Violin Masterworks (35 CD box set, APE)

Performer: Gidon Kremer, Arthur Grumiaux, Joshua Bell, Kyung Wha Chung, Henryk Szeryng, Pierre Amoyal, Akiko Suwanai, Leila Josefowicz, Ruggiero Ricci, Chantal Juillet, Salvatore Accardo, Clara Haskil, Pascal Roge, Philip Moll, Paul Crossley, Gyorgy Sebok, Charles Reiner, Ingrid Haebler, Istvan Hajdu, Christiane Jaccottet, Mariana Sirbu, Sylvie Gazeau, Victor Martin, Ida Levin, Margaret Batjern, Philippe Mermoud, Truls Mork
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Igor Markevitch, Ernest Bour, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Sir Neville Marriner, Ivan Fischer, Charles Dutoit, Sir Colin Davis, Raymond Leppard, Sir Alexander Gibson, David Zinman, Sir Georg Solti, Bernard Haitink, Lawrence Foster
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 35 CD box set
Format: APE (image+cue)
Label: Decca
Size: 9.93 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: no

CD 01
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
1 I Vivace
2 II Largo ma non tanto
3 III Allegro

Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
4 I Allegro moderato
5 II Andante
6 III Allegro assai

Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042
7 I Allegro
8 II Adagio
9 III Allegro assai

Gidon Kremer / Academy of St Martin in the Fields

CD 02
J.S.Bach Sonata in B minor, BWV 1014
1 I Adagio
2 II Allegro
3 III Andante
4 IV Allegro

Sonata in A major, BWV 1015
5 I —
6 II Allegro
7 III Andante un poco
8 IV Presto

Sonata in E major, BWV 1016
9 I Adagio
10 II Allegro
11 III Adagio ma non tanto
12 IV Allegro

Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017
13 I Largo
14 II Allegro
15 III Adagio
16 IV Allegro

Sonata in F minor, BWV 1018
17 I —
18 II Allegro
19 III Adagio
20 IV Vivace

CD 03
J.S. Bach Sonata in G major, BWV 1019
1 I Allegro
2 II Largo
3 III Allegro
4 IV Adagio
5 V Allegro

Alternative Movements, BWV 1019a
6 Cantabile, ma un poco adagio
7 Adagio

Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020
8 I —
9 II Adagio
10 III Allegro

Sonata in G major, BWV 1021*
11 I Adagio
12 II Vivace
13 III Largo
14 IV Presto

Sonata in F major, BWV 1022
15 I —
16 II Allegro e presto
17 III Adagio
18 IV Presto

Sonata in E minor, BWV 1023*
19 I Adagio ma non tanto
20 II Allemande
21 III Gigue
Arthur Grumiaux / Christiane Jaccottet harpsichord
Philippe Mermoud violoncello*

CD 04
Sonata for Violin solo No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001
1 I Adagio
2 II Fuga Allegro
3 III Siciliana
4 IV Presto

Sonata for Violin solo No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003
5 I Grave
6 II Fuga
7 III Andante
8 IV Allegro

Sonata for Violin solo No.3 in C major, BWV 1005
9 I Adagio
10 II Fuga
11 III Largo
12 IV Allegro assai

CD 05
Partita for Violin solo No.1 in B minor, BWV 1002
1 I Allemande — Double
2 II Corrente — Double
3 III Sarabande — Double
4 IV Tempo di Borea — Double

Partita for Violin solo No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004
5 I Allemande
6 II Corrente
7 III Sarabande
8 IV Giga
9 V Ciaccona

Partita for Violin solo No.3 in E major, BWV 1006
10 I Preludio
11 II Loure
12 III Gavotte en Rondeau
13 IV Menuet I-II
14 V Bourree
15 VI Gigue
Gidon Kremer

CD 06
Samuel Barber 1910-1981
Violin Concerto
1 I Allegro
2 II Andante
3 III Presto in moto perpetuo

Ernest Bloch 1880-1959
Baal Shem
4 I Vidui (Contrition)
5 II Nigun (Improvisation)
6 III Simchas Torah (Rejoicing)

William Walton 1902-1983
Violin Concerto
7 I Andante tranquillo
8 II Presto capriccioso alla napolitana
9 III Vivace
Joshua Bell / Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / David Zinman

