/ Tracks: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) Historical Russian archives, Gidon Kremer 1. Ciacona, from partita for violin solo in D minor BWV 1004 14:29 Partita for violin solo in E major BWV 1006 2. Preludio 3:31 3. Loure 4:32 4. Gavotte en rondeau 2:45 5. Menuet I 1:45 6. Menuet II 2:37 7. Bourrée 1:17 8. Gigue 2:03 From: Sonata for violin solo in A minor BWV 1003 9. Grave 4:39 10. Fugue 8:20 Concerto for 2 violins & orchestra in D minor BWV 1043 11. Vivace 4:09 12. Largo ma non tanto 6:55 13. Allegro 5:18 Total: 62:24 Gidon Kremer, violin Oleg Kagan, violin I Gidon Kremer, violin II (11 - 13) Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, David Oistrakh CD 2 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Violin concerto No. 2 in D major KV 211 1. Allegro moderato 7:47 2. Andante 6:16 3. Rondo, allegro 4:28 Concertone for 2 violins & orchestra in C major KV 190 4. Allegro con spirito 7:59 5. Andante grazioso 9:32 6. Tempo di menuetto 9:11 7. Violin concerto No. 3 in G major KV 216: allegro (transcription for violin and piano) 8:33 Violin sonata No. 31 in C major KV 404 (unfinished) 8. Andante 2:10 9. Allegretto 1:32 LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) 10. Menuet, from string quintet in E major G 275 3:21 Total: 60:54 Gidon Kremer, violin German Chamber Philharmonic Society, Gidon Kremer (1 - 3) Tatiana Grindenko, violin II Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Saulius Sondetskis (4 - 6) Yuri Smirnov, piano (7 - 9) Oleg Maisenberg, piano (10) CD 3 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Violin sonata in G major Op. 96 1. Allegro moderato 11:12 2. Adagio espressivo 6:27 3. Scherzo, allegro 1:51 4. Poco allegretto 8:56 5. Variations in F major on Mozart´s "Se vuol´ballare" 10:58 6. 6 German dances 4:25 HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ VON BIBER (1644-1704) 7. Ciacona from mystery sonata No. 4 in D minor "The Presentation" 9:19 GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681-1767) Sonata en canon in A minor for 2 violins Op. 5 No. 6 8. Vivace 2:03 9. Soave 2:03 10. Allegro assai 1:59 Sonata en canon in G major Op. 5 No. 1 11. Vivace 1:28 12. Adagio 1:34 13. Allegro 1:42 Total: 64:06 Gidon Kremer, violin Oleg Maisenberg, piano (1 - 7) Tatiana Grindenko, violin II (8 - 13) CD 4 FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) 1. Rondo for violin & strings in A major D 438 13:55 2. Introduction, theme & variations on "Trockne Blumen" from "Die Schöne Müllerin" in E minor D 802 20:05 Rondo brillant in B minor D 895 3. Andante 3:20 4. Allegro 11:02 PYOTR ILYITCH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) 5. Valse-scherzo 5:44 6. Melodie (from souvenir d´un lieu cher) Op. 42 No. 3 3:25 Total: 57:31 Gidon Kremer, violin German Chamber Music Society, Gidon Kremer (1) Oleg Maisenberg, piano (2 - 4) Yuri Smirnov, piano (5 - 6) CD 5 FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Concerto for violin & strings in D minor 1. Allegro molto 8:44 2. Andante 9:12 3. Allegro 4:21 ERNEST CHAUSSON (1855-1899) 4. Poeme, for violin and piano Op. 25 14:13 EUGENE YSAYE (1858-1931) Sonata for solo violin Op. 27 No. 5 "Pastorale" 5. L´aurore 3:53 6. Danse rustique 4:33 Sonata for violin & piano in F minor after Locatelli 7. Lento assai e mesto 4:27 8. Allegro 1:56 9. Lento 2:22 10. Tempo moderato 5:04 MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) 11. Blues, from violin sonata 6:10 Total: 64:55 Gidon Kremer, violin Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Bashmet (1 - 3) Maria Bondarenko, piano (4, 7 - 10) Oleg Maisenberg, piano (11) CD 6 RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) Violin sonata in E flat major Op. 18 1. Allegro ma non troppo 10:47 2. Improvisation, andante cantabile 8:19 3. Finale: andante-allegro 8:57 MAX REGER (1873-1916) Violin sonata in C minor Op. 139 4. Con passione 9:32 5. Largo 5:59 6. Vivace 4:37 7. Andantino con variazioni 11:32 Total: 59:44 Gidon Kremer, violin Oleg Maisenberg, piano CD 7 SERGEY PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Violin sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80 1. Andante assai 9:42 2. Allegro brusco 3:49 3. Andante 8:36 4. Allegrissimo-andante assai come prima 7:53 5. Scherzo, vivacissimo, from violin concerto No. 1 in D major Op. 19, transcription for violin & piano 4:05 Sonata for 2 violins in C major Op. 56 6. Andante cantabile 2:55 7. Allegro 3:07 8. Commodo 4:17 9. Allegro con