Gil Shaham - Mozart, Bach, Rodrigo, Sarasate HDTV RiP

This is the first video I´m going to share. There will be more. DVD like quality. Excellent violinist. Beautiful music.

Ripped from HD Japanese TV. The concert took place on May the 25th, 2007. The pianist is Akira Eguchi.

Program:

W. A. Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in D, K.306
J. S. Bach: Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Joaquín Rodrigo: Sonata Pimpante
Pablo de Sarasate: Zapateado Op.23 No.2, Romanza Andaluza Op.22 No.1, Zigeunerweisen, Op.20, No. 1

ENJOY!

Video: H264 720x480 29.97fps
Audio: Mpga 2ch 48000Hz 320 kb/sTotal Time: 85 min

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David Oistrakh - Very Rare Recordings

This recording are extremely rare. Oistrakh is probably the greatest violinist ever, but strangely he didn´t seem to care to play or record "virtuoso" pieces. At least that´s what most of us thought. I don´t know why this pieces haven´t been re-released yet. This were ripped from very old russian LPs (recorded from 1940 to 1950), so don´t expect the greatest quality here. Anyway, it´s so intereseting to hear Oistrakh play pieces like Zapateado, Carmen Fantasy and Paganini caprices.

Includes:
Sarasate Carmen Fantasy
Sarasate Zapateado
Sarasate Zortico
Scriabin Etude in 3rds
Scriabin Nocturne
Wagner Albumlatt
Brahms Sonatensatz
Gliere solo from The Bronze Horseman
Godard Canzonetta
Hubay The Zephyr
Paganini Caprice No 13 with piano
Paganini Caprice No 17
Paganini Moses Fantasy

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Leonidas Kavakos - Sibelius violin concerto (2 versions)

Leonidas Kavakos (born 30 October 1967) is a Greek violinist. He has established himself as one of the most sought after young virtuoso violinists and appears regularly with leading orchestras and in recital throughout the world.

Born in Athens into a musical family, Kavakos began studying violin at five years old and continued his studies at the Greek National Conservatoire with Stelios Kafantaris. An Onassis Foundation scholarship enabled him to attend master classes with Josef Gingold at Indiana University. He made his concert debut at the Athens Festival in 1984. In 1985, at age 18 (the youngest contestant), he won the International Sibelius Competition in Helsinki and in 1986 won silver medal in the Indianapolis International Violin Competition. He also took first prizes at the Naumburg Competition in New York (1988) and the Paganini Violin Competition (1988)—all by the age of 21.

Having won the Sibelius contest, Kavakos went on to win another coveted distinction, once again working on Sibelius. He won the 1991 Gramophone Concerto of the Year Award for the world premiere release on the BIS label of the Sibelius Violin Concerto in both its final version and in the original 1903/04, version. He has made various other recordings for Delos and Finlandia Records with works by composers such as Debussy, Paganini, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski and Ysaÿe. 2006 he recorded for Sony/BMG five violin concertos and one symphony by W.A.Mozart as soloist and conductor of the Camerata Salzburg.
Kavakos plays the "Falmouth" Stradivarius of 1692, and an 1872 violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (Torino).

Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor (Original Version); Violin Concerto in D minor

Performer: Leonidas Kavakos
Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
Composer: Jean Sibelius
Audio CD (November 23, 1992)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: Bis
ASIN: B0000016GW

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Ilya Kaler - Paganini 24 Caprices

Ilya Kaler (born 1963) is a Russian violinist. He was born in Moscow.

Kaler is the only violinist to win Gold Medals at these three highly prestigious competitions: the International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, 1986); the Sibelius (Helsinki, 1985); and the Paganini (Genoa, 1981).