CD 07
Bela Bartok 1881-1945
Violin Concerto No.1
1 I Andante sostenuto
2 II Allegro giocoso

Violin Concerto No.2*
3 I Allegro non troppo
4 II Andante tranquilo — Allegro scherzando — Tempo I
5 III Allegro molto
Kyung Wha Chung / Chicago Symphony Orchestra /
London Philharmonic Orchestra* / Sir Georg Solti

CD 08
Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
cadenzas: Joseph Joachim
1 I Allegro ma non troppo
2 II Larghetto
3 III Rondo: Allegro
4 Romance No.1 in G major, op.40
5 Romance No.2 in F major, op.50
Henryk Szeryng / Concertgebouw Orchestra /
Bernard Haitink

CD 09
Beethoven Sonata No.1 in D major, op.12 no.1
1 I Allegro con brio
2 II Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
3 III Rondo: Allegro

Sonata No.2 in A major, op.12 no.2
4 I Allegro vivace
5 II Andante piu tosto allegretto
6 III Allegro piacevole

Sonata No.3 in E flat major, op.12 no.3
7 I Allegro con spirito
8 II Adagio con molt’espressione
9 III Rondo: Allegro molto

Sonata No.4 in A minor, op.23
10 I Presto
11 II Andante scherzoso, piu allegretto
12 III Allegro molto

CD 10
Sonata No.5 in F major, op.24 ‘Spring’
1 I Allegro
2 II Adagio molto espressivo
3 III Scherzo: Allegro molto
4 IV Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

Sonata No.6 in A major, op.30 no.1
5 I Allegro
6 II Adagio
7 III Allegretto con variazioni

Sonata No.7 in C minor, op.30 no.2
8 I Allegro con brio
9 II Adagio cantabile
10 III Scherzo: Allegro
11 IV Finale: Allegro

CD 11
Sonata No.8 in G major, op.30 no.3
1 I Allegro assai
2 II Tempo di menuetto ma molto moderato e grazioso
3 III Allegro vivace

Sonata No.9 in A major, op.47 “Kreutzer”
4 I Adagio sostenuto – Presto
5 II Andante con variazioni
6 Variation I
7 Variation II
8 Variation III
9 Variation IV
10 Coda: Molto adagio
11 III Finale: Presto

Sonata No.10 in G major, op.96
12 I Allegro moderato
13 II Adagio espressivo
14 III Scherzo: Allegro
15 IV Poco allegretto
Arthur Grumiaux/ Clara Haskil piano

CD 12
Alban Berg 1885-1935
Violin Concerto
1 I Andante — Allegretto
2 II Allegro — Adagio

Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971
Violin Concerto in D*
3 I Toccata
4 II Aria I
5 III Aria II
6 IV Capriccio
Arthur Grumiaux / Concertgebouw Orchestra
Igor Markevitch / Ernest Bour*

CD 13
Johannes Brahms 1833-1897
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
1 I Allegro non troppo (cadenza: Joshua Bell)
2 II Adagio
3 III Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

Robert Schumann 1810-1856
Violin Concerto in D minor
4 I In kraftigem, nicht zu schnellem Tempo
5 II Langsam —
6 III Lebhaft, doch nicht schnell
Joshua Bell / The Cleveland Orchestra /
Christoph von Dohnanyi

CD 14
Johannes Brahms
1 Scherzo in C minor (‘F-A-E’)

Sonata No.1 in G major, op.78
2 I Vivace ma non troppo
3 II Adagio
4 III Allegro molto moderato

Sonata No.2 in A major, op.100
5 I Allegro amabile
6 II Andante tranquillo
7 III Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)

Sonata No.3 in D minor, op.108
8 I Allegro
9 II Adagio
10 III Un poco presto e con sentimento
11IV Presto agitato
Pierre Amoyal / Pascal Roge piano

CD 15
Max Bruch 1838-1920
Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26
1 I Vorspiel (Allegro moderato)
2 II Adagio
3 III Finale: Allegro energico — Stringendo poco a poco — Presto

