Joshua Bell: The Classical Collection | Sony 88985395202

Joshua Bell: The Classical Collection

Label: Sony

Cat No: 88985395202

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 14

Release Date: 18th August 2017

Contents

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major, BWV1068
» II Air 'Air on the G string'
Partita for solo violin no.2 in D minor, BWV1004
» Ciaccona
Partita for solo violin no.3 in E major, BWV1006
» III Gavotte en rondeau
Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor, BWV1041
Violin Concerto no.2 in E major, BWV1042

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Symphony no.4 in B flat major, op.60
Symphony no.7 in A major, op.92
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61

Bellini, Vincenzo

Norma
» Casta diva

Bernstein, Leonard

Candide
» Make Our Garden Grow
On the Town
» Lonely Town
» New York, New York
Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium'
West Side Story: Suite

Bizet, Georges

Les Pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers)
» Je crois entendre encore (Romance de Nadir)

Borodin, Alexander

String Quartet no.2 in D major
» III Notturno: Andante

Brahms, Johannes

Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, op.102
Piano Trio no.1 in B major, op.8

Corigliano, John

Violin Concerto 'The Red Violin'
Violin Sonata

Debussy, Claude

Beau Soir
Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.8 La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)

Donizetti, Gaetano

L'elisir d'amore
» Una furtiva lagrima

Dvorak, Antonin

Rusalka, op.114
» Mesicku na nebi hlubokem (Song to the Moon) (Act 1)
Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs) (7), op.55 B104
» no.4 Als die alte Mutter (Songs my mother taught me)

Falla, Manuel de

Canciones populares espanolas (7)
» no.5 Nana

Faure, Gabriel

Berceuse in D major, op.16
Songs (3), op.7
» no.1 Apres un reve

Franck, Cesar

Violin Sonata in A major

Gershwin, George

But Not for Me
Embraceable You
George Gershwin's Songbook for piano (18)
» no.5 I got rhythm
» no.7 Liza (All the clouds'll roll away)
» no.15 Sweet and low-down
Love is here to stay
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Porgy and Bess Fantasy (excerpts)
Preludes (3)

Gluck, Christoph Willibald

Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice)
» Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Goldmark, Karl

Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.28

Massenet, Jules

Elegie
Thais: Meditation

Maw, Nicholas

Violin Concerto

Mendelssohn, Felix

Songs (12) for voice and piano, op.8
» no.8 Andres Maienlied 'Hexenlied'
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

Monteverdi, Claudio

L'incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea)
» Pur ti miro

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Piano Concerto no.21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan'
Vesperae solennes de confessore in C major, K339 (Solemn Vespers)
» Laudate Dominum

Orff, Carl

Carmina Burana
» In trutina

Ponce, Manuel

Estrellita

Puccini, Giacomo

Gianni Schicchi
» O mio babbino caro

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Vocalise, op.34 no.14

Ravel, Maurice

Violin Sonata no.2 in G major

Saint-Saens, Camille

Carnival of the Animals
» The Swan
Violin Sonata no.1 in D minor, op.75

Schubert, Franz

Ave Maria, D839 (Ellens Gesang III, op.52 no.6)
Schwanengesang, D957
» Standchen

Schumann, Robert

Kinderszenen, op.15
» no.7 Traumerei
Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO23
» II Langsam

Sibelius, Jean

Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47

Strauss, Richard

Lieder (4), op.27
» no.4 Morgen

Tartini, Giuseppe

Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill'

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Serenade melancolique in B flat minor, op.26
Souvenir d'un lieu cher, op.42
» no.1 Meditation
Swan Lake, op.20
» Russian dance
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35

Vivaldi, Antonio

The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)

Artists

Joshua Bell (violin)
Jeremy Denk (piano)
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Anna Netrebko (soprano)
John Williams (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker
Camerata Salzburg
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra of St Luke’s
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Marin Alsop
Joshua Bell
Roger Norrington
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Michael Stern
Michael Tilson Thomas
John Williams
David Zinman

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major, BWV1068
» II Air 'Air on the G string'
Partita for solo violin no.2 in D minor, BWV1004
» Ciaccona
Partita for solo violin no.3 in E major, BWV1006
» III Gavotte en rondeau
Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor, BWV1041
Violin Concerto no.2 in E major, BWV1042

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Symphony no.4 in B flat major, op.60
Symphony no.7 in A major, op.92
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61

Bellini, Vincenzo

Norma
» Casta diva

Bernstein, Leonard

Candide
» Make Our Garden Grow
On the Town
» Lonely Town
» New York, New York
Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium'
West Side Story: Suite

Bizet, Georges

Les Pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers)
» Je crois entendre encore (Romance de Nadir)

Borodin, Alexander

String Quartet no.2 in D major
» III Notturno: Andante

Brahms, Johannes

Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, op.102
Piano Trio no.1 in B major, op.8

