25 of the Greatest Violin Pieces Ever Made

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December 7, 2011

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Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99
1
Nocturne
Dmitry Shostakovich
Yevgeny Mravinsky / David Oistrakh / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra 11:52 Amazon
2
Scherzo
Dmitry Shostakovich
Yevgeny Mravinsky / David Oistrakh / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra 06:18 Amazon
3
Passacaglia
Dmitry Shostakovich
Yevgeny Mravinsky / David Oistrakh / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra 09:20 Amazon
4
Burlesque
Dmitry Shostakovich
Yevgeny Mravinsky / David Oistrakh / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra 08:58 Amazon
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129
5
Moderato
Dmitry Shostakovich
David Oistrakh / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky 11:57 Amazon
6
Adagio
Dmitry Shostakovich
David Oistrakh / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky 08:03 Amazon
7
Adagio, allegro
Dmitry Shostakovich
David Oistrakh / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky 08:13 Amazon
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6
8
Allegro maestoso [Part 1]
Niccolò Paganini
Neeme Järvi / Estonian State Symphony Orchestra / Victor Tretyakov 06:46 Amazon
9
Allegro maestoso [Part 2]
Niccolò Paganini
Neeme Järvi / Estonian State Symphony Orchestra / Victor Tretyakov 08:33 Amazon
10
Allegro maestoso [Part 3]
Niccolò Paganini
Neeme Järvi / Estonian State Symphony Orchestra / Victor Tretyakov 05:08 Amazon
11
Adagio espressivo
Niccolò Paganini
Neeme Järvi / Estonian State Symphony Orchestra / Victor Tretyakov 05:38 Amazon
12
Rondo - Allegro spiritoso
Niccolò Paganini
Neeme Järvi / Estonian State Symphony Orchestra / Victor Tretyakov 09:23 Amazon
Violin Concerto
13
Allegro con fermezza [Part 1]
Aram Khachaturian
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Victor Tretyakov / Dmitri Tulin 08:49 Amazon
14
Allegro con fermezza [Part 2]
Aram Khachaturian
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Victor Tretyakov / Dmitri Tulin 07:22 Amazon
15
Andante sostenuto [Part 1]
Aram Khachaturian
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Victor Tretyakov / Dmitri Tulin 06:40 Amazon
16
Andante sostenuto [Part 2]
Aram Khachaturian
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Victor Tretyakov / Dmitri Tulin 06:34 Amazon
17
Allegro vivace
Aram Khachaturian
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Victor Tretyakov / Dmitri Tulin 10:20 Amazon
18
Cantabile for violin & piano in D major
Niccolò Paganini
Maria Bondarenko / Gidon Kremer 03:42 Amazon
19
In the Style of Albéniz
Rodion Shchedrin
Maria Bondarenko / Gidon Kremer 03:15 Amazon
20
Caprice for violin in C minor, Op. 1/4 (Maestoso)
Niccolò Paganini
Gidon Kremer 06:26 Amazon
21
Caprice for violin in E flat major, Op. 1/17
Niccolò Paganini
Gidon Kremer 03:41 Amazon
22
Variations for violin on "The Last Rose of Summer"
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Gidon Kremer 07:48 Amazon
23
Grand caprice for violin after Schubert's "Der Erlkönig"
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Gidon Kremer 04:12 Amazon
Violin Sonata, Sz. 117
24
Tempo di ciaccona
Béla Bartók
Gidon Kremer 07:54 Amazon
25
Elegy for violin
Igor Stravinsky
Gidon Kremer 04:57 Amazon
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