Scottish Fantasy, op.46
4 Einleitung (Grave)
5 I Adagio cantabile
6 II Scherzo (Allegro) — Adagio
7 III Andante sostenuto
8 IV Finale: Allegro guerriero
Akiko Suwanai / Academy of St Martin in the Fields /
Sir Neville Marriner

CD 16
Pablo de Sarasate 1844-1908
1 Zigeunerweisen, op.20
2 Carmen Fantasy, op.25

Antonin Dvorak 1841-1904
3 Mazurek, op.49

Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53
4 I Allegro ma non troppo
5 II Adagio ma non troppo
6 III Finale: Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo
Akiko Suwanai / Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer

CD 17
Edward Elgar 1857-1934
Violin Concerto in B minor, op.61
1 I Allegro
2 II Andante
3 III Allegro molto
4 Salut d’amour, op.12*
5 La Capricieuse, op.17*
Kyung Wha Chung / London Philharmonic Orchestra /
Sir Georg Solti / Philip Moll piano*

CD 18
Gabriel Faure 1845-1924
Violin Sonata in A major, op.13
1 I Allegro molto
2 II Andante
3 III Allegro vivo
4 IV Allegro quasi presto

Violin Sonata in E minor, op.108
5 I Allegro non troppo
6 II Andante
7 III Finale: Allegro non troppo

Cesar Franck 1822-1890
Sonata in A major*
8 I Allegretto ben moderato
9 II Allegro — quasi lento — Tempo I Allegro
10 III Recitativo — Fantasia: Ben moderato — Largamente — Molto vivace
11 IV Allegretto poco mosso
Arthur Grumiaux / Paul Crossley piano / Gyorgy Sebok piano*

CD 19
Fritz Kreisler 1875-1962
1 Caprice Viennois
2 Schon Rosmarin
3 Liebesleid
4 Liebesfreud
5 Recitativo and Scherzo (solo violin)
6 Tempo di Minuetto
7 Praeludium and Allegro
8 Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane
9 Tambourin Chinois
10 Menuet
11 The Old Refrain
12 Rondino (on a Theme of Beethoven)
13 Allegretto (in the Style of Boccherini)

Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764)
Sonata No.3 in D major
14 I Un poco andante
15 II Allegro
16 III Sarabande: Largo
17 IV Tambourin: Presto

Christoph Willibald Gluck 1714-1787
18 Melodie (arr.Kreisler)

Pietro Antonio Locatelli 1695-1764
19 The Labyrinth
Henryk Szeryng / Charles Reiner piano

CD 20
Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
1 I Allegro molto appassionato
2 II Andante
3 III Allegretto non troppo — Allegro molto vivace

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893
4 Valse-scherzo, op.34

Alexander Glazunov 1865-1936
Violin Concerto in A minor, op.82
5 I Moderato —
6 II Andante sostenuto — Tempo I —
7 III Allegro
Leila Josefowicz / Orchestre symphonique de Montreal /
Charles Dutoit

CD 21
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat major, K207
1I Allegro moderato
2 II Adagio
3 III Presto

Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K216
4 I Allegro
5 II Adagio
6 III Rondeau: Allegro

Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K218
7 I Allegro
8 II Andante cantabile
9 III Rondeau: Andante grazioso — Allegro ma non troppo
10 Adagio in E major, K261* (cadenza: Arthur Grumiaux)
11 Rondo in C major, K 373*

CD 22
Violin Concerto No.2 in D major, K211
1 I Allegro
2 II Andante
3 III Rondeau: Allegro

Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K219
4 I Allegro aperto
5 II Adagio
6 III Rondeau: Tempo di menuetto

Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K364 for Violin, Viola and Orchestra
7 I Allegro maestoso
8 II Andante
9 III Presto
Arthur Grumiaux / Arrigo Pellicia viola /
London Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Colin Davis
New Philharmonia Orchestra/ Raymond Leppard*

CD 23
Sonata for Piano and Violin in C major, K296
1 I Allegro vivace
2 II Andante sostenuto
3 III Rondo: Allegro

Sonata for Piano and Violin in G major, K301
4I Allegro con spirito
5II Allegro

Sonata for Piano and Violin in E flat major, K302
6 I Allegro
7 II Rondeau: Andante grazioso

Sonata for Piano and Violin in C major, K303
8 I Adagio — molto allegro
9 II Tempo di minuetto

