LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven - Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasy Itzhak Perlman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Itzhak Perlman is joined by fellow veteran Daniel Barenboim and Yo-Yo Ma in two great Beethoven works |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 4 & 5 "Spring" Itzhak Perlman (violin) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 9/Feb/1976 ] "The recording boasts unusually truthful violin sound capturing all the colour of Perlman's playing." (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
MOZART / BACH / SCHUBERT / HANDEL / DONIZETTI / TRADITIONAL / etc
Kathleen Battle Edition Kathleen Battle, with Jessye Norman, Christopher Parkening, Itzhak Perlman, etc [ Deutche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 15 CD Box Set - released 28/Jul/2023 ] A Limited Edition, Original Jackets collection showcasing the artistry of the magnificent American soprano, Kathleen Battle. |
MORRICONE / BONFA / PREVIN / BERNSTEIN / LEGRAND / etc
Itzhak Perlman - Cinema Serenade Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Pittsburg Symphjony Orchestra, John Williams [ Sony Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2017 ] "...This disc contains arrangements of film scores for violin and orchestra. Perlman's playing is lovely, as always; the arrangements are pleasant and well played..." American Record Guide |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Andre Previn: The Warner Edition André Previn (conductor & piano), with Itzhak Perlman (violin) Paul Tortelier (cello) Radu Lupu, Christina Ortiz (pianos) Angel Romero (guitar) etc [ Warner Classics / 96 CD Box Set - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Conductor, pianist, composer and media personality, André Previn excelled in a diversity of musical genres and idioms. A child prodigy in his native Berlin, he moved to the USA in 1939 and made his early career in Hollywood. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Cello Sonatas, String Trios, Piano Trios Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Lynn Harrell (cello), Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Itzhak Perlman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2019 ] "The result is music-making of rare concentration, spontaneity and warmth." (Penguin Guide) |
NICOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: 24 Caprices Op 1 for solo violin Itzhak Perlman (violin) [ Warner Classics Itzhak Perlman Edition / CD - released 5/Nov/2015 ] "It is an exhilarating experience to hear Perlman" (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) [ Warner Classics Vinyl / 3 LP - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Itzhak Perlman, the supreme violinist of his time, performs the supreme works for unaccompanied violin. In preparing the Bach 'Sonatas and Partitas', Perlman sought authenticity through the score itself, not through musicological research. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D (with extra DVD of Beethoven Violin Concerto - 1st movement) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ EMI Classics CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 20/Nov/1999 ] The classic 1977 recording reissued with an DVD bonus of the first movement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto live with the Berlin Philharmonic, filmed in 1992. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH
Mendelssohn / Bruch: Violin Concertos (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard haitink [ Warner Classics / LP - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Itzhak Perlman, born in 1945, is the supreme violinist of his time. More than a decade after his first recording of the Mendelssohn and Bruch concertos (with André Previn), Perlman returned to them with Bernard Haitink and the Concertgebouw Orchestra |
EDUARD LALO / JEAN SIBELIUS / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole / Sibelius: Concerto in D minor / Ravel: Tzigane Itzhak Perlman (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ RCA Papillon Collection / CD - released 20/Jun/1987 ] Perlman was introduced to the wider American public when he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show twice in 1958. He made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1963 and won the Leventritt Competition in 1964. |
TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN / BACH / ELGAR / SIBELIUS / etc
The Perlman Sound [3 CD set] Itzhak Perlman (violin) with Martha Argerich, Placido Domingo, Daniel Barenboim, Andre Previn, Eugene Ormandy, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Aug/2015 ] Born in Israel in 1945, Itzhak Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He came to New York and soon was propelled into the international arena with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. |
SARASATE / SAINT-SAENS / LALO / CHAUSSON / RAVEL / BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Itzhak Perlman: Greatest Hits (Incls Saraste - Carmen Fantasy) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta / Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Oct/1993 ] Born in Israel in 1945, Itzhak Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He came to New York and soon was propelled into the international arena with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. (Wiki) |
LECLAIR / WIENIAWSKI / HANDEL / SPOHR
Duets for Two Violins Itzhak Perlman (violin) Pinchas Zukerman (violin & viola) [ Itzhak Perlman complete Warner Recordings / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Another phenomenal violinist, Pinchas Zukerman, becomes Perlman's sparring partner for a fascinating and varied programme of duets from the 18th and 19th centuries. For the Handel Passacaglia (arranged in the 1890s by Johan Halvorsen) Zukerman moves... |
FRITZ KREISLER
Itzhak Perlman plays Fritz Kreisler [3 CD set] Itzhak Perlman (violin) Samuel Sanders (piano) [ Itzhak Perlman complete Warner Recordings / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] "He was an incredibly intimate artist," said Itzhak Perlman of Fritz Kreisler in an interview with The Strad magazine, "For me, he was best in violin-and-piano repertoire". Perlman pays tribute to the great Viennese violinist with these three albums |
ANTONIN DVORK / BEDRICH SMETANA
Perlman plays Dvorák & Smetana Itzhak Perlman (violin) Samuel Sanders (piano) [ Warner Classics Itzhak Perlman Edition / CD - released 1/Sep/2018 ] This album of works by the two greatest Czech composers of the 19th century abounds with the spirit of their homeland's folk music. Gramophone judged that "Perlman's readings are irreproachable", characterised by "golden tone and wholehearted... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto / Serenade Melancolique (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ornandy [ Warner Classics / LP - released 22/May/2020 ] In Perlman's words, Tchaikovsky "wears his heart on his sleeve" and his violin concerto is a work of "unabashed Romanticism". While bringing sensitivity and substance to his interpretation, Perlman never slips into sentimentality, and he leads an... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 9 "Kreutzer" & 10 Itzhak Perlman (violin) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 9/Feb/1994 ] "The recording boasts unusually truthful violin sound capturing all the colour of Perlman's playing." (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Op.12 Nos 1 - 3 Itzhak Perlman (violin) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 9/Feb/1994 ] "The recording boasts unusually truthful violin sound capturing all the colour of Perlman's playing." (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
ALBAN BERG / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berg/Stravinsky: Violin Concertos Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "excellent sound: the spacious but not over-resonant acoustic and admirable balance between soloist and orchestra remain exemplary and appealing" Gramophone |