The greatest Russian violinist of the twentieth century is the legendary David Oistrakh, the virtuoso whose muscular tone and tender lyricism were the culmination of the Russian tradition of violin playing and whose influence is still felt in the playing of Gidon Kremer, Vadim Repin, Viktoria Mullova, and dozens of others. But what makes Oistrakh ...
It's a wonderful treat to find an album whose interest rests equally on its musical as well as historical merits. As such, the present two-disc sets of the complete Rachmaninoff concertos and Paganini Rhapsody cannot be beat. The three pianists heard here -- Richter, Zak, and Oborin -- represent the pinnacle of postwar Russian pianists. Richter is ...
As a précis of everything that was great about violinist David Oistrakh, this two-disc set of four concertos recorded for EMI in 1956 with the Philharmonia Orchestra can't be bettered. Start at the end with his Prokofiev Second Violin Concerto with Alceo Galliera on the podium and attend Oistrakh's long, lyrical lines and infallible intonation. ...
The vast majority of violinist David Oistrakh's career was devoted to solo performance, which sometimes leads listeners to overlook his masterful chamber music contributions. This Urania album features four restored performances of Oistrakh's collaboration with pianist Lev Oborin and cellist Sviatoslav Kushnevitzky. Originally recorded in Russia ...
While only the faithful are likely to try this 17-disc set of violinist David Oistrakh's complete recordings for EMI, they will no doubt fall all over themselves in their rush to get it. How could they not? It contains all the recordings the great Soviet violinist made for EMI: his 1958 and 1969 recordings of Beethoven's Triple Concerto, his 1954 ...
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