Sonata for Piano and Violin in E minor, K304
10 I Allegro
11 II Tempo di minuetto
12 12 Variations for Piano and Violin in G major, K359 on “La bergere Celimene”

CD 24
Sonata for Piano and Violin in A major, K305
1 I Allegro di molto
2 II Tema con variazioni

Sonata for Piano and Violin in D major, K308
3 I Allegro con spirito
4 II Andantino cantabile
5 III Allegretto

Sonata for Piano and Violin in F major, K376
6 I Allegro
7 II Andante
8 III Rondo: Allegretto grazioso

Sonata for Piano and Violin in F major, K377
9 I Allegro
10 II Andante con variazioni
11 III Tempo di menuetto

CD 25
Sonata for Violin and Piano in B flat major, K378
1 I Allegro moderato
2 II Andantino sostenuto e cantabile
3 III Rondeau: Allegro

Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, K379
4 I Adagio — Allegro
5 II Tema con variazioni

Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major, K380
6 I Allegro
7 II Andante con moto
8 III Rondeau: Allegro

Sonata for Violin and Piano in B flat major, K454
9 I Largo — Allegro
10 II Andante
11 III Allegretto

CD 26
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat, K481
1 I Molto allegro
2 II Adagio
3 III Allegretto con variazioni

Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, K526
4 I Allegro molto
5 II Andante
6 III Presto

Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, K547
7 I Andante cantabile
8 II Allegro
9 III Andante con variazioni
10 Six Variations in G minor, K360 on
“Helas, j’ai perdu mon amant”
Henryk Szeryng / Ingrid Haebler piano

CD 27
Nicolo Paganini 1782-1840
Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, op.6
1 I Allegro maestoso (cadenza: August Wilhelmi)
2 II Adagio
3 III Rondo: Allegro spirituoso

Violin Concerto No.4 in D minor
4 I Allegro maestoso (cadenza: Henryk Szeryng)
5 II Adagio flebile con sentimento
6 III Rondo galante: Andantino gaio
Henryk Szeryng / London Symphony Orchestra /
Sir Alexander Gibson

CD 28
Paganini 24 Caprices for solo violin
1 No.1 in E major
2 No.2 in B minor
3 No.3 in E minor
4 No.4 in C minor
5 No.5 in A minor
6 No.6 in G minor
7 No.7 in A minor
8 No.8 in E flat major
9 No.9 in E major
10 No.10 in G minor
11 No.11 in C major
12 No.12 in A flat major
13 No.13 in B flat major
14 No.14 in E flat major
15 No.15 in E minor
16 No.16 in G minor
17 No.17 in E flat major
18 No.18 in C major
19 No.19 in E flat major
20 No.20 in D major
21 No.21 in A major
22 No.22 in F major
23 No.23 in E flat major
24 No.24 in A minor
Ruggiero Ricci

CD 29
CD 29: 60:27
Sergei Prokofiev 1891-1953
Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, op.19
1 I Andantino
2 II Scherzo: Vivacissimo
3 III Finale: Moderato

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893
4 Serenade melancolique, op.26

Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63
5 I Allegro moderato
6 II Andante assai
7 III Allegro ben marcato
Leila Josefowicz / Orchestre symphonique de Montreal /
Charles Dutoit

CD 30
Maurice Ravel 1875-1937
1 Tzigane*
2 Piece en forme de habanera
3 Sonate posthume pour violon et piano (1897)
4 Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure

Sonate pour violon et violoncello
5 I Allegro
6 II Tres vif
7 III Lent
8 IV Vif, avec entrain
9 Kaddish (transcr.Lucien Garban)

Sonate pour violon et piano (1927)
10 I Allegretto
11 II Blues: Moderato
12 III Perpetuum mobile: Allegro
Chantal Juillet / Pascal Roge piano, piano lutheal* /
Truls Mork cello

CD 31
Camille Saint-Saens 1835-1921
Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, op.20*
1 I Allegro —
2 II Andante espressivo —
3 III Tempo I

Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, op.61#
4 I Allegro non troppo
5 II Andantino quasi allegretto
6 III Molto moderato e maestoso — Allegro non troppo

