David Oistrakh - Listening to David Oistrakh (2022)

David Oistrakh is considered the premiere violinist of mid-20th century Soviet Union. His recorded legacy includes nearly the entire standard violin repertory up to and including Prokofiev and Bartók. Oistrakh's violin studies began in 1913 with famed teacher Pyotr Stolyarsky. Later he officially joined Stolyarsky's class at the Odessa Conservatory, graduating in 1926 by playing Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto. Performances of the Glazunov concerto in Odessa and Kiev in 1927, and a 1928 debut in Leningrad (Tchaikovsky concerto), gave Oistrakh the confidence to move to Moscow. He made his premiere there in early 1929, but the event went largely unnoticed. In 1934, however, after several years of patiently refining his craft, Oistrakh was invited to join the Moscow Conservatory, eventually rising to the rank of full professor in 1939.

01. No. 4 in A Minor
02. I. Allegro moderato
03. 1. Allegro
04. No. 5 in E Major
05. I. Adagio
06. Sarasate: Navarra for Two Violins, Op. 33
07. I. Vivace
08. III. Andante espressivo - attacca
09. Paganini: Variations On The G String On A Theme From Rossini's "Moses"
10. I. Allegro
11. 3. Allegro
12. No. 5 In E Major
13. II. Largo
14. 3. Alla breve
15. No. 2
16. 3. Allegro
17. IV. Vivace
18. No. 3
19. Kreisler: La Gitana
20. 1. Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1018
21. Sarasate: Zortzico (Spanish Dance)
22. 1. Vorspiel (Allegro moderato)
23. IV. Allegro
24. III. Adagio
25. 1. Moderato
26. III. Allegro
27. IV. Presto
28. III. Adagio
29. Ravel: Tzigane
30. III. Finale (Allegro vivacissimo)
31. 4. Presto
32. I. Adagio
33. 3. Vivace giocoso
34. 1. Andante - Allegro
35. No. 2 in E Flat Major
36. III. Allegro
37. 2. Largo
38. 1. Adagio
39. 2. Allabreve
40. III. Allegro assai
41. II. Allegro
42. II. Allegro
43. I. Allegro
44. V. Allegro
45. IV. Allegro
46. 2. Arioso
47. 2. Andante - Tempo I
48. III. Andante un poco
49. 2. Scherzo. Vivacissimo
50. III. Allegro assai
51. 3. Allegro
52. 1. Allegro molto e con brio
53. IV. Allegro
54. III. Andante
55. Beethoven: Violin Romance No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50
56. 1. Adagio
57. II. Allegro
58. 3. Allegro
59. II. Andante
60. 2. Adagio
61. I. Siciliano (Largo)
62. III. Finale (Presto)
63. 1. Andantino
64. II. Adagio
65. 3. Allegretto - Allegro molto vivace
66. 2. Andantino cantabile
67. III. Adagio ma non tanto
68. 1. Moderato
69. 3. Finale (Allegro energico)
70. II. Canzonetta (Andante)
71. IV. Adagio
72. II. Allegro
73. 2. Larghetto
74. II. Adagio
75. Beethoven: Violin Romance No. 1 in G Major, Op. 40
76. III. Allegro risoluto - Allegro molto - Tempo rubato - Moderato - Meno mosso - Moderato
77. II. Andante
78. II. Largo ma non tanto
79. Glazunov: Mazurka-Oberek
80. IV. Finale. Allegro con brio
81. II. Allegro molto - Tema con variazioni
82. 2. Andante
83. Wieniawski: Legende, Op. 17
84. 3. Moderato
85. III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Poco più presto
86. I. Allegro
87. 1. Allegro molto appassionato
88. I. Allegro
89. Ysaÿe: Poeme Elegiaque, Op. 12
90. Chausson: Poème, Op. 25