Violinist Nathan Milstein is accompanied by pianist Georges Pludermacher for this recital of music by Beethoven, J.S. Bach, Handel, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky & more.
"What most astonished was the sheer facility of the 82 year-old violinist’s playing; its agility, quick reflexes and tonal lustre... it is without doubt the pre-eminent recorded example of a great violinist giving of his best in old age. The Kreutzer Sonata is dapper, suave and tirelessly athletic : the first movement’s central development has real drama and temperament, the variations have plenty of colourful incident and the finale gallops along energetically. The Handel Sonata is cool and tastefully moulded; the Bach Chaconne, endlessly resourceful and superbly built. This is very much the Milstein of old a highly cultivated artist and a supremely accomplished violinist. The sound is admirably clear". - Gramophone
Side A :
Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata N° 9 in A Major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"
1. Adagio Sostenuot - Presto
2. Andante Con Variazioni
Side B :
Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata N° 9 in A Major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"
3. Finale : Presto
Johann Sebastian Bach - From Partita II in D Minor
4. N° 5 C Chaconne
Side C :
Georg Friedrich Handel - Sonata in A Major for Violin & Piano, Op. 1, N° 3
1. Larghetto (Andante)
2. Allegro
3. Adagio
4. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach - From Sonata N° 3 in C Major
5. N° 3 Allegro Assai
Pablo de Sarasate - Introduction Et Tarantelle Op. 43
6. Moderato - Allegro Vivace
Side D :
Sergie Prokofiev - The Tales of The Old Grandmother, Op. 31