Henri Vieuxtemps 1820-1881
Violin Concerto No.5 in A minor, op.37#
7 I Allegro non troppo
8 II Adagio
9 III Allegro con fuoco

Ernest Chausson 1855-1899
10 Poeme pour violon et orchestre, op.25+
Kyung Wha Chung / Orchestre symphonique de Montreal* /Royal Philharmonic Orchestra+ / Charles Dutoit
London Symphony Orchestra/ Lawrence Foster#

CD 32
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
1 I Allegro moderato
2 II Canzonetta: Andante
3 III Finale: Allegro vivacissimo

Jean Sibelius 1865-1957
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
4 I Allegro moderato
5 II Adagio di molto
6 III Allegro, ma non tanto
Leila Josefowicz / Academy of St Martin in the Fields /
Sir Neville Marriner

CD 33
Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741
Le quattro stagioni / The Four Seasons
Concerto No.1 in E major, RV 269 “La primavera”
1 I Allegro
2 II Largo
3 III Allegro: Danza pastorale

Concerto No.2 in G mminor, RV 315 “L’estate”
4 I Allegro non molto
5II Allegro
6 III Adagio — Presto — Adagio
7 IV Presto (Tempo impetuoso d’estate)

Concerto No.3 in F major, RV 293 “L’autumno”
8 I Allegro (Ballo, e canto de’ villanelle)
9 II Adagio molto (Ubriachi dormienti)
10 III Allegro (La caccia)

Concerto No.4 in F minor, RV 297 “L’inverno”
11 I Allegro non molto
12 II Largo
13 III Allegro

Concerto in B minor, RV 580 for 4 violins*
14 I Allegro
15 II Largo
16 III Larghetto — Adagio — Largo — Allegro

Concerto in F major, RV 551 for 3 violins#
17 I Allegro
18 II Andante
19 III Allegro
Salvatore Accardo / I solisti di Napoli
Mariana Sirbu, Sylvie Gazeau,Victor Martin violins*
Ida Levin, Margaret Batjer violins#

CD 34
Encores I
1 von Paradis: Sicilienne
2 Mozart: Rondo: Allegro (Serenade in D, K250 “Haffner”, arr.Kreisler)
3 Gluck: Melodie (arr.Kreisler)
4 Granados: Spanish Dance, op.37 no.5 “Andaluza”
5 Kreisler: Schon Rosmarin
6 Kreisler: Liebesleid
7 Kreisler: Liebesfreud
8 Veracini: Allegro
9 Vivaldi: Siciliano (Concerto grosso in D minor, Op.3 no.11)
10 Leclair: Tambourin
11 Beethoven: Minuet in G
12 Schubert: Ave Maria, “Ellens Gesang III”, D839
13 Dvorak: Humoresque in G flat
14 Massenet: Meditation de Thais
15 Tchaikovsky: Valse sentimentale, op.51 no.6
16 Veracini: Largo
17 Kreisler: Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven
18 Kreisler: Andantino in the style of Padre Martini
19 Elgar: La Capricieuse, op.17
20 Faure: Apres un reve
21 Albeniz: Tango, op.165 no.2
22 Vecsey: Valse Triste
23 Ponce: Estrellita, arr.Heifetz
24 Sibelius: Nocturne, op.51 no.3

CD 35
Encores II
1 Pergolesi: Andantino
2 Schubert: Standchen
3 Mozart: Menuetto — Trio — Menuetto (Divertimento in D major, K334)
4 Schumann: Traumerei (Kinderszenen, op.15)
5 Dvorak: Larghetto (Sonatina in G major, op.100)
6 Bach, arr.Gounod: Ave Maria
7 Paganini: Sonata No.12, op.3 no.6
8 Dvorak: Gypsy Melodies, op.55 no.4 Songs My Mother Taught Me
9 Wieniawski: Souvenir de Moscou, op.6
10 Ravel: Piece en forme de habanera, arr. G. Catherine
11 Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, op.20
12 Fiocco: Allegro (Pieces de clavecin, op.1 arr.O’Neill)
13 Faure: Les berceaux, op.23 no.1
14 Ravel: Tzigane
15 Bloch: Baal Shem (Nigun)
16 Kodaly: Adagio for Violin and piano
Arthur Grumiaux / Istvan Hajdu piano