Corigliano, John

Violin Concerto 'The Red Violin'
Violin Sonata

Debussy, Claude

Beau Soir
Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.8 La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)

Donizetti, Gaetano

L'elisir d'amore
» Una furtiva lagrima

Dvorak, Antonin

Rusalka, op.114
» Mesicku na nebi hlubokem (Song to the Moon) (Act 1)
Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs) (7), op.55 B104
» no.4 Als die alte Mutter (Songs my mother taught me)

Falla, Manuel de

Canciones populares espanolas (7)
» no.5 Nana

Faure, Gabriel

Berceuse in D major, op.16
Songs (3), op.7
» no.1 Apres un reve

Franck, Cesar

Violin Sonata in A major

Gershwin, George

But Not for Me
Embraceable You
George Gershwin's Songbook for piano (18)
» no.5 I got rhythm
» no.7 Liza (All the clouds'll roll away)
» no.15 Sweet and low-down
Love is here to stay
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Porgy and Bess Fantasy (excerpts)
Preludes (3)

Gluck, Christoph Willibald

Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice)
» Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Goldmark, Karl

Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.28

Massenet, Jules

Elegie
Thais: Meditation

Maw, Nicholas

Violin Concerto

Mendelssohn, Felix

Songs (12) for voice and piano, op.8
» no.8 Andres Maienlied 'Hexenlied'
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

Monteverdi, Claudio

L'incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea)
» Pur ti miro

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Piano Concerto no.21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan'
Vesperae solennes de confessore in C major, K339 (Solemn Vespers)
» Laudate Dominum

Orff, Carl

Carmina Burana
» In trutina

Ponce, Manuel

Estrellita

Puccini, Giacomo

Gianni Schicchi
» O mio babbino caro

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Vocalise, op.34 no.14

Ravel, Maurice

Violin Sonata no.2 in G major

Saint-Saens, Camille

Carnival of the Animals
» The Swan
Violin Sonata no.1 in D minor, op.75

Schubert, Franz

Ave Maria, D839 (Ellens Gesang III, op.52 no.6)
Schwanengesang, D957
» Standchen

Schumann, Robert

Kinderszenen, op.15
» no.7 Traumerei
Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO23
» II Langsam

Sibelius, Jean

Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47

Strauss, Richard

Lieder (4), op.27
» no.4 Morgen

Tartini, Giuseppe

Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill'

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Serenade melancolique in B flat minor, op.26
Souvenir d'un lieu cher, op.42
» no.1 Meditation
Swan Lake, op.20
» Russian dance
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35

Vivaldi, Antonio

The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)

Artists

Joshua Bell (violin)
Jeremy Denk (piano)
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Anna Netrebko (soprano)
John Williams (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker
Camerata Salzburg
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra of St Luke’s
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Marin Alsop
Joshua Bell
Roger Norrington
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Michael Stern
Michael Tilson Thomas
John Williams
David Zinman

About

Sony Classical International proudly presents Joshua Bell: The Classical Collection, a 14-CD set of albums of classical repertoire that Joshua has recorded for the label over the past twenty years. Displaying the unique breadth, versatility and breathtaking virtuosity, beguiling sensitivity and sheer tonal beauty that has made Bell an icon for audiences of all ages and musical tastes throughout the world, this new collection showcases Joshua Bell in cornerstones of the violin concerto repertoire, chamber music and concert pieces.

The repertoire in this career-spanning edition includes Bell’s 2008 recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, which “…scorches and sizzles without ever falling prey to pyrotechnic vulgarity,” (ClassicsToday.com), the 2014 Bach release, also with the ASMF, which was celebrated as “…original and exceptionally executed…” by Gramophone, and two of Joshua’s most popular albums thus far, Romance of the Violin and Voice of the Violin, where the violinist regales us with “honeyed arrangements” (Fanfare) ranging from Monteverdi, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin and Bellini to Dvořák, Debussy and Orff, with soprano Anna Netrebko joining the violinist for “a sensitive and touching performance of Richard Strauss’ ‘Morgen’” (Fanfare).

Other highlights from the collection include British composer Nicholas Maw’s Violin Concerto, a work written for Bell in 1993, featuring the London Philharmonic Orchestra with Sir Roger Norrington, conductor; The Red Violin Concerto based on themes from John Corigliano’s score to the film The Red Violin, with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen and Leonard Bernstein’s cherished West Side Story Suite, also performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra and David Zinman.

Rounding out this boxed set are Bell’s recordings of treasured masterpieces by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Gershwin, Ravel, and Sibelius – accompanied by the Berlin Philharmonic and Michael Tilson Thomas, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Salzburg Camerata with Sir Roger Norrington and Bell’s close friends and regular chamber music partners, cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Jeremy Denk. Bell is also featured as a conductor in riveting performances of Beethoven’s Fourth and Seventh Symphonies with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

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