Isaac Stern – Lucerne Festival Historic Performances Vol. II – Isaac Stern plays Tchaikovsky and Bartók (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Isaac Stern – Lucerne Festival Historic Performances Vol. II – Isaac Stern plays Tchaikovsky and Bartók (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:09:41 minutes | 440 MB | Genre: Classical
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“To make the violin speak”, was Isaac Stern’s succinct artistic maxim. These live recordings, made in 1956 and 1958 at the Lucerne Festival, exemplify how Stern realised his concept of musical rhetoric on the concert platform. Stern never performed in Germany; in Switzerland, however, he gave concerts frequently. He was a regular guest at the Lucerne Festival, appearing ten times between 1948 and 1988, both as soloist and as chamber musician, including with his Piano Trio alongside Eugene Istomin and Leonard Rose. Only a small number of live recordings with Isaac Stern exist. The Lucerne recordings of the Tchaikovsky and Bartók Concertos, issued here for the first time, are thus of particular documentary value, as well as important elements within the extensive discography of the violinist who died in 2001.

This release is furnished with a producer’s comment by producer Ludger Böckenhoff on www.audite.de/en/product/CD/95624/multimedia.

MusicWeb International – 28th October 2013
Considering that these performances originate from the mid-1950s, they are in remarkably good sound and form very welcome additions to the violinist’s discography.

The Strad – January 2014
Taped at the Lucerne Festival when Isaac Stern was at the height of his powers in 1958 and 1956 respectively, these sophisticated mono recordings capture a white-hot incandescence fully equal to his legendary commercial releases…Even in an age overflowing with note-hungry virtuosos there are few who could come anywhere near this blistering account of the Tchaikovsky.

Tracklist:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35

01 | I. Allegro moderato – Moderato assai
02 | II. Canzonetta. Andante – attacca subito
03 | III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112 30:01

04 | I. Allegro non troppo
05 | II. Andante tranquillo
06 | III. Allegro molto

Personnel:
Isaac Stern (violin)
Schweizerisches Festspielorchester
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
Lorin Maazel (conductor)

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