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 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven : The Complete Works [80 CD set] Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline du Pre, Itzhak Perlman, Gautier Capucon, Janet Baker, Andras Schiff, etc [ Warner Classics / 80 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2019 ] Carefully selected from the Warner Classics and Erato catalogues, and complemented by items licensed in from external catalogues, the recordings do full justice to the extraordinary breadth, diversity and depth of Beethoven's oeuvre. |
BEETHOVEN
Itzhak Perlman conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (rec March 2010) BLU-RAY Giora Schmidt (violin), Zuill Bailey (cello) & Navah Perlman (piano) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman [ EuroArts Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2014 ] The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is a cultural ambassador for Israel, and is regarded as one of the best orchestras in the world. Recorded in the Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv in March 2010, this concert sees the Israel Philharmonic conducted in this... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concertos Ilya Gringolts (violin) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 8/Aug/2002 ] Talented winner: 1998 International Violin Competition. Musical intellect, technical wizardry |
SARASATE / SAINT-SAENS / MOZART / VIVALDI
The Best of Itzhak Perlman :-The Millenium Collection Itzhak Perlman (violin) with various orchestras [ 20th Century Masters / CD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] Original recordings by the master violinist remastered. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Perlman Sound Itzhak Perlman [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 28/Aug/2015 ] 31 August 2015 sees the seventieth birthday of Itzhak Perlman, the supreme violinist of his time, adored by audiences around the world. The most obvious manifestation of that genius is the famous Perlman Sound - lustrous, warm and generous. |
Itzhak Perlman & Emil Gilels
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WILLIAMS / MORRICONE / BONFA / PREVIN / BERNSTEIN / LEGRAND / etc
John Williams Conductor Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell (violins) Yo Yo Ma (cello) / Pittsburg Symphjony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, John Williams [ Sony Classics / 20 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2018 ] In 1980, composer John Williams became one of the most visible conductors on the planet after being named Music Director of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Since then he has lead hundreds of high-profile concerts with the Pops and with many other leading... |
JOHN WILLIAMS
A John Williams Celebration Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 25/Jun/2015 ] John Williams is without doubt one of the best-known and most recognizable composers in Hollywood history. This gala concert highlights his film score achievements. |
J. S. BACH
Violin Concertos / Double Concertos [2 CD set] Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman / English Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (with Neil Black, oboe) [ Itzhak Perlman complete Warner Recordings / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2015 ] Perlman has said that "the transparency of Bach's writing leaves it open to many interpretations". Here, in partnership with conductor Daniel Barenboim, violinist Pinchas Zukerman and oboist Neil Black, he brings his distinctive musical wisdom to six... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV1001-1006 Itzhak Perlman (violin) [ Warner Classics Perlman Complete Warner Recordings / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2016 ] "The range of tone in Perlman's playing adds to the power of these performances, infectiously rhythmic in dance movements but conveying the intensity of live performance in there." Rosette (Highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
ANDRE PREVIN
A Different Kind of Blues / It's a Breeze Itzhak Perlman (violin) André Previn (piano) with Shelly Manne, Jim Hall & Red Mitchell [ Warner Classics Perlman Complete Warner Recordings / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2016 ] In a new departure, Perlman - mentored by André Previn, a master of the jazz piano as well as a superb orchestral conductor - successfully turned his talents to intimately-scaled jazz with A Different Kind of Blues and its sequel, It's a Breeze. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / CESAR FRANCK
Brahms / Franck: Chamber Music Itzhak Perlman (violin) Barry Tuckwell (horn) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] 'Perlman is among the sweetest of violinists, as Ashkenazy is among the most fluent of pianists; in this work the combination is a formidable one...an absolutely equal partnership between violin and piano' Gramophone May 1969 |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Warner Classics / LP - released 24/Mar/2023 ] The distinctive character of each of Prokofiev's Violin Concertos seems rooted in its genesis: the first, nervy and iconoclastic, coincided with the Russian Revolution; the second, more sober and expansively lyrical, dates from 1935, when Prokofiev... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Itzhak Perlman Edition / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "Perlman's newest digital account of the Brahms finds him at his most commanding, powerful and full of nonchant flair to a degree that no rival today can quite match." *** Three Stars Penguin Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ EMI Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/1981 ] Originally recorded in 1981 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto No 2 (with Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn [ Warner Classics Itzhak Perlman Edition / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Many violinists have recorded the pairing of the Mendelssohn and Bruch concertos, but Itzhak Perlman, with his lustrous tone, romantically soaring line and unfailing sense of poetry, ensures that his interpretations are both inimitable and irreplaceable |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Romances Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Itzhak Perlman Edition / CD - released 15/Nov/2015 ] |
W.A. MOZART
Sonatas for violin and piano K301, K304, K378, K526 Itzhak Perlman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ DG Mozart Collection Vol 14 / CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] "Impeccable teamwork" (Gramophone) |
W.A. MOZART
The Violin Sonatas (Complete) (4CD) Itzhak Perlman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ DG Collector's Edition / 4 CD - released 12/Oct/2004 ] "All in all, though, this Perlman-Barenboim set is consistent interpretatively and a major achievement on its own terms" - Gramophone |
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / PAUL BEN-HAIM
Castelnuovo-Tedesco / Ben-Haim: Violin Concertos Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Warner Classics Itzhak Perlman Edition / CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "Two rare yet rewardingly highly coloured and intensely cantabile violin concertos." MusicWeb |