A Life In Music: Encores with Piano

On this CD:

1. Caprice basque, for violin & piano, Op 24
Composed by Pablo de Sarasate
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

2. Sonata in D Major, Op 8/3 Largo Espressivo
Composed by Gaetano Pugnani
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

3. Caprices (8), for violin & piano, Op 5 No 2, Perpetuum Mobile
Composed by Ottokar Novacek
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

4. Baal Shem, "3 pictures of Hassidic life" for violin & piano (or orchestra) No 2, Nigun [Improvisation]
Composed by Ernest Bloch
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

5. Works for Violin
Composed by Jean-Marie (i) Leclair
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

6. Serenade No. 7 for orchestra in D major ("Haffner"), K. 250 (K. 248b) Rondeau allegro
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

7. Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Melody) (from "Orfeo ed Euridice"), various arrangements Mélodie
Composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

8. Valse sentimentale, for piano (or violin & piano) in F minor (Morceaux (6) for piano), Op. 51/6 No 06 "Valse Sentimentale"
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

9. Work(s) Bird as Prophet
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

10. Schön Rosmarin for violin & piano
Composed by Fritz Kreisler
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

11. Slavonic Dance No. 2 for orchestra in E minor, B. 83/2 (Op. 46/2)
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

12. Król Roger (King Roger), opera in 3 acts, Op. 46, M55 Chant de Roxane
Composed by Karol Szymanowski
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

13. Myths, 3 poems for violin & piano, Op. 30, M29 La Fontaine d'Arethuse
Composed by Karol Szymanowski
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

14. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2 Berceuse - Arr. for violin and piano
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

15. Hora Staccato for violin & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Grigoras Dinicu
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

16. Saudades do Brazil (6), suite arranged by Claude Levy for violin & piano, Op. 67arr No. 5, Tijuca
Composed by Darius Milhaud
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

17. Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 for orchestra, Op. 64 ter Dance of the Girls from Antilla
Composed by Sergey Prokofiev
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

18. Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 1 for orchestra, Op. 64 bis Masques
Composed by Sergey Prokofiev
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

19. Spanish Popular Suite after M. de Falla's "Siete Canciones Populares Espa±olas" El Paño Moruno
Composed by Pawel Kochanski
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

20. Spanish Popular Suite after M. de Falla's "Siete Canciones Populares Espa±olas" Nana
Composed by Pawel Kochanski
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

21. Spanish Popular Suite after M. de Falla's "Siete Canciones Populares Espa±olas" Canción
Composed by Pawel Kochanski
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

22. Spanish Popular Suite after M. de Falla's "Siete Canciones Populares Espa±olas" Polo
Composed by Pawel Kochanski
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

23. Spanish Popular Suite after M. de Falla's "Siete Canciones Populares Espa±olas" Asturiana
Composed by Pawel Kochanski
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

24. Spanish Popular Suite after M. de Falla's "Siete Canciones Populares Espa±olas" Jota
Composed by Pawel Kochanski
Performed by Isaac Stern, Alexander Zakin

Tracks:

Sicilienne
Rondo, K. 250
Mdie
Danza espanola No. 5: Danza espanola No. 5 'Andaluza'
Schosmarin
Liebesleid
Liebesfreud
Allegro
Siciliano, Op. 3, No. 11: Siciliano, Op. 3, No. 11, RV 565
Tambourin
Minuet In G, WoO 10 No. 2
Ava Maria, Op. 52, No. 6
Humoresque In G Flat, Op. 101 No. 7
Mtation de Tha
Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6
Largo
Rondino On A Theme Of Beethoven
Andantino In The Style Of Padre Martini
La Capricieuse
Apres un reve, Op. 7 No. 1
Tango, Op. 165 No. 2
Valse triste
Estrellita
Nocturne, Op. 51 No. 3

Tracks:

Andantino
Standchen, D. 957, No. 4: Serenade
Divertimento In D, K. 334: Menuet
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Scenes d'enfants, No. 7 Traumerei
Sonatine In G, Op. 100: Larghetto
Ave Maria: Meditation sur le 1er prelude de J.S. Bach
Sonata No. 12 In E Minor: Sonata No. 12 In E Minor, Op. 3, No. 6
Songs My Mother Taught Me: Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 3, No. 6
Souvenir de Moscou: Souvenir de Moscou, Op. 6
Piece en forme de habanera
Zigeunerseisen, Op. 20, No. 1: Airs bohemiens
Allegro
Les berceaux: Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1
Tzigane
Baal shem: Nigun
Adagio

Customer Reviews:

Delightful collection.......2001-03-25

A delightful collection of shorter works for violin with piano accompaniment, some of them extremely familiar, others less so, but with Grumiaux's lyrical style (not flamboyant like Perlman's, but graceful and beautiful in an understated way), and fine accompaniment, the music on these 2 CDs is consistently excellent and can be listened to either consecutively or just a few pieces at a time. Well worth having.

