[ EMI Classics / 4 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Wednesday 20 April 2005
Oistrakh collaborated with major orchestras and musicians from many parts of the world and was the dedicatee of numerous violin works, including both of Dmitri Shostakovich's violin concerti and the violin concerto by Aram Khachaturian. He is considered one of the preeminent violinists of the 20th century.
These recordings were made between 1954 and 1973
Beethoven:
Sonate Pour Violon & Piano No9 Op.47
Concerto Pour Violon Op.61
Sonate Pour Violon & Piano No3 Op.9
Szymanowsky:
Sonate Pour Violon & Piano No9 Op.9
Shostakovich:
Concerto Pour Violon No.1 Op.99
(conducted by Maxime Shostakovich)
Franck:
Sonate Pour Violon & Piano
Mozart:
Sonate Pour Violon & Piano K.454
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216
Lalo:
Symphonie Espagnoie Op.21
Taneyev:
Suite de Concert Op.28