Violin Concerto (with Encores by Geminiani, Kodaly, Liszt, Milstein, Mussorgsky, etc)

"A highly distinguished performance, very well accompanied. Bright, clean and clear sound."
- Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

A wide-ranging tribute to one of the greatest violinists of the last century. The encore pieces accompanied by Georges Pludermacher, first issued in 1983 although recorded in November 1975, have long been unavailable. Milstein's Tchaikovsky Concerto with Claudio Abbado at the helm is generally recognized as one of the finest on disc.

"As a demonstration of how to play the violin when you are nearly 80 this record could not be bettered (for that matter it would be difficult to better it as a demionstration of how to play the violin at any age) [...] The Stravinsky is always a winner, and so is the Mussorgsky. Milstein's own unaccompanied variations on the expected Paganini theme show him in a good light as a writer (as well as a player!). The Schubert, rather noticeably more of course than an encore piece, is played with spirit"
Malcolm Macdonald, The Gramophone, April 1984 [Encore pieces]

"Milstein's fine (1973) version with Abbado remains among the more satisfying recordings."
Penguin Guide*** (2003) [Tchaikovsky]