Legendary Treasures: Live Performances with the New York Philharmonic / Spivakovsky

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Label
Doremi
Release Date
June 1, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Spivakovsky, Rodzinski, Schippers, Krips, Paray, Foss, Grevillius, Marino
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 01, 2018
    • UPC
      061297802586
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DHR-8025-8
    • LABEL
      Doremi
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Tossy Spivakovsky Introduces the Curved VEGA BACH-Bow for Playing Bach's Violin Solo Works

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

    2. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

    3. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Thomas Schippers

    4. II. Andante assai

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Thomas Schippers

    5. III. Allegro, ben marcato

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Thomas Schippers

    6. Allegro Risoluto - Molto tranquillo - Tempo primo - Cadenza - Agitato Fervente

      Composer: William Schuman

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Lukas Foss

    7. Introduzione - Presto - Leggiero - Allegretto - Adagietto - Poco a poco accelerando al allegro vivo

      Composer: William Schuman

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Lukas Foss

    8. I. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Amerigo Marino

    9. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Amerigo Marino

    10. III. Rondo: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Amerigo Marino

    11. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Nils Grevillius

    12. II. Canzonetta: Andante

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Nils Grevillius

    13. III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Nils Grevillius

    14. I. Allegro tranquillo

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Robert La Marchina

    15. II. Andante molto moderato

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Robert La Marchina

    16. III. Presto

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Robert La Marchina

    17. Tossy Spivakovsky Spoken Introduction About Bartok

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

    18. I. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Artur Rodziński

    19. II. Andante tranquillo

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Artur Rodziński

    20. III. Allegro molto

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Artur Rodziński

    21. I. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Josef Krips

    22. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Josef Krips

    23. III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Josef Krips

    24. I. Allegro molto appassionato

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Paul Paray

    25. II. Andante

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Paul Paray

    26. III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

      Performer: Tossy Spivakovsky

      Conductor: Paul Paray


In 1906, Nathan “Tossy” Spivakovsky was born in Odessa. A child prodigy, with his elder brother Jascha, a pianist, they toured Europe as the Spivakovsky Duo. At only 18, Spivakovsky was spotted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, and he became the youngest concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic. In 1940, Spivakovsky emigrated to the U.S and made his New York debut at Town Hall. Two years later he became concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra under Artur Rodzinski. Obviously he was one of the top violinists of the Twentieth Century. Since childhood, Spivakovsky had a special interest in the way Bach repertoire for solo violin should be played. Although most violinists arpeggiate chords, Spivakovsky had become convinced early on that this was not what Bach intended. Upon realizing that Bach wanted certain chords in his solo violin works played without arpeggiation, he wrote an article entitled "Polyphony in Bach’s Works for solo Violin," published in 1967 in The Music Review, Vol. 28, No. 4., in which he provided the evidence for Bach’s preference. He later acquired a curved Vega Bach Bow from Knud Vestergaard, of Denmark, which enabled him to perform with increased ease, sonority and smoothness of tone. The New York Times, describing Spivakovsky's performance of the Bach on April 1, 1963, wrote: "Tossy Spivakovsky demonstrated again his impressive artistry, and his use of the curved bow gave his performances unusual interest. ... The violinist's use of the curved bow had its most persuasive results in the great Chaconne." This set contains a distinctive performance: Spivakovsky’s interpretation of the Bach Chaconne using the VEGA BACH-Bow had never been released or available on record until now. We are therefore pleased to present here a brilliant live broadcast by Radio Stockholm from 1969. His playing is simply magnificent and attests to Spivakovsky’s genius as a magical new dimension is added to Bach’s violin music.