Favourite Violin

Favourite Violin

On this CD:

1. Danza Espanola (from "La Vida Breve"), for orchestra and various arrangements Danse Espagnole
Composed by Manuel de Falla
Performed by Piers Lane, Tasmin Little

2. The Gadfly, suite from the film score, Op. 97a (assembled by Atovmyan) Romance
Composed by Dmitry Shostakovich
Performed by Martin Milner
Conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes

3. Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor ("La campanella"), Op. 7/MS48 Rondo
Composed by Niccolo Paganini
Performed by Sir Yehudi Menuhin
Conducted by Alberto Erede

4. Zapateado for violin & piano, Op. 23/2
Composed by Pablo de Sarasate
Performed by Michael Rabin, Leon Pommers

5. Thais, opera Act II: Meditation
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Clifford Knowles
Conducted by Charles Groves

6. Hora Staccato for violin & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Grigoras Dinicu
Performed by Michael Rabin
Conducted by Felix Slatkin

7. Violin Concerto No.1, in G minor, Op. 26 Finale
Composed by Max Bruch
Performed by Sir Yehudi Menuhin
Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

8. Caprice Viennois for violin & piano/orchestra, Op.2
Composed by Fritz Kreisler
Performed by Michael Rabin
Conducted by Felix Slatkin

9. Allegro vivace a movimento perpetuo in C major for violin & guitar (or orchestra), Op. 11 (MS72)
Composed by Niccolo Paganini
Performed by Salvatore Accardo
Conducted by Franco Tamponi

10. Romance for violin & orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Josef (violinist) Suk
Conducted by Neville Marriner

11. Banjo and Fiddle for violin & piano
Composed by William Kroll
Performed by Piers Lane, Tasmin Little

12. Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Andante
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Sir Yehudi Menuhin
Conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos

13. The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), opera in 4 acts with a prologue Flight of the Bumble Bee
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Michael Rabin
Conducted by Felix Slatkin

14. Berceuse, for violin & piano (or orchestra) in D Major, Op. 16
Composed by Gabriel Faure
Performed by Jean-Philippe Collard, Augustin Dumay

15. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Allegro giocoso ma non troppo vivace
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Tasmin Little
Conducted by Vernon Handley