Concerto in F for three violins / Vivaldi. String quartet in B flat, K. 458 : (Hunt) / Mozart. Impromptus, D899/2, 3 & 4 / Schubert.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999, performer.

Oistrakh, David, 1908-1974, performer.

Oistrakh, Igor, 1931-2021, performer.

Cherkassky, Shura, performer.

Kondrashin, Kirill, 1914-1981, conductor.

Moskovskai︠a︡ gosudarstvennai︠a︡ filarmonii︠a︡. Simfonicheskiĭ orkestr, performer.

Series:

BBC legends

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Concertos (Violins (3) with string orchestra).

String quartets.

Piano music.

Genre:

String quartets.

Piano music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 computer optical disc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[England] : BBC Music Magazine, [2000]

System Details:

System requirements: 486 or faster PC with Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT; at least 8Mb RAM; approx. 6Mb free hard disk space ; at least 256-color 640x480 display; CD-Extra compatible CD-ROM drive; soundcard and speakers or link to hi-fi; mouse.

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Participant:

Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh, Igor Oistrakh, violins, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, conductor (1st work) ; Quartetto Italiano (2nd work) ; Shura Cherkassky, piano (3rd work).

Notes:

The 3rd work for piano.

Title from label.

Recorded 28 Sept. 1963, Royal Albert Hall, London (1st work), Feb. 22, 1965, Royal Festival Hall, London (2nd work), and May 5, 1991, Glyndebourne Opera House (3rd work).

Enhanced compact disc (sound recording). Enhancements include background and program notes by Stephen Johnson, with, in the program notes, links to the particular portion of the music under discussion; notes on the performers; suggestions for related listening; and "Discovering music" by (in this issue) Chris de Souza, a continuing series focusing on various single works showing, with audio examples, the techniques composers use to achieve their effects; the work examined on this disc is Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade.

Principally analog recordings; the Schubert works are digital recordings.

Issued with BBC music magazine, v. 9 no. 3 (Nov. 2000). Full notes (duplicating those on the CD) in that publication

Program notes excerpted from the notes on the disc ([8] p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Contains:

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Concertos, violins (3), string orchestra, RV 551, F major

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, K. 458, B♭ major

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Impromptus, piano, D. 899. No. 2-4

OCLC:

45455383

Publisher Number:

BBC MM99 BBC Music Magazine