MISCHA ELMAN: VIOLIN CONCERTOS AND SONATAS (10 CDS)

His decades-long career makes Misha Elman (1881 - 1967) probably the most important representative of the great St. Petersburg Conservatory. As early as 1913 he accompanied Enrico Caruso - which can be heard as a bonus track on this 10-CD set.

After sensational success in Berlin in 1904 his world career started, and one year later Elman played at Buckingham Palace in front of King Edward VII. The British press called him "the greatest violinist in the world". He made his debut at the New York Carnegie Hall in 1908 with Tchaikovsky's Concerto op. 35, which can also be heard in this collection, both live from Los Angeles and as a studio production from the London Kingsway Hall.

In this collection you will also hear one of the most expensive Stradivari, that of Joseph Joachim, friend of Brahms, and the violin Mischa played until his last days

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35 I. Allegro moderato
II. Canconetta: Andante
III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo

Henryk Wieniawski - Violin Concerto No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 22 I. Allegro moderato
II. Romance (Andante non troppo)
III. Allegro con fuoco - Allegro moderato ( la Zingara)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 61 I. Allegro, ma non troppo
II. Larghetto
III. Rondo: Allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24, ?Spring? I. Allegro
II. Adagio molto espressivo
III. Scherzo (Allegro molto) e Trio
IV. Rondo: Allegro, ma non troppo

Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 9 In A Minor, Op. 47, ?Kreutzer? I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto
II. Andante con variazioni
III. Finale: Presto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 4 In D Major, K. 218 I. Allego
II. Andante cantabile
III. Rondo: Andante grazioso - Allegro ma non troppo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 In A Major, K. 219 I. Allegro aperto
II. Adagio
III. Rondo: Tempo di Menuetto - Allegro

Johannes Brahms - Violin Sonata No. 1 In G Major, Op. 78 I. Vivace ma non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Allegro molto moderato

Johannes Brahms - Violin Sonata No. 2 In A Major, Op. 100 I. Allegro amabile
II. Andante tranquillo - Vivace
III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)

Johannes Brahms - Violin Sonata No. 3 In D Minor, Op. 108 I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Un poco presto a con sentimento
IV. Presto agitato

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64 I. Allegro molto appassionato
II. Andante
III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Much Ado About Nothing - Suite, Op. 11 I. Maiden in the Bridal Chamber
II. Dogberry and Verges
III. Garden Scene
IV. Masquerade
Max Bruch - Violin Concerto No 1 In G Minor, Op. 26 I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio
III. Finale: Allegro energico

Max Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 44 I. Adagio ma non troppo
II. Recitativo. Allegro moderato
III. Finale: Allegro molto

Edvard Grieg - Violin Sonata No. 1 In F Major, Op. 8 I. Allegro con brio
II. Allegretto (quasi andantino)
III. Allegro molto vivace

Edvard Grieg - Violin Sonata No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 45 I. Allegro molto ed appassionato
II. Allegretto espressivo alla romanza
III. Allegro animato
Tomaso Antonio Vitali -Arr.: Charlier - Chaconne In G Minor

Georg Friedrich Handel - I. Adagio
II. Allegro
III. Larghetto
IV. Allegro

Cesar Franck - I. Allegretto ben moderato
II. Allegro
III. Recitativo - Fantasia
IV. Allegretto poco mosso

Edouard Lalo - I. Allegro non troppo
IV. Andante
V. Allegro

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Srnade Melancolique, Op. 26
I. Allegro moderato
II. Canzonetta
III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo

Kahn - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Ave Maria

Gallet - Massenet - Elegie