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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. |
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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 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / LP - released 29/Aug/2025 ] This recording of Brahms' Double Concerto with Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma, with Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, was originally released in 1997, captured from a live recording at Orchestra Hall in Chicago in 1996. |
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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... |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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... |
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ITZHAK PERLMAN
Itzhak Perlman - A Portrait [2 CD set] Itzhak Perlman (violin) with Andre Previn, Samuel Sanders, John Toll, Daniel Barenboim & Bernard Haitinkl [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Itzhak Perlman radiates a generosity of spirit that is reflected as much in the richness of his interpretations as in the irresistible exuberance of his virtuosity. This survey of his supreme achievement as a violinist embraces complete concertos by... |
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SCHUMANN / BACH / BRAHMS
Schumann / Bach / Brahms: Violin Sonatas Itzhak Perlman (violin) Martha Argerich (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2016 ] "Argerich's piano playing is supremely alive, moving under Perlman's muscular melody in ebbing, tugging waves...Perlman's tone may be fractionally less sweet than it was nearly two decades ago, but the sense of line in his playing remains supreme." |
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HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
Veuxtemps: Violin Concertos Nos 4 & 5 Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Itzhak Perlman complete Warner Recordings / CD - released 5/Nov/2015 ] An intrepid violin virtuoso, Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881) was praised for his compositional flair by Hector Berlioz and numbered Eugène Ysaÿe among his pupils. Perlman plays the most popular of his seven violin concertos, No.5, and the ambitious... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Trios Opp.3, 8 & 9. Itzhak Perlman (violin) Pinchas Zukerman (viola) Lynn Harrell (cello) [ Warner Classics Perlman Complete Warner Recordings / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2016 ] Beethoven's string trios - for violin, viola and cello - are early works, all written before 1800. In these live recordings from New York, Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and Lynn Harrell exude intense, youthful energy, taking an often witty delight in the... |
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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... |
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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) |
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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 |
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SARASATE / FALLA / GRANADOS / HALFFTER
The Spanish Album Itzhak Perlman (violin) Samuel Sanders (piano) [ Itzhak Perlman complete Warner Recordings / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Sultry, teasing, moody or fiery, most of the Hispanic pieces on this album are heard in arrangements made by great violin virtuosi of the twentieth century. The dominant force in the programme is the great Spanish master Pablo de Sarasate. |
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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... |