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

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Spivakovsky, Rodzinski, Schippers, Krips, Paray, Foss, Grevillius, Marino
Format
CD
Label
Doremi
Released
Jun 01, 2018
Catalog #
DHR-8025-8
UPC
061297802586

About

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.

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Tossy Spivakovsky Introduces the Curved VEGA BACH-Bow for Playing Bach's Violin Solo Works 02:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    Tossy Spivakovsky Introduces the Curved VEGA BACH-Bow for Playing Bach's Violin Solo Works
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    na Not Applicable
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
  3. 2 Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona 16:00
    Track
    2
    Title
    Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona
    Duration
    16:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
  4. 3 I. Allegro moderato 10:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    10:16
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Thomas Schippers
  5. 4 II. Andante assai 09:35
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Andante assai
    Duration
    09:35
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Thomas Schippers
  6. 5 III. Allegro, ben marcato 06:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Allegro, ben marcato
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Thomas Schippers
  7. 6 Allegro Risoluto - Molto tranquillo - Tempo primo - Cadenza - Agitato Fervente 14:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    Allegro Risoluto - Molto tranquillo - Tempo primo - Cadenza - Agitato Fervente
    Duration
    14:58
    Composer
    William Schuman
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lukas Foss
  8. 7 Introduzione - Presto - Leggiero - Allegretto - Adagietto - Poco a poco accelerando al allegro vivo 17:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    Introduzione - Presto - Leggiero - Allegretto - Adagietto - Poco a poco accelerando al allegro vivo
    Duration
    17:31
    Composer
    William Schuman
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lukas Foss
  9. Disc 2
  10. 1 I. Allegro ma non troppo 24:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    24:37
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Amerigo Marino
  11. 2 II. Larghetto 09:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    09:30
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Amerigo Marino
  12. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro 09:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    09:54
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Amerigo Marino
  13. 4 I. Allegro moderato 18:55
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    18:55
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nils Grevillius
  14. 5 II. Canzonetta: Andante 07:02
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Canzonetta: Andante
    Duration
    07:02
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nils Grevillius
  15. 6 III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo 09:55
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo
    Duration
    09:55
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nils Grevillius
  16. Disc 3
  17. 1 I. Allegro tranquillo 15:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro tranquillo
    Duration
    15:52
    Composer
    Frank Martin
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Robert La Marchina
  18. 2 II. Andante molto moderato 09:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante molto moderato
    Duration
    09:53
    Composer
    Frank Martin
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Robert La Marchina
  19. 3 III. Presto 08:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    08:04
    Composer
    Frank Martin
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Robert La Marchina
  20. 4 Tossy Spivakovsky Spoken Introduction About Bartok 07:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    Tossy Spivakovsky Spoken Introduction About Bartok
    Duration
    07:11
    Composer
    na Not Applicable
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
  21. 5 I. Allegro non troppo 16:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    16:22
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Artur Rodziński
  22. 6 II. Andante tranquillo 09:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante tranquillo
    Duration
    09:53
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Artur Rodziński
  23. 7 III. Allegro molto 11:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegro molto
    Duration
    11:07
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Artur Rodziński
  24. Disc 4
  25. 1 I. Allegro non troppo 21:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    21:01
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Josef Krips
  26. 2 II. Adagio 08:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    08:28
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Josef Krips
  27. 3 III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace 08:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
    Duration
    08:00
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Josef Krips
  28. 4 I. Allegro molto appassionato 12:12
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro molto appassionato
    Duration
    12:12
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Paul Paray
  29. 5 II. Andante 08:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    08:00
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Paul Paray
  30. 6 III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace 07:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
    Duration
    07:05
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Tossy Spivakovsky
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Paul Paray