PROKOFIEV: Violin Concertos - David Oistrakh (LP)

One of the 20th century’s greatest violinists, David Oistrakh numbered Sergei Prokofiev among his close friends and persuaded him to recreate a work for flute as the Violin Sonata No 2. It features here beside Prokofiev’s two contrasting violin concertos – the audacious No 1, completed in 1917, and the more restrained No 2, composed in 1935, shortly before the composer returned to live in Russia.

- Side 1 -
1 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: I. Andantino
2 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: II. Scherzo (Vivacissimo)
3 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: III. Moderato - Allegro Moderato

London Symphony Orchestra
Lovro von Matacic

- Side 2 -
1 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63: I. Allegro Moderato
2 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63: II. Andante Assai
3 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63: III. Allegro Ben Marcato

Philharmonia Orchestra
Alceo Galliera