Born into a family of musicians, Ilya Kaler showed enormous talent from an early age. At the Central Music School for Especially Gifted Children of the Moscow Conservatory he studied under Zinaida Gilels and Yuri Yankelevich. He continued his studies with Leonid Kogan and Viktor Tretiakov at the Conservatory, where he earned both master's and doctorate degrees, and graduated with the Gold Medal Award. He also studied privately with Abram Shtern in the Soviet Union and the United States.
He has performed with the Leningrad, Moscow, and Dresden Philharmonic Orchestras, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Danish and Berlin Radio Orchestras, and the Moscow and Zurich Chamber Orchestras, among others. His solo recitals have taken him throughout Europe, Scandinavia, East Asia, and the former Soviet Union.
In recent years, Mr. Kaler has performed with the Detroit, Baltimore, and Seattle Symphony Orchestras, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in the United States, and has toured Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, England, Venezuela and Japan. In Japan, he played with the New Japan Philharmonic, the Century Symphony Orchestra and the Hiroshima Symphony. Also an active chamber musician, Mr. Kaler has performed for several summers at the Newport Music Festival in Newport, Rhode Island.
Mr. Kaler has been a Professor of Violin at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, and is currently a Professor of Violin at DePaul University School of Music in Chicago, Illinois.

Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1

Performer: Ilya Kaler
Composer: Niccolo Paganini
Audio CD (1993)
SPARS Code: DDD
Label: Naxos
ASIN: B0000013WZ

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Ivry Gitlis - Paganini 24 Caprices

Ivry Gitlis (Hebrew: עברי גיטליס‎) (born August 22, 1922) is an Israeli violinist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Born in Haifa, Mandate Palestine to Russian parents, Gitlis studied violin at the Conservatoire de Paris. His teachers include Carl Flesch, George Enescu, and Jacques Thibaud. He has since performed with the world's best orchestras, and many of his recordings are considered classics. n 1968 he participated in John Lennon's Dirty Mac project on The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus program.
In 1971 Bruno Maderna wrote Piece for Ivry for him.
In 1990 Gitlis was designated UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.[1] His stated aim is the "support of education and culture of peace and tolerance".
Ivry Gitlis is a commentator (along with Itzhak Perlman) all the way through the DVD "The Art of Violin" (2000) which showcases performances and gives biographical details of many of the great violinists of the 20th Century.
Since the end of the sixties, Gitlis has resided in Paris, France.
Ivry currently owns the "Sancy" Stradivarius of 1713.


Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25

Performer: Ivry Gitlis
Composer: Niccolo Paganini
Audio CD (February 26, 2007)
Label: Philips Import
ASIN: B000M05VKW

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Alexander Markov - Paganini 24 Caprices

This blog is dedicated to violin music. I´m sorry about the look, but I´m just starting with this. I´m going to improve it later on. The main thing now is to mantain uploads on a regular regular basis.

I´m going to start with non other than Paganini´s 24 caprices for violin solo. I´ll be sharing many versions of this work. The first one is:

Alexander Markov
PAGANINI - 24 Capricci

Alexander Markov (Russian: Александр Марков; born January 24, 1963) is a Russian American violinist who has received awards from the Paganini International Violin Competition (gold medal) and the Avery Fisher Career Grant. He is known for his recording of Paganini's 24 Caprices for solo violin. A film of Markov playing the Caprices was directed by Bruno Monsaingeon.
Markov was born in Moscow and studied violin with his father, concert violinist Albert Markov. By the time he was eight years old, he was appearing as a soloist with orchestras and performing double concertos with his father. Markov emigrated to the U.S. with his parents and received his United States citizenship in 1982. He made his New York debut recital at Carnegie Hall and appeared with Christoph Eschenbach conducting the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall.
Markov has recorded for the Erato label, distributed worldwide by Warner Classics. His releases have included the Tchaikovsky pieces for violin and piano. He has performed with Charles Dutoit, Ivan Fischer, Neeme Järvi, Zdeněk Mácal, Lorin Maazel, and Gerard Schwarz. He has performed with the orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, the BBC Symphony, the Montreal Symphony, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony, the Seattle Symphony and Houston, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Jerusalem orchestras.
Yehudi Menuhin has written "He is without doubt one of the most brilliant and musical of violinists…Alexander Markov will certainly leave his mark on the music-lovers of the world and in the annals of the violin virtuosi of our day".Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25
Performer: Alexander Markov
Composer: Niccolo Paganini
Audio CD (April 25, 1991)
SPARS Code: DDD
Label: Elektra / Wea
ASIN: B000005E7D

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