Christian Ferras – The Complete HMV & Telefunken Recordings (24/96 FLAC)

Performer: Christian Ferras
Number of Discs: 13
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Release: 2017
Size: 13.2 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

César Auguste Franck:
Violin Sonata in A major
01. I. Allegretto ben moderato
02. II. Allegro
03. III. Recitativo-Fantasia
04. IV. Allegretto poco mosso

Gabriel Urbain Fauré:
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
05. I. Allegro molto
06. II. Andante
07. III. Allegro vivo
08. IV. Allegro quasi presto

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
09. I. Allegro moderato
10. II. Canzonetta – Andante
11. III. Allegro vivacissimo

Felix Mendelssohn:
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
12. I. Allegro molto appassionato
13. II. Andante
14. III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace

Max Bruch:
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
15. I. Allegro moderato
16. II. Adagio
17. III. Finale – Allegro energico

Edouard Lalo:
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
18. I. Allegro non troppo
19. II. Scherzo – Allegro molto
20. IV. Andante
21. V. Rondo – Allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
22. I. Allegro con brio
23. II. Tema con variazioni – Andante con moto
24. III. Rondo – Allegro

Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 12 No. 2
25. I. Allegro vivace
26. II. Andante, più tosto allegretto
27. III. Allegro piacevole

Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 No. 3
28. I. Allegro con spirito
29. II. Adagio con molt’espressione
30. III. Rondo – Allegro molto

Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
31. I. Presto
32. II. Andante scherzoso
33. III. Allegro molto

Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’
34. I. Allegro
35. II. Adagio molto espressivo
36. III. Scherzo – Allegro molto – Trio
37. IV. Rondo – Allegro ma non troppo

Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30 No. 1
38. I. Allegro
39. II. Adagio molto espressivo
40. III. Allegretto con variazioni

Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
41. I. Allegro con brio
42. II. Adagio cantabile
43. III. Scherzo – Allegro
44. IV. Finale – Allegro

Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3
45. I. Allegro assai
46. II. Tempo di minuetto
47. III. Allegro vivace

Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’
48. I. Adagio sostenuto – Presto
49. II. Andante con variazioni
50. III. Finale – Presto

Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96
51. I. Allegro moderato
52. II. Adagio espressivo
53. III. Scherzo – Allegro – Trio
54. IV. Poco allegretto

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043
55. I. Vivace
56. II. Largo ma non tanto
57. III. Allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
58. I. Allegro ma non troppo (Cadenza by Kreisler)
59. II. Larghetto
60. III. Rondo – Allegro (Cadenza by Kreisler)

61. Romance No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra in G major, Op. 40
62. Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra in F major, Op. 50

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218
63. I. Allegro
64. II. Andante cantabile
65. III. Rondeau – Andantino grazioso – Allegro ma non troppo (Cadenza by Joachim)

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 ‘Turkish’
66. I. Allegro aperto
67. II. Adagio
68. III. Tempo di minuetto – Allegro (Cadenza by Joachim)

George Enescu:
Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25 ‘dans le caractère populaire roumain’
69. I. Moderato malinconico
70. II. Andante sostenuto e misterioso
71. III. Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso

Claude Achille Debussy:
Violin Sonata in G minor
72. I. Allegro vivo
73. II. Intermède – Fantasque et léger
74. III. Finale – Très animé

Maurice Ravel:
75. Tzigane

Johannes Brahms:
Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102
76. I. Allegro
77. II. Andante
78. III. Vivace non troppo – Poco meno allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
79. I. Allegro con brio
80. II. Tema con variazioni – Andante con moto
81. III. Rondo – Allegro

Alban Berg:
Violin Concerto ‘To the Memory of an Angel’ (1935)
82. I. Andante – Allegro
83. II. Allegro – Andante

Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments
84. I. Thema – Scherzoso con variazioni
85. II. Adagio
86. III. Rondo ritmico con introduzione

Gabriel Urbain Fauré:
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
87. I. Allegro molto
88. II. Andante
89. III. Allegro vivo
90. IV. Allegro quasi presto

Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108
91. I. Allegro non troppo
92. II. Andante
93. III. Allegro non troppo

Gyula Bando:
Hungarian Concerto
94. I. Allegro
95. II. Lento
96. III. Allegro

Ernest Chausson:
Concert in D major for piano, violin and string quartet, Op. 21
97. I. Décidé – Animé
98. II. Sicilienne
99. III. Grave
100. IV. Très animé

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’
101. I. Allegro
102. II. Adagio molto espressivo
103. III. Scherzo – Allegro molto
104. IV. Rondo – Allegro ma non troppo

Johannes Brahms:
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
105. I. Allegro
106. II. Adagio
107. III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
108. IV. Presto agitato

This 13-disc set brings together, for the first time, all the recordings that the French violinist Christian Ferras made for HMV and Telefunken including several first releases on CD. Amongst his musical partners featured in the set are Yehudi Menuhin, Paul Tortelier, Georges Prêtre, Constantin Silvestri and others.