Wieniawski, Bruch, Bull – Works for Violin and Orchestra – Charles Siem

Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Violin Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor, op.14
Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.26
Ole Bull (1810-1880):
Cantabile doloroso e Rondo giocoso for Violin and Orchestra

Charlie Siem - violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Gourlay - conductor

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Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms – Chamber Music – David Oistrakh

CD 1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Trio No.7 in B flat major, op.97 *
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Piano Trio No.1 in B flat major, D.898 *

CD 2:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, op.78 +
Violin Sonata No.2 in A major, op.100 +
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931):
Extase, op.21 #
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Légende, op.17 #
Josef Suk (1874-1935):
Love Song, op.7 no.1 (arr.: Kocian) #
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967):
Three Hungarian Songs (arr.: Feigin) #

David Oistrakh - violin
Sviatoslav Knushevitzky - cello *
Lev Oborin - piano *
Anton Ginzburg - piano +
Vladimir Yampolsky - piano #

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Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto – Itzhak Perlman

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35 *
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770):
Sonata for Violin and Piano "The Devil's trill" +
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Liebesleid +
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
March from "The Love for Three Oranges" +
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Nigun +
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Caprice in A minor (arr. Kreisler) +
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Andante cantabile from String Quartet, op.11 (arr. Kreisler) +
Antonio Bazzini (1818-1897):
La Ronde des Lutins, op.25 +

Itzhak Perlman - violin
Janet Goodman Guggenheim - piano +
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra *
Zubin Mehta - conductor *

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Henryk Wieniawski – Works for Violin and Piano – Bartłomiej Nizioł

Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Scherzo-Tarantelle in G minor op. 16
Polonaise de Concert in D major op. 4
Legenda op. 17
Capriccio-Valse in E major op. 7
Variations on an original theme op. 15
Polonaise brillante in A major op. 21
Fantasia brillante on Gounod's opera "Faust" op. 20

Bartłomiej Nizioł - violin
Waldemar Malicki - piano

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Henryk Wieniawski – Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2 – Mariusz Patyra

Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Violin Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, op.14 *
Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.22 +

Mariusz Patyra - violin
Sinfonia Varsovia *
Sinfonia Iuventus +
Johannes Wildner - conductor *
Gabriel Chmura - conductor +

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Wieniawski, Conus, Vieuxtemps – Works for Violin and Orchestra – Soo-Hyun Park

Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Violin Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, op.14
Julius Conus (1869-1942):
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.1
Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881):
Fantasia appassionata for Violin and Orchestra in G minor, op.35

Soo-Hyun Park - violin
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Nicholas Milton - conductor

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Various Composers – Pieces for Violin and Orchestra – Anne-Sophie Mutter

Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908):
Zigeunerweisen, op.20
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Légende in G minor, op.17
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770):
Sonata in G minor "Devil's Trill"
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Tzigane
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Méditation (from Thaïs)
Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908):
Fantaisie de Concert sur des motifs de l'opéra "Carmen"
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1926):
Berceuse in D major

Anne-Sophie Mutter - violin
Wiener Philharmoniker
James Levine - conductor

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Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski – Violin Concertos – Joshua Bell

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Violin Concert No.2 in D minor, op.22

Joshua Bell - violin
The Cleveland Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy - conductor

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H.Wieniawski – Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – Marat Bisengaliev

remembering Henryk Wieniawski on his birthday

(10 July 1835 – 31 March 1880)

Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Violin Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, op.14
Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.22
Fantaisie brillante on themes from Gounod's Faust for Violin and Orchestra, op.20

Marat Bisengaliev - violin
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Antoni Wit - conductor

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Wieniawski, Bruch – Violin Concertos – Isaac Stern

Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.2 in D minor, op.22
Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.1 in G minor, op.26
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
"Meditation" from 'Souvenir d'un lieu cher', op.42 no.1 (orch.: Alexander Glazunov)
Sérénade mélancolique for Violin and Orchestra in B flat major, op.26 (orch.: Arthur Harris)

Isaac Stern - violin
Philadelphia Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy - conductor
Mstislav Rostropovich - conductor
Frank Brieff - conductor

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Henryk & Józef Wieniawski - Violin and Piano works - Piekutowska

Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Polonaise brillante in A major, op.21
Legend, op.17
Józef Wieniawski (1837-1912):
Sonata in D minor, op.24

Patrycja Piekutowska - violin
Edward Wolanin - piano

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Mendelssohn & Dvořák - Violin Concertos - Menuhin, Enescu

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53 *
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Légende, op.17

Yehudi Menuhin - violin
Orchestre des Concerts de Colonne
Orchestre de la Société de Concerts du Conservatoire
George Enescu - conductor

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Wieniawski - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Gil Shaham

Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880): Violin Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, op.14 Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.22 Légende in G minor, op.17 Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908): Zigeunerweisen, op.20 Gil Shaham - violin London Symphony Orchestra Lawrence Foster - conductor (read more)

Wieniawski - Violin Concertos - Vadim Brodsky

"(...) Studying Henryk Wieniawski's rich biography one case easy notice, how much attention was given to his playing and how little to his works. However, the 19th century listeners seemed to believe that composers wrote their music, primarily for themselves, only to show the grandeur of violin playing. It was the composers who had a thorough grasp of their music only they knew of their equals. The musical ideas written on the staves were of secondary importance. They were meant to bring out virtuosity and to dazzle the audiences. In fact, people went to concert halls to be dazzled. The planned perfoming competition between Lipiński and Wieniawski, with the two performers face to face on the stage, was to have been, for all the awkwardness of the comparison, a predecessor of the big sporting events which have come to be so popular in the TV-dominant world of today. (...)"

[Zdislaw Sierpinski in the booklet]

Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Violin Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, op.14 *
Fantaisie brillante sur "Faust" opéra de Charles Gounod, op.20 *
Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.22 +
Kujawiak in A minor (instrumentation: Włodzimierz Romanowski) *
Obertas No.1, op.19 (instrumentation: Stefan Rachoń) *


Vadim Brodski - violin
The National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Antoni Wit - conductor *
Tomasz Michalak - conductor +


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Saint-Saëns & Wieniawski: Violin Concertos - Perlman

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.3 in B minor, op.61
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.2 in D minor, op.22

Itzhak Perlman - violin
Orchestre de Paris
Daniel Barenboim - conductor

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