636943808122

A-z Of String Players

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Release Date:  01 September 2014

Label:  Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  4

Barcode:  636943808122

Genres:  Classical  

Composer/Series:  A-Z Of String Players

  • Description

    The A-Z of String Players surveys the lives, careers and recordings of over 300 string players from the past and present. Many great string players who have made recordings are included, from Accardo to Zukerman. The text covers artists from the earliest recording processes to contemporary, cutting-edge technology. In this clear and straight-forward publication, the artists are listed alphabetically, with a summary of their career, notable recordings, biography and critical appraisal of their recorded legacy. In addition, four compact discs present a selection of recordings from 69 artists. This package will appeal to enthusiast and scholar alike as a readable, informed and fascinating work of reference.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Scherzo - Various Performers
      • 2. Gigue - Pablo Casals
      • 3. Adagio - Gaspar Cassado/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
      • 4. Fuguette - Gerard Causse/Gabriel Fumet
      • 5. Scherzo - Roger Chase/Michiko Otaki
      • 6. Rondo: Allegretto - Rebecca Clarke/Kathleen Long/Frederick Thurston
      • 7. No. 8 in a Minor - Jelly D'Aranyi/ Coenraad Bos/Samuel Chotzinoff/Efrem Zimbalist
      • 8. Rondeau: Allegro - Gioconda de Vito/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
      • 9. Allegretto Alla Polacca - Roberto Diaz/Robert Koenig
      • 10. Short Story - Samuel Dushkin/Max Pirani
      • 11. Souvenir - Mischa Elman/Philip Gordon
      • 12. Preludio a Capriccio: Presto - Toshiya Eto/Vladimir Sokoloff
      • 13. Finale: Allegro Energico - Maxim Fedotov/Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
      • 14. Rondo: Allegro - Emanuel Feuermann/Guilhermina Guggia/ London Philharmonic Orchestra/Studio Orchestr
      • 15. Scherzo: Allegro - Artur Balsam/Joseph Fuchs
      • 16. Poco Allegro - Joseph Fuchs/Lillian Fuchs
      • 17. Rondo - Allegro - Maurice Gendron/Lamoureux Orchestra
      • 18. Allegro Molto - Ilya Grubert/Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

      Disc 2

      • 1. Vivace - Arthur Grumiaux/Boris Ord/Jean Pougnet/Philharmonia String Orchestra
      • 2. No. 2 in G Major, TWV40:15 - Augustin Hadelich
      • 3. La Ronde Des Lutins, Op. 25 - Caspar Frantz/Chloe Hanslip
      • 4. Allegretto Ben Moderato - Jascha Heifetz/Arthur Rubinstein
      • 5. Rondo: Allegro - Bronislaw Huberman/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
      • 6. Declamato: Largo - Tim Hugh
      • 7. No. 16 in G Minor - Ilya Kaler
      • 8. Final: Allegro Non Troppo - Pascal Devoyon/Dong-Suk Kang
      • 9. Allegro - Louis Kaufman/Winterthur Symphony Orchestra
      • 10. Allegro Molto - Maria Kliegel/Kristin Merscher
      • 11. Valse Miniature, Op. 1, No. 2 - Sergey Koussevitzky/Pierre Luboschutz
      • 12. Elegy - Christian Ihle Hadland/Henning Kraggerud
      • 13. Processional - Miriam Kramer/Simon Over
      • 14. Air, 'Air On a G String' - Fritz Kreisler/Studio Pianist
      • 15. Ave Maria - Jan Kubelik/Gabriel Lapierre/Nellie Melba
      • 16. Spring - Cho-Liang Lin/Kansas City Symphony Orchestra
      • 17. Sea Fever - John Lenehan/Julian Lloyd Webber
      • 18. Fugue - Mark Lubotsky

      Disc 3

      • 1. Vivace - Lorraine McAslan/Northern Chamber Orchestra
      • 2. Allegro Con Brio, Ma Non Troppo Mosso - Hephzibah Menuhin/Yehudi Menuhin
      • 3. Cantilena - Licia Albanese/Frank Miller/Studio Orchestra
      • 4. Un Poco Presto E Con Sentimento - Vladimir Horowitz/Nathan Milstein
      • 5. Andante Sostneuto - Zara Nelsova/New Symphony Orchestra of London
      • 6. The Viola Had Suddenly Become a Voice - James Goldsworthy/Paul Neubauer
      • 7. Presto - Takako Nishizaki/Capella Istropolitana
      • 8. Allegro Assai - David Oistrakh/Philadelphia Orchestra
      • 9. Tempo Di Menuetto - Theo Olof/Classics Club Symphony Orchestra
      • 10. Adagio - Aldo Parisot/Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
      • 11. Lassu: Moderato - jeno Jando/Gyorgy Pauk
      • 12. Adagio Sostenuto Ed Espressivo - Gregor Piatigorsky/Artur Schnabel
      • 13. Salut D'amour, Op. 12, 'Liebesgruss' - George Falkenstein/Maud Powell
      • 14. No. 5 in a Minor - William Primrose
      • 15. Rondo, 'La Campanella' - Dmitriy Cogan/Philippe Quint

      Disc 4

      • 1. Serenade - Frederick Riddle/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
      • 2. Serenade Espagnole: Allegretto - Alexander Rudin/Moscow Symphony Orchestra
      • 3. Allegro - William Murdoch/Albert Sammons
      • 4. Allegro Con Brio - Schneiderhan Quartet
      • 5. Adagio - Andre Benoist/William Primrose/Albert Spalding
      • 6. O Star of Eve - Hamilton Harty/William Henry Squire
      • 7. Allegro - Janos Starker/Seattle Symphony Orchestra
      • 8. Andante - David Oistrakh/William R. Smith/Isaac Stern/Philadelphia Orchestra
      • 9. Adagio - Emanuel Feuermann/Guilhermina Suggia/ London Philharmonic Orchestra/Studio Orchestra
      • 10. Rondeau - Josef Suk/Suk Chamber Orchestra
      • 11. Allegretto Non Troppo - Allegro Molto Vivace - Joseph Szigeti/London Philharmonic Orchestra
      • 12. Sunset - Ethel Hobday/Lionel Tertis
      • 13. Andante - Pablo Casals/Jacques Thibaud/ Pablo Casals Orchestra of Barcelona
      • 14. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio - Henning Kraggerud/Christoph Richter/Lars Anders Tomter
      • 15. Largo - Bob van Asperen/Lucy van Dael
      • 16. Vivace Flessibile - Raphael Wallfisch/John York
      • 17. Moderato - Animato - Tianwa Yang/Navarre Symphony Orchestra
      • 18. No. 20 in D Minor - Jelly D'Aranyi/Coenraad Bos/Samuel Chotzinoff/Efrem Zimbalist