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Background: This unique set brings together for the first time all of Oistrakh's EMI recordings on 17 CDs. The collection includes most of the great works of the violin repertoire, both solo and concerto, and there are some fine examples of Oistrakh as a player of chamber music.

Like Nathan Milstein, five years before him, Oistrakh was born in Odessa in the Ukraine, on 30 September 1908, and grew up and was educated in what was soon to become the Soviet Union. In spite of this he was a frequest visitor to the West and, in his early years, took part in many of Europe's best-known instrumental competitions, winning first prize in many cases.

During World War II Oistrakh gave many concerts in his homeland: at the front, in factories and hospitals and in besieged Leningrad. Being an eager advocate of new music brought him into contact with most Soviet composers of the time and he befriended many of them. Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Miaskovsky, Khachaturian, Rakov and Vainberg all dedicated works to him, many of which were specially written for him.

After an immensely successful international career Oistrakh suffered a fatal heart attack whilst working with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam in 1974. His remains were returned to Moscow where he was interred in Moscow's famous Novodevichy Cemetery where, in 2007, Rostropovich was also buried. The asteroid '42516 Oistrakh' is named in honour of him and his son Igor.

Oistrakh was a prolific recording artist and left behind him a large legacy of incomparable recorded performances. Naturally, the majority of these recordings were made for Melodiya, the Soviet State recording company, but EMI Classics are privileged to have worked with Oistrakh in the studio more than any other record company in the West and these recordings are not only technically superior but are of immeasurable musical worth.

CATALOGUE NR: 2147122
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 17 CD Set
PRICE: £ 35.99 including VAT, or £ 30.63 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Aug-2008

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Oistrakh - The Complete EMI Recordings
TRACKS: David Oistrakh / Lev Oborin / Sviatsolav Knushevitzky / Philharmonia Orchestra / Malcolm Sargent - Concerto for Violin Cello Piano and Orchestra in C op.56 'Triple Concerto' (Beethoven). David Oistrakh / Lev Oborin / Sviatsolav Knushevitzky - Piano Trio No.7 in B flat op.97 'Archduke' (Beethoven). David Oistrakh / Sviatoslav Richter / Mstislav Rostropovich / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan - Concerto for Violin Cello Piano and Orchestra in C op.56 'Triple Concerto' (Beethoven). David Oistrakh / Mstislav Rostropovich / Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell - Concerto for Violin Cello and Orchestra in A minor op.102 'Double Concerto' (Brahms). David Oistrakh / Stockholm Festival Orchestra / Sixten Ehrling - Violin Concerto in D op.61 (Beethoven). Violin Concerto in D minor op.47 (Sibelius). David Oistrakh / Orchestre National de la Radioffusion Francaise / Andre Cluytens - Violin Concerto in D op.61 (Beethoven). David Oistrakh / Lev Oborin - Violin Sonata No.9 in A op.47 'Kreutzer' (Beethoven). David Oistrakh / Vladimir Yampolsky - Violin Sonata No.32 in B flat K454 (Mozart). David Oistrakh / Vladimir Yampolsky - Violin Sonata No.3 in E flat op.12/3 (Beethoven). Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor op.108 (Brahms). David Oistrakh / Orchestre National de la Radioffusion Francaise / Otto Klemperer - Violin Concerto in D op.77 (Brahms). David Oistrakh / Pierre Fournier / Philharmonia Orchestra / Alceo Galliera - Concerto for Violin Cello and Orchestra in A minor op.102 'Double Concerto' (Brahms). David Oistrakh / Berliner Philharmoniker - Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216 (Mozart). David Oistrakh / Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell - Violin Concerto in D op.77 (Brahms). David Oistrakh / London Symphony Orchestra / Lovro von Matacic - Violin Concerto No.1 in D op.19 (Prokofiev). David Oistrakh / Philharmonia Orchestra / Alceo Galliera - Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor op.63 (Prokofiev). David Oistrakh / Vladimir Yampolsky - Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in D op.94 (Prokofiev). David Oistrakh / Berliner Philharmoniker / David Oistrakh - Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat K207 (Mozart). Violin Concerto No.2 in D K211 (Mozart). Sinfonia Concertante in E flat K364 (Mozart). Violin Concerto No.4 in D K218 (Mozart). Violin Concerto No.5 in A K219 'Turkish' (Mozart). Adagio in E K261 (Mozart). Rondo Concertante in B flat K269 (Mozart). Rondo in C K373 (Mozart). David Oistrakh / Philharmonia Orchestra / David Oistrakh - Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216 (Mozart). Igor Oistrakh / David Oistrakh / Berliner Philharmoniker / David Oistrakh - Concertone in C K190 (Mozart). David Oistrakh / Philharmonia Orchestra / Jean Martinon - Symphonie espagnole op.21 (Lalo). David Oistrakh / London Symphony Orchestra / Lovro von Matacic - Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor op.26 (Bruch). David Oistrakh / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Maxim Shostakovich - Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor op.99 (Shostakovich). David Oistrakh / Philharmonia Orchestra / Aram Khachaturian - Violin Concerto in D minor (Khachaturian). David Oistrakh / Philharmonia Orchestra / Nicolai Malko - Suite de Concert op.28 (Taneyev). David Oistrakh / Vladimir Yampolsky - Violin Sonata in A (Franck). David Oistrakh / Vladimir Yampolsky - Violin Sonata in D minor op.9 (Szymanowski). Vladimir Yampolsky - Six Pieces op.7 : No.1 Love Song (Suk). Three Hungarian Folksongs (Kodaly). Legende op.17 (Wieniawski). Mazurka in G op.26 (Zarzycki). David Oistrakh / Vladimir Yampolsky - Suite bergamasque : Clair de lune (Debussy arr Poulenc). Suite populaire espanola : Jota (Falla). Scherzo-valse op.34 (Tchaikovsky). Extase op.21 (Ysaye). David Oistrakh / Lev Oborin / Sviatsolav Knushevitzky - Piano Trio No.1 in B flat D898 (Schubert). David Oistrakh / Vladimir Yampolsky - Violin Sonata op.1 (Karen Khachaturian). Violin Sonata in G minor 'The Devil's Trill' (Tartini arr. Kreisler). David Oistrakh / Peter Bondarenko / Mikhail Terian / Sviatoslav Knushevitzky / Vladimir Sorokin / Joseph Gertovich / Joseph Stidel / Jacov Shapiro - Octet in F D803 (Schubert).
ARTISTS: David Oistrakh      

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