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Complete Decca Recordings (14CD)
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    Complete Decca Recordings (14CD)

    Artist: 
    Joshua Bell
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    A new-world virtuoso with old-world musicianship: the complete Decca recordings of JOSHUA BELL, capturing the first decade of the violinist’s career on record.

    Decca signed the nineteen-year-old Joshua Bell in 1986 on the basis of privately made concerto tapes. Bell had first picked up a violin at the age of four, but he had been taking the instrument seriously for less than a decade. His musicianship and technical aptitude were nurtured and coached by Josef Gingold, a pupil of Eugène Ysaÿe. He made astonishingly rapid progress. Within months of signing for Decca, he had already made his first three albums, of concertos by Bruch, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Wieniawski, and recital encores.

    Tracklist

    CD 1

    1. Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15
    2. 4 Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 78: No. 2, Romance
    3. 5 Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 81: No. 1, Mazurka
    4. Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor (Arr. Joachim for Violin & Piano)
    5. Cantabile, Op. 17
    6. Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16
    7. II. Nigun
    8. Perpetuum mobile
    9. VII. Vogel als Prophet (Arr. Auer for Violin & Piano)
    10. Danse espagnole No. 1 (Arr. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
    11. Waves at Play
    12. Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 (Arr. Waxman for Violin & Piano)


    CD 2

    1. I. Vorspiel. Allegro moderato
    2. II. Adagio
    3. III. Finale. Allegro energico
    4. I. Allegro molto appassionato –
    5. II. Andante –
    6. III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace


    CD 3

    1. I. Allegro molto
    2. II. Andante
    3. III. Allegro vivo
    4. IV. Allegro quasi presto
    5. I. Allegro vivo
    6. II. Intermède. Fantasque et léger
    7. III. Finale. Très animé
    8. I. Allegretto ben moderato
    9. II. Allegro
    10. III. Recitativo-Fantasia. Ben moderato – Molto lento
    11. IV. Allegretto poco mosso


    CD 4

    1. I. Décidé
    2. II. Sicilienne
    3. III. Grave
    4. IV. Finale
    5. I. Modéré
    6. II. Pantoum. Assez vif
    7. III. Passacaille. Très large
    8. IV. Final. Animé


    CD 5

    1. Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28
    2. Méditation
    3. Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
    4. Poème for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 25
    5. Caprice d’après l’étude en forme de valse de Saint-Saëns
    6. Tzigane, Concert Rhapsody, M. 76a


    CD 6

    1. I. Allegro
    2. II. Adagio
    3. III. Rondeau. Allegro
    4. Adagio in E Major for Violin & Orchestra, K. 261
    5. I. Allegro aperto
    6. II. Adagio
    7. III. Rondeau. Tempo di menuetto
    8. Rondo for Violin & Orchestra in C Major, K. 373


    CD 7

    1. I. Andante assai
    2. II. Allegro brusco
    3. III. Andante
    4. IV. Allegrissimo
    5. No. 1, Andante
    6. No. 2, Lento, ma non troppo
    7. No. 3, Animato, ma non allegro
    8. No. 4, Allegretto leggero e scherzando
    9. No. 5, Andante non troppo
    10. I. Moderato
    11. II. Scherzo. Presto
    12. III. Andante
    13. IV. Allegro con brio


    CD 8

    1. I. Andante
    2. II. Allegro non troppo
    3. III. Largo
    4. IV. Allegretto
    5. I. Liturgie de cristal
    6. II. Vocalise, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du temps
    7. III. Abîme des oiseaux
    8. IV. Intermède
    9. V. Louange à l’Eternité de Jésus
    10. VI. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
    11. VII. Fouillis d’arcs-en-ciel, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du temps
    12. VIII. Louange à l’Immortalité de Jésus


    CD 9

    1. Praeludium & Allegro “by Gaetano Pugnani”
    2. Schön Rosmarin, Old Viennese Dance No. 3
    3. Tambourin chinois, Op. 3
    4. Caprice viennois, Op. 2
    5. La Précieuse “by Louis Couperin”
    6. Liebesfreud, Old Viennese Dance No. 1
    7. Liebesleid, Old Viennese Dance No. 2
    8. La Gitana
    9. Berceuse romantique, Op. 9
    10. Polichinelle (Sérénade)
    11. Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven
    12. Tempo di minuetto “by Gaetano Pugnani”
    13. Toy Soldiers’ March
    14. Allegretto “by Luigi Boccherini”
    15. Marche miniature viennoise
    16. Aucassin and Nicolette, Medieval Canzonetta
    17. Menuet “by Niccolo Porpora”
    18. Sicilienne & Rigaudon “by François Francoeur”
    19. Syncopation


    CD 10

    1. I. Allegro moderato
    2. II. Canzonetta. Andante
    3. III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo
    4. I. Allegro moderato
    5. II. Romance
    6. III. Allegro con fuoco


    CD 11

    1. I. Allegro non troppo
    2. II. Andantino quasi allegretto
    3. III. Molto moderato e maestoso – Allegro non troppo
    4. I. Allegro non troppo
    5. II. Scherzando. Allegro molto
    6. III. Intermezzo. Allegretto non troppo
    7. IV. Andante
    8. V. Rondo. Allegro


    CD 12

    1. I. Andantino
    2. II. Scherzo. Vivacissimo
    3. III. Moderato
    4. I. Allegro moderato
    5. II. Andante assai
    6. III. Allegro ben marcato
    7. I. The Ridiculous People
    8. II. Infernal Scene
    9. III. March
    10. IV. Scherzo
    11. V. The Prince and the Princess
    12. VI. The Escape


    CD 13

    1. I. Allegro non troppo (Cadenza: Bell)
    2. II. Adagio
    3. III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
    4. I. In kräftigem, nicht zu schnellem Tempo
    5. II. Langsam –
    6. III. Lebhaft, doch nicht schnell


    CD 14

    1. Air for Violin
    2. I. Allegro
    3. II. Andante
    4. III. Presto in moto perpetuo
    5. I. Vidui
    6. II. Nigun
    7. III. Simchas Torah
    8. I. Andante tranquilo
    9. II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana – Trio. Canzonetta – Tempo I
    10. III. Vivace

    Details

    Artist
    Joshua Bell
    Release Date
    November 22, 2024
    Label
    Decca / Eloquence
    UPC
    0028948472215