Classical Compilation Masters of The Bow (2CD's)
Masters of The Bow (2CD's)
Masters of The Bow (2CD's)
CD1
1. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, for violin & orchestra in A minor, Op. 28
2. Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22: Romance (Andante)
3. Zigeunerweisen, for violin & piano (or orchestra) ('Gypsy Airs'), Op. 20
4. Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor ('La campanella'), Op. 7, MS 48: Rondo à la clochette
'La Campanella'
5. Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera 'Thaïs')
6. Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: Preludio
7. Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: Gavotte and Rondo play
8. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ('L'estate,' The Four Seasons;
'Il cimento' No. 2), Op. 8/2, RV 315: Presto play
9. Sonata for violin & continuo in G minor, B. g5 ('The Devil's Trill')
10. Sonata for violin & continuo in D major, Op. 9/3: Tambourin (Presto)
11. Minuet for piano in G major, WoO 10/2
12. Song Without Words for piano No. 30 in A major ('Frühlingslied'), Op. 62/6
13. Caprice for solo violin in E major ('The Hunt'), Op. 1/9, MS 25/9
14. Caprice for solo violin in E flat major (Sostenuto-Andante), Op. 1/17, MS 25/17
15. Caprice for solo violin in A minor (Theme & Variations), Op. 1/24, MS 25/24
CD2
1. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35: Canzonetta (Andante)
2. Polonaise (No. 1) de concert, for violin & orchestra in D major, Op. 4
3. Ellens Gesang III ('Ave Maria'), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
4. Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1
5. Humoresque No. 7 for piano in G flat major, B. 187/7 (Op. 101/7) play
6. The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), opera in 4 acts with a prologue:
Flight of the Bumblebee play
7. Hebrew Melody for violin & orchestra, Op.33
8. Salut d'amour, for violin & piano, Op. 12
9. La plus que lente, waltz for piano (or orchestra), L. 121
10. Liebesfreud (Love's Joy), for violin & piano
11. Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow), for violin & piano
12. Baal Shem: 3 pictures of Hassidic life, for violin & piano (or orchestra):
Nigun
13. Berceuse, for violin & piano (or orchestra) in D major, Op. 16
14. Tzigane, rhapsodie de concert, for violin & piano (or orchestra)
15. Andaluza (Playera), for guitar or other instrument (arrangement of No. 5 of 12
Spanish Dances)
16. Hora Staccato for violin & piano (or orchestra)
17. Romanian Folk Dances (7) for violin & piano (arranged by Zoltán Szekely
from piano version), Sz. 56, BB 68
Performers :
Salvatore Accardo, Joshua Bell, Charles Reiner, Kyung-Wha Chung, Paul Coker,
Christian Ferras, Arthur Grumiaux, Istvan Hajdu, Jean-Claude Ambrosini,
Jonathan Feldman [Piano], Leila Josefowicz, Gidon Kremer, Ernest Lush,
Nathan Milstein, Shlomo Mintz, Phillip Moll, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Gerhard Oppitz,
Itzhak Perlman, Ruggiero Ricci, Samuel Sanders, Gil Shaham, Henryk Szeryng,
Pinchas Zukerman
Conductors :
Claudio Abbado, Charles Dutoit, Lawrence Foster, Piero Gamba, James Levine,
Andrew Litton, Sir Neville Marriner, Zubin Mehta
This is among the best small collections of violin music available, as attested by the previous reviewers who are all at or near the "entry level" for this type of music. As a musician with many decades of listening experience, I don't ordinarily pay much attention to such compilations, since they usually just consist of "bleeding chunks"--a movement from this concerto, a movement from that sonata--with no evident thought or guiding intelligence, as if someone had just done a giant iPod shuffle. But as these avid entry level reviewers show, this type of collection can be highly useful to listeners at their level, as a way to get into unfamiliar musical territory and to help to choose artists they want to hear more of. I can also see great value in giving this compilation to violin students, so that they can hear a selection of masters to emulate. Even violin experts may enjoy a chance to hear a wide range of top-level players within a short time span of about 160 minutes (these are two full CDs).