Average customer rating:

A finely composed collection of not always substantial pieces, played with chic and juicy tone
Isaac Stern At His Best ! !

Isaac Stern Presents Encores

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Tracks:

Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Caprice Basque, Op. 24
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Sonata in D-Major, Op. 8 No. 3: Largo espressivo
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 5 No. 4
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Baal Shem: 'Nigun' (Improvisation)
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Sarabande Et Tambourin
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Serenade in D Major, K. 250 'Haffner': Rondeau Allegro
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Orpheus Et Euridyce: 'Melodie'
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Valse Sentimentale, Op. 5 No. 6
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Waldscenen, Op. 82: 'Bird As Prophet'
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Schon Rosmarin
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Slavonic Dance In E Minor, Op. 46 No. 2
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: King Roger, Op. 46: 'Chant De Roxane'
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Mythen, Op. 30: 'La Fontaine D'Arethuse'
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Firebird Suite: 'Berceuse'
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Hora Staccato
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: Saudades Do Brasil: 'Tijuca'
Romeo And Juliet: 'Danse Des Jeunes Filles Des Antilles'
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: 'Masques'
Spanish Popular Suite After Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas: 'El Pano Moruno'
Isaac Stern Presents Encores - Violin And Piano: 'Nana'
Spanish Popular Suite After Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas: 'Cancion'
Spanish Popular Suite After Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas: 'Polo'
Spanish Popular Suite After Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas: 'Asturiana'
Spanish Popular Suite After Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas: 'Jota'

Customer Reviews:

A finely composed collection of not always substantial pieces, played with chic and juicy tone.......2006-12-19

Volume 31 of Sony's Isaac Stern tribute "A life in music" brings together a collection of "encores", with recordings that date from the early years of the violinist's career: principally December 1947 and August 1952. The collection is assembled with taste, the 1947 recordings (Sarasate to Bloch and Dinicu to Falla - I don't know why Amazon lists Milhaud last, as it comes on track 16 out of 24) framing the ones from 1952. The sonics are excellent, with the piano sounding a bit subsidiary but the violin coming out excellently, and there's no gain in vividness that I can perceive in the 1952 violin when compared to the one from 1947. All the 1947 recordings were published on a single Columbia LP by the way (ML 4324), while the ones from 1952 were scattered on various records, and three of them never released until this CD.

And these three previously unpublished pieces are not always trifles: Jean-Marie Leclair's Sarabande et Tambourin (in Kreisler's arrangement) can qualifiy as such, and perhaps even Szymanowski's "Chant de Roxane" from his opera King Roger in Kochanski's arrangement, but certainly not the same's "La Fontaine d'Aréthuse", the 2nd movement of "Mythes", his (second) violin and piano sonata in all but name. Stern's recording makes one lament that he did not record the complete work.

By essence the pieces are snippets, not always substantial, but played by Stern with chic and his customary juicy tone, and Zakin is an efficient partner. My favorite are those with a folk-music tinge: the Jewishness of Bloch's Nigun, the 2nd movement of his "Baal Sheem" violin and piano suite, which Stern went on to record complete with Zakin in 1961 (now on volume 28 of the Sony Stern collection), the middle-east inspired melismae of Szymanowski's pieces, Dinicu's "Hora Staccato" in Heifetz' arrangement (the epitome of the wild Gipsy violin), Falla's Spanish Popular Suite (Kochanski's arrangement again).

There's more substantial stuff on other issues from this Isaac Stern tribute (hence my four-star rating), and this one to be fully appreciated needs perhaps to be heard bit by bit rather than complete, but there is some exceptional music and music-making here.

Isaac Stern At His Best ! !.......2001-11-21

It's hard for me to believe no one has reviewed this CD! This CD contains encores for Violin and Piano played by one of the greatest violinist of the Century, Isaac Stern along with his life long accompanist Alexander Zakin.

Here is Stern at his best..The Technique, the Tone, the Shadings, and the Coloring are all perfect. All these recordings on this CD come from in my opinion, Stern's best period... the Late 40's early 50's.