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Disc 1:

1. Beethoven 1770-1827 Triple Concerto in C Op.56 - I. Allegro
2. Beethoven 1770-1827 Triple Concerto in C Op.56 - II. Largo
3. Beethoven 1770-1827 Triple Concerto in C Op.56 - III. Rondo alla polacca
4. Piano Trio No.7 in B flat Op.97 `Archduke' - I. Allegro moderato
5. Piano Trio No.7 in B flat Op.97 `Archduke' - II. Scherzo (Allegro) & Coda
6. Piano Trio No.7 in B flat Op.97 `Archduke' - III. Andante cantabile
7. Piano Trio No.7 in B flat Op.97 `Archduke' - IV. Allegro moderato - Presto

Disc 10:

1. Mozart Violin Concerto No.4 in D K218 - I. Allegro
2. Mozart Violin Concerto No.4 in D K218 - II. Andante cantabile
3. Mozart Violin Concerto No.4 in D K218 - III. Rondeau: Andante grazioso - Allegro, ma non troppo
4. Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A `Turkish' K219 - I. Allegro aperto
5. Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A `Turkish' K219 - II. Adagio
6. Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A `Turkish' K219 - III. Rondeau: Tempo di menuetto - Allegro
7. Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A `Turkish' K219 - Adagio in E K261
8. Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A `Turkish' K219 - Rondo concertante in B flat K269
9. Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A `Turkish' K219 - Rondo in C K373

Disc 11:

1. Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216 P 1959/1990 -
2. Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216 P 1959/1990 - II. Adagio
3. Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216 P 1959/1990 -
4. Concertone in C K190 P 1972/1989 - I. Allegro spiritoso
5. Concertone in C K190 P 1972/1989 - II. Andantino grazioso
6. Concertone in C K190 P 1972/1989 - III. Tempo di Menuetto: Vivace

Disc 12:

1. Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole Op.23 - I. Allegro non troppo
2. Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole Op.23 - II. Scherando: Allegro molto - Poco più lento - Tempo I
3. Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole Op.23 - III. Intermezzo: Allegretto non troppo
4. Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole Op.23 - IV. Andante
5. Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole Op.23 - V. Rondo: Allegro - Poco più lento - Tempo
6. Max Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 - I. Vorspiel: Allegro moderato
7. Max Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 - II. Adagio
8. Max Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 - III. Finale: Allegro energico

Disc 13:

1. Dmitri Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.99 - I. Nocturne: Moderato
2. Dmitri Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.99 - II. Scherzo: Allegro
3. Dmitri Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.99 - III. Passacaglia: Andante - Cadenza
4. Dmitri Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.99 - IV. Burlesque: Allegro con brio
5. Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto in D minor - I. Allegro con fermezza
6. Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto in D minor - II. Andante sostenuto
7. Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto in D minor - III. Allegro vivace

Disc 14:

1. Sergei Taneyev Suite de concert Op.28 P 2006 - I. Praeludium: Grave
2. Sergei Taneyev Suite de concert Op.28 P 2006 - II. Gavotte: Allegro moderato
3. Sergei Taneyev Suite de concert Op.28 P 2006 - III. Märchen: Andantino
4. Sergei Taneyev Suite de concert Op.28 P 2006 - IV. Tema con variazione
5. Sergei Taneyev Suite de concert Op.28 P 2006 - V. Tarantella: Presto
6. César Franck Violin Sonata in A - I. Allegretto ben moderato
7. César Franck Violin Sonata in A - II. Allegro
8. César Franck Violin Sonata in A - III. Recitativo - Fantasia
9. César Franck Violin Sonata in A - IV. Allegretto poco mosso

Disc 15:

1. Karol Szymanowski Violin Sonata in D minor Op.9 - I. Allegro moderato
2. Karol Szymanowski Violin Sonata in D minor Op.9 - II. Andantino tranquillo e dolce
3. Karol Szymanowski Violin Sonata in D minor Op.9 - III. Allegro molto quasi presto
4. Josef Suk 1874-1935 - Six Pieces Op.7 No.1 - Love Song
5. Zoltán Kodály 1882-1967Three Hungarian Folk Songs
6. Henryk Wieniawski 1835-1880Légende Op.17
7. Aleksander Zarzycki 1834-1895Mazurka in G Op.26
8. Claude Debussy 1862-1918 arr. Poulenc Suite bergamasque - Clair de lune
9. Manuel de Falla 1876-1946Suite populaire española - Jota
10. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893Scherzo-Valse Op.34
11. Eugène Ysaÿe 1858-1931Exstase Op.21

Disc 16:

