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 |
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. |
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... |
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. |
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. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rodney Friend [ Warner Classics / LP - released 22/May/2020 ] Itzhak Perlman is the supreme violinist of his time, adored by audiences around the world and a musician whose powerful but sympathetic artistic personality provides a model for the players who have followed him. |
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
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. |
NICOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Violin Concerto No 1 (with Saraste - Carmen Fantasy) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Lawrence Foster [ Warner Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2019 ] "There has been no better account of the D major Concerto" (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide) |
BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / MOZART / SCHUBERT
Vladimir Ashkenazy: A Personal Selection - Solo & Chamber Recordings Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), with Itzhak Perlman (violin), Barry Tuckwell (horn), André Previn (piano), Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Lynn Harrell (c [ Decca / 56 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2019 ] Signed to Decca in 1963, Vladimir Ashkenazy is to this day the longest-serving artist on the label. Over more than five decades, he has yielded one of the largest and most diverse discographies of any classical artist. In this 56-CD set, he has... |
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) |
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI
Wieniawski: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Itzhak Perlman (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Warner Classics Itzhak Perlman Edition / CD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] Henryk Wieniawski's concertos offer a distinctively Slavonic take on Paganini's virtuosic innovations. One of the most important violinists of the nineteenth century, he was born in Poland and travelled widely, but became especially influential in... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Daniel Barenboim - The Complete Berlioz Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Plácido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau, Yvonne Minton, Kiri Te Kanawa, Jessye Norman, Itzhak Perlman / Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2018 ] 10-CDs presenting Daniel Barenboim's complete Berlioz Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon available together for the first time in one edition |
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... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL
Debussy / Ravel: Orchestral Works (Incls 'La Mer', 'Images', 'Bolero' & 'Daphnis et Chloe') Orchestre National de l ORTF, Orchestre de Paris, Jean Martinon, with Aldo Ciccolini (piano) Itzhak Perlman (violin) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 25/Jul/2018 ] "If you are satisfied with performances that are lucid, imaginative, thoughtful and unselfconscious then you will be very happy with Martinon." (MusicWeb on the Debussy) |
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... |
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 |
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 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Rostropovich: Cellist of the Century (Complete Warner Recordings) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) with David Oistrakh (violin) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Itzhak Perlman (violin) Alexander Dedyukhin (piano) etc [ Warner Classics / 43 CD/DVD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Although Mstislav Rostropovich died 10 years ago, on April 27th 2007, he remains a powerful presence on the world's cultural scene through his legacy as the greatest cellist of his time, as a brave advocate of human rights, and as a man of proverbial... |
LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasia Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Feb/2017 ] "They perform with the most tender expression in the slow movement, and there are fireworks from all three in the last movement" James Longstaffe |