Arthur Grumiaux, violin ; André Chometon, piano (6th work) ; Orchestre National de la RTF(1st, 3rd work) ; Manuel Rosenthal (1st work) and Antal Dorati (3rd work), conductors. Filmed at the Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice, Jan. 22, 1961 (1st-2nd works) ; at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, Feb. 4, 1965 (3rd work) ; in the Netherlands, May 14, 1962 (4th work) ; and at the ORTF, Paris, Mar. 21, 1967 (5th-6th works). Linear PCM mono. sound. Bonus track: Ivry Gitlis plays Saint-Saëns : Introduction et rondo capriccioso, op. 28. Ivry Gitlis, violin ; Georges Pludermacher, piano. Filmed at the ORTF, Paris, 1971. Program notes by Tully Potter in English with French, German, and Spanish translations (19 pages : ports.) included. EMI Classics: 7243 4 90446 9 2 (on container spine: DVB 4904469).
Contents:
Concerto for violin and orchestra in E minor, op. 64 / Felix Mendelssohn (25:11) -- Caprice for solo violin in E flat major, op. 1, no. 14 / Nicolò Paganini (1:28) -- Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 61 / Ludwig van Beethoven (41:05) -- Partita for solo violin no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 ; Sarabande (2:57) ; Chaconne (13:33) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Baal Shem. Nigun = Improvisation / Ernest Bloch (5:29).
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