1. Franz Schubert Piano Trio No.1 in B flat D898 - I. Allegro moderato
2. Franz Schubert Piano Trio No.1 in B flat D898 - II. Andante un poco mosso
3. Franz Schubert Piano Trio No.1 in B flat D898 - III. Scherzo: Allegro & Trio
4. Franz Schubert Piano Trio No.1 in B flat D898 - IV. Rondo: Allegro viviace - Presto
5. Karen Khachaturian 1920 Violin Sonata Op.1 - I. Allegro - Meno mosso
6. Karen Khachaturian 1920 Violin Sonata Op.1 - II. Andante
7. Karen Khachaturian 1920 Violin Sonata Op.1 - III. Presto - Andantino - Tempo I - Più mosso
8. Giuseppe Tartini arr. Kreisler Violin Sonata in G minor `The Devil's Trill' - I. Larghetto affetuoso
9. Giuseppe Tartini arr. Kreisler Violin Sonata in G minor `The Devil's Trill - II. Allegro: Tempo giusto della scuole tartinista
10. Giuseppe Tartini arr. Kreisler Violin Sonata in G minor `The Devil's Trill' - III. Andante - Allegro
11. Giuseppe Tartini arr. Kreisler Violin Sonata in G minor `The Devil's Trill' - IV. Cadenza: Adagio

Disc 17:

1. Franz Schubert Octet in F D803 - I. Adagio - Allegro
2. Franz Schubert Octet in F D803 - II. Andante un poco mosso
3. Franz Schubert Octet in F D803 - III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace & Trio
4. Franz Schubert Octet in F D803 - IV.
5. Franz Schubert Octet in F D803 - V. Minuet: Allegretto & Trio - Coda
6. Franz Schubert Octet in F D803 - VI.

Disc 2:

1. Beethoven Triple Concerto in C Op.56 - I. Allegro
2. Beethoven Triple Concerto in C Op.56 - II. Largo
3. Beethoven Triple Concerto in C Op.56 - III. Rondo alla polacca
4. Brahms 1833-1897 Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 - I. Allegro
5. Brahms 1833-1897 Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 - II. Andante
6. Brahms 1833-1897 Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 - III. Vivace non troppo

Disc 3:

1. Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Op.61 - I. Allegro, ma non troppo
2. Brahms 1833-1897 Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 - II. Larghetto
3. Brahms 1833-1897 Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 - III. Rondo: Allegro
4. Jean Sibelius 1865-1957 Violin Concerto in D minor Op.47 - I. Allegro moderato
5. Jean Sibelius 1865-1957 Violin Concerto in D minor Op.47 - II. Adagio di molto
6. Jean Sibelius 1865-1957 Violin Concerto in D minor Op.47 - III. Allegro, ma non tanto

Disc 4:

1. Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Op.61 - I. Allegro, ma non troppo
2. Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Op.61 - II. Larghetto
3. Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Op.61 - III. Rondo: Allegro
4. Violin Sonata No.9 in A Op.47 `Kreutzer' - I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto / II. Andante con variazioni
5. Violin Sonata No.9 in A Op.47 `Kreutzer' - Theme: Andante
6. Violin Sonata No.9 in A Op.47 `Kreutzer' - Variation 1
7. Violin Sonata No.9 in A Op.47 `Kreutzer' - Variation 2
8. Violin Sonata No.9 in A Op.47 `Kreutzer' - Variation 3
9. Violin Sonata No.9 in A Op.47 `Kreutzer' - Variation 4
10. Violin Sonata No.9 in A Op.47 `Kreutzer' - III. Finale: Presto

Disc 5:

1. Mozart 1756-1791 Violin Sonata No.32 in B flat K454 - I. Largo - Allegro
2. Mozart 1756-1791 Violin Sonata No.32 in B flat K454 - II. Andante
3. Mozart 1756-1791 Violin Sonata No.32 in B flat K454 - III. Allegretto
4. Beethoven Violin Sonata No.3 in E flat Op.12 No.3 - I. Allegro con spirito
5. Beethoven Violin Sonata No.3 in E flat Op.12 No.3 - II. Adagio con molto espressione
6. Beethoven Violin Sonata No.3 in E flat Op.12 No.3 - III. Rondo: Allegro molto
7. Brahms Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor Op.108 - I. Allegro
8. Brahms Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor Op.108 - II. Adagio
9. Brahms Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor Op.108 - III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
10. Brahms Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor Op.108 - IV. Presto agitato

Disc 6:

