Icon Michael Rabin - Young Genius Of The Violin: Box Set 6CDs (2012)

Released to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Michael Rabin's death on 19th January 1972 this collection brings together his finest recordings on EMI Classics in one comprehensive 6CD set.
Rabin was widely regarded as the finest virtuoso violinist of his generation and despite dying at the young age of 36 after suffering with a neurological illness his fame continues long after his death.
He was critically acclaimed for his performances and recordings of Paganini and included in the set are Rabin's two recorded versions of the Paganini Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major Op. 6 from 1956 and 1960. He famously performed this work at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Dmitri Mitropolous at the age of 15 in November 1951. The full 24 Paganini Caprices for Solo Violin are also included in the set.
Displaying technical mastery with a maturity of interpretation that belied his years, Rabin's bel canto playing style is shown in full force in this collection with excellent recordings of Bach, Wieniawski, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Debussy and Bruch.
This collection offers the listener a wonderful selection of violin repertoire with exquisite playing sure to delight any fan of the instrument.

Tracklist:

CD 1 :

Niccolò Paganini
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 6
Henryk Wieniawski
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22
Violin Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 14

CD 2 :

Niccolò Paganini
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 6
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

CD 3 :

Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
Alexander Glazunov
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82

CD 4 :

Niccolò Paganini
24 Caprices, for solo violin, Op. 1

CD 5 :

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No. 3 in C, for solo violin, BWV 1005
Eugène Ysaÿe
Sonata in C minor, for solo violin, Op. 27 No. 4
Sonata in D minor, for solo violin, Op. 27 No. 3
Fritz Kreisler
Étude-caprice (after Wienawski, Op. 18 No. 4)
Claude Debussy
La plus que lente
Maurice Ravel
Pièce en forme d’Habanera
Tzigane, rhapsody for violin and orchestra
Jules Massenet
Méditation (from Thaïs)
Fritz Kreisler
Caprice viennois, Op. 2
Camille Saint-Saëns
Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28

CD 6 :

Camille Saint-Saëns
Havanaise, Op. 83
Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28
Pablo de Sarasate
Zapateado (from Spanish Dances Op. 23)
Habanera (from Spanish Dances Op. 21)
Gypsy Airs, Op. 20 No. 1
Jascha Heifetz
Hora staccato (after Dinicu)
Niccolò Paganini
Moto perpetuo, Op. 11
Edward Elgar
La Capricieuse, Op. 17
Fritz Kreisler
The Old Refrain (after Johann Brandl)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Flight of the BumbleBee
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne No. 8 in D flat, Op. 27 No. 2
Federico Mompou
Jeunes filles au jardin
Alexander Scriabin
Étude in D flat, Op. 8 No. 10
Carl Engel
Sea-Shell
Jascha Heifetz
March (after Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges)
Josef Suk
Burleska

Michael Rabin – violin, Leon Pommers – piano
Philharmonia Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic, Eugene Goossens, Adrian Boult, Alceo Galliera
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Felix Slatkin

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