh
Recorded: March 1971, Zehlendorfer Gemeindehaus, Berlin

Mozart: Violin Concerto No.2 in D, K.211
David Oistrakh
Berliner Philharmoniker / David Oistrakh
Recorded: 14 September 1971, Zehlendorfer Gemeindehaus, Berlin

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K.364
Igor Oistrakh, David Oistrakh
Berliner Philharmoniker / David Oistrakh
Recorded: March 1972, Zehlendorfer Gemeindehaus, Berlin

Total approximate duration 74.29

CD 10
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.4 in D, K.218
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A, 'Turkish' K.219
David Oistrakh
Berliner Philharmoniker / Recorded: November 1970, Zehlendorfer Gemeindehaus, Berlin

Mozart: Adagio in E, K.261
Mozart: Rondo Concertante in B flat, K.269
Mozart: Rondo in C, K.373
David Oistrakh
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: September 1971, Zehlendorfer Gemeindehaus, Berlin

Total approximate duration 76.31

CD 11
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3 in G, K.216
David Oistrakh
Philharmonia Orchestra / David Oistrakh

Mozart: Concertone in C, K.190
Igor Oistrakh, David Oistrakh
Berliner Philharmoniker / David Oistrakh
Recorded: March 1972, Zehlendorfer Gemeindehaus, Berlin

Total approximate duration 52.46

CD 12
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op.23
David Oistrakh
Philharmonia Orchestra / Jean Martinon
Recorded: 13-14 November 1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London

Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26
David Oistrakh
London Symphony Orchestra / Lovro von Matacic
Recorded: 17-18 November 1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Total approximate duration 60.06

CD 13
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.99
David Oistrakh
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Maxim Shostakovich
Recorded: 25 November 1972, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor (1940)
David Oistrakh
Philharmonia Orchestra / Aram Khachaturian
Recorded: 26-27 November 1954, Kingsway Hall, London

Total approximate duration 71.25

CD 14
Taneyev: Suite de Concert, Op.28
David Oistrakh
Philharmonia Orchestra / Nicolai Malko
Recorded: 24 February 1956, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Franck: Violin Sonata in A
David Oistrakh, Vladimir Yampolsky
Recorded: 8 June 1954, Stockholm

Total approximate duration 71.19

CD 15
Szymanowski: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op.9
David Oistrakh, Vladimir Yampolsky
Recorded: 8 June, 1954, Stockholm

Suk: Six Pieces, Op.7 - No. 1 – Love Song
Kodály: Three Hungarian Folksongs
Wieniawski: Légende, Op.17
Zarzycki: Mazurka in G, Op.26
Vladimir Yampolsky
Recorded: 18 February 1956, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Debussy arr Poulenc: Suite bergamasque - Clair de lune
Falla: Suite populaire española – Jota
Tchaikovsky: Scherzo-valse, Op.34
Ysayë: Extase, Op.21
David Oistrakh, Vladimir Yampolsky
Recorded: 28 February 1956, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Total approximate duration 67.42

CD 16
Schubert: Piano Trio No.1 in B flat, D.898
David Oistrakh, Lev Oborin, Sviatsolav Knushevitzky
Recorded: 13-16 May 1958, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Khachaturian: Violin Sonata, Op.1
David Oistrakh, Vladimir Yampolsky
Recorded: 21 May 1955, Salle Colonaille, Brussels

Tartini arr. Kreisler: Violin Sonata in G minor, 'The Devil's Trill'
David Oistrakh, Vladimir Yampolsky
Recorded: 16-17 February 1956, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Total approximate duration 70.07

CD 17
Schubert: Octet in F, D.803
David Oistrakh, Peter Bondarenko, Mikhail Terian, Sviatoslav Knushevitzky, Vladimir Sorokin, Joseph Gertovich, Joseph Stidel, Jacov Shapiro
Recorded: 27 October 1955, Moscow

Total approximate duration 60.14

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