Isaac Stern – Complete Columbia Analogue Recordings

Contents

DISC 1: Tchaikovsky · Wieniawski: Violin Concertos I Hilsberg · Kurtz

DISC 2: Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 26 · Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto I Zakin · Ormandy

DISC 3: Violin Favorites I Zakin · Levant · Waxman

DISC 4: Prades Festival – Bach I Tabuteau · Schneider · Casals · Wummer · Istomin

DISC 5: Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 · Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 7 I Zakin

DISC 6: Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 1 · Franck: Violin Sonata I Zakin

DISC 7: Brahms · Sibelius: Violin Concertos I Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Beecham

DISC 8: Mozart: Sinfonia concertante · Piano Quartet I Primrose · Casals · Istomin

DISC 9: Vignettes for Violin I Zakin

DISC 10: Casals Festival at Prades I Schneider · Katims · Thomas · Tortelier · Hess

DISC 11: Casals Festival at Prades I Schneider · Katims · Thomas · Foley · Casals

DISC 12: Casals Festival at Prades I Schneider · Katims · Tortelier · Casals

DISC 13: Casals Festival at Prades I Hess · Casals

DISC 14: Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas I Zakin

DISC 15: C. P. E. Bach · J. S. Bach · Handel · Tartini: Violin Sonatas I Zakin

DISC 16: /17 Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 3 · F.A.E Sonata I Zakin

DISC 18: Vivaldi · Bach: Violin Concertos I Oistrakh · Ormandy

DISC 19: Lalo: Symphonie espagnole · Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 I Ormandy

DISC 20: Bernstein: Serenade I Symphony of the Air · Bernstein

DISC 21: Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 · Saint-Saëns · Ravel I Ormandy

DISC 22: Prokofiev: Violin Concertos I Mitropoulos · Bernstein

DISC 23: Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 I New York Philharmonic · Bernstein

DISC 24: Tchaikovsky · Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos I Ormandy

DISC 25: Beethoven: Violin Concerto I New York Philharmonic · Bernstein

DISC 26: Franck · Debussy: Violin Sonatas I Zakin

DISC 27: Brahms: Violin Concerto · Double Concerto I Rose · Ormandy · Walter

DISC 28: Vivaldi: Concertos for 2 Violins I Oistrakh · Ormandy

DISC 29: Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 · Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22 I Ormandy

DISC 30: Stravinsky: Concerto in D · Symphony in 3 Movements I Stravinsky

DISC 31: Bartók: Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2 · Berg: Violin Concerto I Bernstein

DISC 32: None but the Lonely Heart I Columbia Symphony Orchestra · Katims

DISC 33: Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 3 I Zakin

DISC 34: Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 5 “Turkish” I Szell

DISC 35: Prokofiev: Violin Concertos I The Philadelphia Orchestra · Ormandy

DISC 36: Barber · Hindemith: Violin Concertos I New York Philharmonic · Bernstein

DISC 37: Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 I Istomin · Rose

DISC 38: Bloch: Baal Shem · Violin Sonata No. 1 I Zakin

DISC 39: Brahms: Double Concerto · Beethoven: Triple Concerto I Rose · Istomin · Ormandy

DISC 40: Dvořák: Violin Concerto · Romance I The Philadelphia Orchestra · Ormandy

DISC 41: Bach: Violin Concertos · Concerto for Oboe and Violin I Gomberg · Bernstein

DISC 42: /43 Brahms: Piano Trios Nos. 1, 2 & 3 I Istomin · Rose

DISC 44: Lalo: Symphonie espagnole · Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 I Ormandy

DISC 45: haTikvah on Mt. Scopus I Friedland · Davrath · Tourel · Bernstein

DISC 46: Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 · Sinfonia concertante I Trampler · Szell

DISC 47: Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 · Haydn: Piano Trio No. 10 I Istomin · Rose

DISC 48: -51 Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios I Istomin · Rose

DISC 52: Sibelius: Violin Concerto · Karelia Suite I Ormandy

DISC 53: Mozart: Flute Quartets I Rampal · Schneider · Rose

DISC 54: Bartók: Violin Sonatas · Webern: 4 Pieces I Zakin · Rosen

DISC 55: Isaac Stern – Romance I Columbia Symphony Orchestra · Brieff

DISC 56: Mozart · Stamitz: Sinfonias concertantes I Zukerman · Barenboim

DISC 57: Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 · Clarinet (Violin) Sonata No. 2 I Zakin

DISC 58: Copland: Violin Sonata · Duo · Nonet I Copland · Columbia String Ensemble

DISC 59: Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 3 · Dvořák: 4 Romantic Pieces · F.A.E. Sonata I Zakin

DISC 60: Mozart: Concertone · Pleyel: Symphonie concertante I Zukerman · Barenboim

DISC 61: Mozart: Divertimento for Violin, Viola and Cello I Zukerman · Rose

DISC 62: Beethoven: Violin Concerto I New York Philharmonic · Barenboim

DISC 63: /64 Concert of the Century I Bernstein · Rostropovich · Horowitz · Fischer-Dieskau

DISC 65: Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 · Chausson: Poème I Barenboim

DISC 66: Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni · Concertos for Violin and Flute I Rampal

DISC 67: Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 I English Chamber Orchestra · Schneider

DISC 68: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto · Méditation I Rostropovich

DISC 69: Brahms: Violin Concerto I New York Philharmonic · Mehta

DISC 70: Rochberg: Violin Concerto I Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra · Previn

DISC 71: Penderecki: Violin Concerto I Minnesota Orchestra · Skrowaczewski

DISC 72: Mendelssohn: Piano Trios I Istomin · Rose

DISC 73: The Classic Melodies of Japan I Yamamoto · Hayakawa · Fuju · Naitoh

DISC 74: Isaac Stern – 60th Anniversary Celebration I New York Philharmonic · Perlman · Zukerman · Mehta

DISC 75: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto · Bach: Violin Concertos I Bernstein · Schneider

Isaac Stern (1920 – 2001) is undoubtedly one of the great violinists of the last century, and thus belongs to the ranks of Jascha Heifetz, David Oistrach, Yehudi Menuhin, Nathan Milstein and Fritz Kreisler.

At the age of not quite a year, the Ukrainian-born star moved with his parents to the USA, where he remained until his death. His recording activities – exclusively for Columbia – began in 1947 and did not end until the nineties. During this time he became one of the central figures of classical music in the USA, not least through his tireless efforts to preserve Carnegie Hall. He never gave concerts in Germany.

His entire analogue, newly remastered recordings are now on 75 CDs, including many reference recordings that are still valid today. These include the legendary Schubert Quintet with Pablo Casals, the Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert cycles of the much-praised trio with Eugene Istomin (piano) and Leonard Rose (cello) and masterly concert recordings of Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Brahms, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Bartók and Hindemith, among others. Among the cream of the crop of conductors Stern has worked with are Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Ormandy, George Szell, Zubin Mehta and Daniel Barenboim, and leading orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia and Cleveland Orchestra.