Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Francesco Geminiani, Zoltan Kodály, Ferencz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, Nathan Milstein, Modest Mussorgsky, Franz Peter Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Nathan Milstein, Georges Pludermacher
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Claudio Abbado, Eugen Jochum
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4836312
Release: 2019
Size: 1.25 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
01. 1. Allegro moderato
02. 2. Canzonetta (Andante)
03. 3. Finale (Allegro vivacissimo)
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
04. 1. Allegro molto appassionato
05. 2. Andante
06. 3. Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto vivace
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
07. 1. Allegro non troppo – Cadenza: Nathan Milstein
08. 2. Adagio
09. 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace – Poco più presto
Bach: Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV1001
10. 1. Adagio
11. 2. Fuga (Allegro)
12. 3. Siciliana
13. 4. Presto
Bach: Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002
14. 1. Allemanda
15. 2. Double
16. 3. Corrente
17. 4. Double (Presto)
18. 5. Sarabande
19. 6. Double
20. 7. Tempo di Borea
21. 8. Double
Bach: Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV1003
22. 1. Grave
23. 2. Fuga
24. 3. Andante
25. 4. Allegro
Bach: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004
26. 1. Allemande
27. 2. Corrente
28. 3. Sarabande
29. 4. Giga
30. 5. Ciaccona
Bach: Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV1005
31. 1. Adagio
32. 2. Fuga
33. 3. Largo
34. 4. Allegro assai
Bach: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006
35. 1. Preludio
36. 2. Loure
37. 3. Gavotte en Rondeau
38. 4a. Minuet I
39. 4b. Minuet II
40. 5. Bourrée
41. 6. Gigue
Geminiani: Sonata No. 10 in A Major, Op. 4
42. I. Andante
43. II. Allegro
44. III. Allegro
Schubert: Rondo brillant in B minor, D895 (Op. 70)
45. I. Andante
46. II. Allegro
47. Milstein: Paganiniana
48. Liszt: Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major
Stravinsky: Mavra – opera buffa in one act
49. Chanson russe
50. Kodály: Il pleut dans la ville
Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair
51. Hopak (Arr. For Violin and Piano)
Nathan Milstein is widely considered one of the finest violinists of the 20th century and was known for his interpretations of Bach’s solo violin works and for works from the Romantic period. He was also known for the longevity of his career – his artistry remained at a remarkably high standard up to retirement, and Milstein’s Deutsche Grammophon recordings, made at the end of his career, perfectly capture an artist who remained at his peak well into his 80s. Milstein arranged many works for violin and wrote his own cadenzas for many concertos, such as the Brahms heard here. He excelled in the Italian Baroque composers, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Mendelssohn. Honours were even in Lalo, Brahms and Tchaikovsky and particularly in Glazunov. In his youth, Bach was not high on the list of composers studied in Russia, yet Milstein became one of the most acclaimed exponents of his works as can be heard in these recordings. A recital disc for DG includes the violinist’s own Paganinana, one of his best-known compositions, a set of variations on various themes from the works of Niccolò Paganini.