1. Brahms Violin Concerto in D Op.77 P 1961/1987 - I. Allegro non troppo
2. Brahms Violin Concerto in D Op.77 P 1961/1987 - II. Adagio
3. Brahms Violin Concerto in D Op.77 P 1961/1987 - III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
4. Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 P 2006 - I. Allegro
5. Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 P 2006 - II. Andante
6. Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 P 2006 - III. Vivace non troppo

Disc 7:

1. Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216 P 1972/1989 - I. Allegro
2. Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216 P 1972/1989 - II. Adagio
3. Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216 P 1972/1989 - III. Rondeau: Allegro - Andante - Allegretto
4. Brahms Violin Concerto in D Op.77 P 1970/2003 - I. Allegro non troppo
5. Brahms Violin Concerto in D Op.77 P 1970/2003 - II.
6. Brahms Violin Concerto in D Op.77 P 1970/2003 - III.

Disc 8:

1. Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1 in D Op.19 - I. Andantino
2. Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1 in D Op.19 - II. Scherzo: Vivacissimo
3. Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1 in D Op.19 - III. Moderato
4. Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2 Op.63 - I. Allegro moderato
5. Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2 Op.63 P 1959 - II. Andante assai
6. Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2 Op.63 P 1959 - III. Allegro, ben moderato
7. Sergei Prokofiev Violin Sonata No.2 in D Op.94 - I. Moderato
8. Sergei Prokofiev Violin Sonata No.2 in D Op.94 - II. Presto
9. Sergei Prokofiev Violin Sonata No.2 in D Op.94 - III. Andante
10. Sergei Prokofiev Violin Sonata No.2 in D Op.94 - IV. Allegro con brio

Disc 9:

1. Mozart Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat K207 - I.
2. Mozart Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat K207 - II. Adagio
3. Mozart Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat K207 - III. Presto
4. Mozart Violin Concerto No.2 in D K211 - I. Allegro moderato
5. Mozart Violin Concerto No.2 in D K211 - II. Andante
6. Mozart Violin Concerto No.2 in D K211 - III. Rondeau: Allegro
7. Sinfonia concertante in E flat K364 - I. Allegro maestoso
8. Sinfonia concertante in E flat K364 - II. Andante
9. Sinfonia concertante in E flat K364 - III. Presto

Rating: - A Nice Part of His Legacy, But...
As a violinist who has occasionally been known to utter things like "Oistrakh is God!" I am very happy to see this collection come out and I may well pick it up, even though I have almost all the recordings on vinyl. But a few words of caution might be in order, given what I can glean from the track listings and the review that lists the performers and tracks more thoroughly.

First I should say that there are many great recordings here. The Cluytens/Beethoven Concerto is certainly up there with the greatest recordings of this piece, as is the Brahms Double with Szell and Rostropovich. And no one plays Mozart better than Oistrakh; the set is surely worth owning for the Mozart concerti alone. His EMI recordings of the Khatchaturian and Shostakovish #1 concerti are the definitive versions of those works (with one caveat: he does not play Khatchaturian's original cadenza, which is fine with some people, but I personally wish he had.) The recordings of both Prokofiev concerti and the Violin Sonatas are also all but definitive; I know of none better, though occasionally someone comes close. Of great interest to me is the recording of the Lalo Symphonie Espagnole with Jean Martinon; my collection of more than 40 Oistrakh disks includes a great performance of this piece with Kondrashin, but I have never heard the one in this set.

That said, I have several reservations about this edition. First, I am of the remastering school. I have hardly ever heard a CD transfer, classical or otherwise, that was not improved by a careful remastering job (though a lousy job can surely destroy a recording too). I do not see any reference to remastering in the listing, so I assume it is a straight transfer. Which would be too bad, because no recorded legacy is more worthy of careful remastering than that of David Oistrakh. On the other hand, the set would surely have doubled in price, so I suppose there is something to be said for mass availability.

Second, I'm afraid this does not look to me like the complete EMI collection. Some of the things I noticed missing are the second Shostakovish violin concerto (not equal to the first, but necessary for completeness), and the recordings made with Frida Bauer: Didone Abandonata and Devil's Trill sonata of Tartini, and Brahms Sonata #1. These gaps are based on a quick perusal of my recordings; it would surprise me if they were the only ones. Incidentally, the track listing (in both the Amazon track list and the user review) includes a Mozart violin sonata "#32 in B-flat, K.454". There is no such work. The work is probably the Mozart violin and piano sonata #15, K.454, and it is in E-flat.

