David Oistrakh - The Warner Remastered Edition

"For many, Oistrakh remains the violinistic ideal," wrote The Strad magazine in 2019. "His winning combination of tonal sumptuousness, clear interpretative focus, musical humility and effortless technical poise across a broad repertoire remains unmatched to this day. When Oistrakh played, one felt there was nothing coming between the composer and the listener … He combined fingers of steel with a heart of gold."

The art and achievement of David Oistrakh - who died in 1974, still in his prime as a performer - is richly documented by this 61-disc box: his complete Warner Classics catalogue, remastered in HD from the original sources, is complemented with a wealth of rare audio and video recordings - not least a number of world premiere releases. These treasures have been unearthed by Bruno Monsaingeon, an acknowledged expert on Oistrakh and director of the film documentary David Oistrakh: Artist of the People?, which rounds out this revelatory collection.