Description
Released in a 4CD slipcase and on all digital platforms: Spring 2027
NATHAN MILSTEIN violin
with
Jonathan Feldman piano
Georges Pludermacher piano
The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals Pasadena, California, USA, 1981, 1983 and 1984 (4 recitals)
All recordings are first releases
CD1
12 NOVEMBER 1981
Antonio VIVALDI (1678–1741)
12 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Coninuo, Op. 2 (pub. 1709)
1–4. Sonata No. 2 in A major, RV31 *
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685–1750)
Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004 (1720)
5. V. Ciaccona
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
6–9. Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2 (1802) *
interval
Nicolò PAGANINI (1782–1840)
24 Caprices, Op. 1, MS25 (1805)
10. No. 13 in B flat major: Allegro
11.No. 16 in G minor: Presto
Franz LISZT (1811–1886)
12. Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S514/R181, ‘Mephisto Waltz No. 1’ (1861) (arr. N. Milstein)
Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY (1811–1886)
13. Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42: I. Méditation (1878)
14. Valse-scherzo, Op. 34 (1877)
CD2
Encores:
LISZT
1. Consolations, S172/R12: No. 3 in D flat Major: Lento placido (1850) (arr. N. Milstien) *
BACH
Sonata No. 3 in C major for Solo Violin, BWV 1005 (1720)
2. IV. Allegro assai
Samuel DUSHKIN (1891–1976)
3. Sicilienne (pub. 1924)
Nathan Milstein violin
Jonathan Feldman piano
14 NOVEMBER 1981
Domenico GALLO (1723–after 1792)
12 Sonatas for 2 Violins and Basso Coninuo (pub. 1780)
1. Sonata No. 12 in E major: Allegro – Adagio – Presto (arr. A. Longo) *
BACH
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1001 (1720)
2. I. Adagio
3. II. Fuga: Allegro
Johannes BRAHMS (1833–1897)
4–7. Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 (1888) *
interval
PAGANINI
24 Caprices, Op. 1, MS25 (1805)
8. No. 11 in C major: Andante – Presto
9. No. 5 in A minor: Agitato
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
10. Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 (1863) (ar.. G. Bizet) *
LISZT
11. Consolations, S172/R12: No. 3 in D flat Major: Lento placido (1850) (arr. N. Milstien) *
Encores:
Pablo de SARASATE (1844–1908)
12. Introduction et tarantelle Op. 43 (1899) *
DUSHKIN
13. Sicilienne *
Modest MUSSORGSKY (1811–1886)
14. Sorochinskaya yarmarka (‘Sorochintsi Fair’): Gopak (‘Hopak) (1886) (arr. S. Dushkin) *
BACH
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major for Solo Violin, BWV 1005
15. IV. Allegro assai
Nathan Milstein violin
Jonathan Feldman piano
CD3
23 NOVEMBER 1983
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
1–4. Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’ (1801) *
BACH
5 –8. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major for Solo Violin, BWV 1005
interval
Nathan MILSTEIN (1904–1992)
9. Paganiniana (1954)
César FRANCK (1822–1890)
10–13. Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M. 8 (1886) *
Encores:
LISZT
14. Consolations, S172/R12: No. 3 in D flat major: Lento placido (arr. N. Milstien) *
PAGANINI
15. 24 Caprices, Op. 1, MS25: No. 13 in B flat major: Allegro
Nathan Milstein violin
Georges Pludermacher piano
CD4
11 NOVEMBER 1984
VIVALDI
1–4. Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major, RV10 (pub. c. 1716) *
BACH
5–12. Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002
BRAHMS
13–16. Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 *
PAGANINI
24 Caprices, Op. 1, MS25
17. No. 11 in C major: Andante – Presto
18. No. 5 in A minor: Agitato
Frédéric CHOPIN (1810–1849)
19. Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth (1830) (arr. N. Milstein) *
MUSSORGSKY
20. Shveya (‘The Seamstress’) (1871) (arr. N. Milstein) *
Saint-Saëns
21. Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 (ar.. G. Bizet) *
Encores:
LISZT
22. Consolations, S172/R12: No. 3 in D flat Major: Lento placido (arr. N. Milstien) *
MUSSORGSKY
23. Sorochinskaya yarmarka (‘Sorochintsi Fair’): Gopak (‘Hopak) (arr. S. Dushkin
Nathan Milstein violin
Georges Pludermacher piano
Recordings released with approval from the estate of Nathan Milstein
24 bit, 96kHz high resolution transfers from open reel tapes
24 bit, 96kHz high resolution remastering by John Croft (Chiaro Audio)