Third, while this should not discourage anyone from acquiring this rich collection of recordings, I cannot help but be reminded how many of Oistrakh's most important recordings were not on EMI. His mesmerizing recordings of the Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov and Dvorak concerti are nowhere to be found here. Neither is his greatest recording of the Sibelius concerto, with Ormandy. His recording of the Bach sonatas for violin and harpsichord, released on DG, are surely among my desert island disks. There is no recording here of the Chausson Poeme, at which he is one of the great masters. Ditto the Ysaye Ballade and the Debussy Sonata, both released on a Phillips collection. The first Schubert Piano Trio is there, but the David Oistrakh Trio also recorded the second one for Melodya, which jointly released it with a German label. And there is not a single example of his joint recordings with Igor, who was, by some bizzare miracle of nature, almost as great a fiddler as his father.

So all in all, my advice is: enjoy this collection, but don't forget it just scratches the surface of the work of this musical genius.

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Rating: - Oistrakh Jubilee
A violinist's violinist who was simultaneously adored by the general public. EMI presents in one compilation the entire recorded legacy of David Oistrakh. I simply wanted to list the works and co-performers in this collection. The recordings really do not need any cerebral reviews as they are undeniably wonderful. Enjoy!

DAVID OISTRAKH with:

Lev Oborin / Sviatsolav Knushevitzky -
Philharmonia Orchestra / Malcolm Sargent - Concerto for Violin Cello Piano and Orchestra in C op.56 'Triple Concerto' (Beethoven)
Piano Trio No.7 in B flat op.97 'Archduke' (Beethoven)
Piano Trio No.1 in B flat D898 (Schubert)

Lev Oborin - Violin Sonata No.9 in A op.47 'Kreutzer' (Beethoven)

Sviatoslav Richter / Mstislav Rostropovich / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan - Concerto for Violin Cello Piano and Orchestra in C op.56 'Triple Concerto' (Beethoven)

Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell -
Mstislav Rostropovich - Concerto for Violin Cello and Orchestra in A minor op.102 'Double Concerto' (Brahms)
Violin Concerto in D op.77 (Brahms)

Stockholm Festival Orchestra / Sixten Ehrling -
Violin Concerto in D op.61 (Beethoven)
Violin Concerto in D minor op.47 (Sibelius)

Orchestre National de la Radioffusion Francaise -
Andre Cluytens - Violin Concerto in D op.61 (Beethoven)
Otto Klemperer - Violin Concerto in D op.77 (Brahms)

London Symphony Orchestra / Lovro von Matacic -
Violin Concerto No.1 in D op.19 (Prokofiev)
Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor op.26 (Bruch)

Berliner Philharmoniker
Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat K207 (Mozart)
Violin Concerto No.2 in D K211 (Mozart)
Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216 (Mozart)
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat K364 (Mozart)
Violin Concerto No.4 in D K218 (Mozart)
Violin Concerto No.5 in A K219 'Turkish' (Mozart)
Adagio in E K261 (Mozart)
Rondo Concertante in B flat K269 (Mozart)
Rondo in C K373 (Mozart)
Igor Oistrakh / Concertone in C K190 (Mozart)

Philharmonia Orchestra -
Maxim Shostakovich - Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor op.99 (Shostakovich)
Aram Khachaturian - Violin Concerto in D minor (Khachaturian)
Nicolai Malko - Suite de Concert op.28 (Taneyev)
Jean Martinon - Symphonie espagnole op.21 (Lalo)
Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216 (Mozart)
Alceo Galliera - Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor op.63 (Prokofiev)
Pierre Fournier / Alceo Galliera - Concerto for Violin Cello and Orchestra in A minor op.102 'Double Concerto' (Brahms)

Vladimir Yampolsky -
Six Pieces op.7 : No.1 Love Song (Suk)
Three Hungarian Folksongs (Kodaly)
Legende op.17 (Wieniawski)
Mazurka in G op.26 (Zarzycki)
Suite bergamasque : Clair de lune (Debussy arr Poulenc)
Suite populaire espanola : Jota (Falla)
Scherzo-valse op.34 (Tchaikovsky)
Extase op.21 (Ysaye)
Violin Sonata No.32 in B flat K454 (Mozart)
Violin Sonata No.3 in E flat op.12/3 (Beethoven)
Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor op.108 (Brahms)
Violin Sonata No.2 in D op.94 (Prokofiev)
Violin Sonata in A (Franck)
Violin Sonata in D minor op.9 (Szymanowski)
Violin Sonata op.1 (Karen Khachaturian)
Violin Sonata in G minor 'The Devil's Trill' (Tartini arr. Kreisler)

Peter Bondarenko / Mikhail Terian / Sviatoslav Knushevitzky / Vladimir Sorokin / Joseph Gertovich / Joseph Stidel / Jacov Shapiro - Octet in F D803 (Schubert)

Clam-shell box packaging - recorded 1953-1972