 | Brahms; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.16 Legendary account of Brahm's concerto (one of my very favorite concertos). The Tchaikovsky is good as well, although Vengerov's recording is better.
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 | Beethoven, Mozart: Violin Concertos / Schneiderhan, Jochum
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.43 This has always been my favorite recording of Beethoven's concerto, although Perlman/Giulini is highly competitive. The sound is excellent considering the vintage.
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 | Bruch: Concerto NO.1/Scottish Fantasy
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.38 A beautiful account of Bruch's most popular work.
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 | Romantic Violin Concertos
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $3.59 Here is a good recording of his other concerto. The Goldmark is also very nice.
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 | Mendelssohn/Brahms: Violin Concertos
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.59 Strong performances of both concertos.
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 | Sibelius, Nielsen: Violin Concertos
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $8.83 Dito. Love the Sibelius.
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 | Peter Tchaikovsky/Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concertos
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.88 Dito again.
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 | Vivaldi: The Four Seasons/Fritz Kreisler: Concerto for Violin by Maureen Gallagher
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $2.74 Definitive Four Seasons. Accept no substitutes.
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 | Barber: Concerto for violin Op14; Korngold: Much Ado about Nothing Op11
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.46 Strong cases for both concertos.
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 | Saint-Saëns: Concertos by Lorin Maazel
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.93 A great collection of concertos, all of which are outstanding, but the violin concerto is particularly fine.
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 | Paganini: Violin Concerto Vo. 1; Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.87 Virtuoso accounts of both works. The Sarasate is particularly impressive.
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 | Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto, Op. 99; Cello Concerto, Op. 107
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $6.22 Classic performances of both concerti. The violin concerto is a favorite of mine as you might have guessed.
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 | Prokofiev, Shostakovich: Violin Concertos no 1 / Rostropovich, Vengerov
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $5.92 If anything, Vengerov is even more eloquent than Oistrakh on the Shostakovich and with demonstration quality sound. The Prokofiev is also outstanding. Indispensable.
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 | Berg, Stravinsky: Violin Concertos / Perlman, Ozawa
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.88 Definitive Berg (another one of my very favorite concertos).
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 | Shchedrin: Concerto Cantabile / Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D / Tchaikovsky: Serenade melancholique, Op. 26
Buy used from: $3.49 I like the Stravinsky here marginally better than the Perlman listed above. The Shchedrin is also quite nice.
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 | Dohnányi: Violin Concerto Nos. 1 and 2
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $4.99 I recently discovered these concertos and have enjoyed this disc immensely.
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 | Pärt: Tabula Rasa; Fratres; Symphony No. 3
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.91 Kremer's Tabula Rasa is better, but I prefer Shaham's Fratres, and the pairing with Symphony 3 makes this disc far more attractive than the Kremer recording.
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 | Bach: Violin Concertos, BWV 1041 & 1042; Double Concertos, BWV 1060 & 1043
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $5.89 Hauntingly beautiful A minor concerto.
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 | Mozart: Violin Concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $10.00 Elegant accounts of all five concerti.
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 | Mozart: Sinfonia Concertanti K.364 & 297b
Buy used from: $7.99 Easily the best Sinfonia Concertanti out there.
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 | Hindemith, Penderecki: Violin Concertos
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $3.87 Great performances of two neglected masterpieces.
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 | Khachaturian: Violin Concerto/Taneyev: Suite de Concert - David Oistrakh, Aram Khachaturian, Philharmonia Orchestra
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.64 I have a different coupling fro the Taneyev (Miaskovsky's cello concerto), so I don't know if Oistrakh' Khachaturian is any good (I expect it is), but the Taneyev is wonderful and as far as I know it's the only recording available.
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 | Elgar: Violin Concerto; Chausson: Poème
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $8.88 My favorite recording of the Elgar concerto.
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 | Wieniawski:Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Buy used from: $20.00 These are excellent accounts, but appear to be unavailable. Shaham's recording makes a good substitute.
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 | The Perlman Edition (Box Set)
Buy new: $104.70 / Used from: $83.98 I put this on here for Perlman's recordings of the Vieuxtemps concerti, which appear to have been withdrawn. Anyway, I expect they will be released on "Great Recordings of the Century" before too long.
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 | Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $4.70 Virtuoso performance of Lalo--it'll curl your toes.
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 | Itzhak Perlman - Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy ~ Zigeunerweisen
Buy used from: $16.69 No concerto here, but this is a great disc for violin lovers.
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 | Bach: Sonatas & Partitas
Buy used from: $107.78 Dito. Outstanding in every way.
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 | Beethoven: Violin Sonatas "Kreutzer" & "Spring"
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.24 Dito again.
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 | Tartini: The Devil's Sonata / Andrew Manze
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $12.99 And again.
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 | Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz 117; 44 Duos for Two Violins
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.97 Don't care for Bartok's concertos, but love these pieces and his string quartets as well.
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