The release of this 61-disc box (58CDs and 3 DVDs) coincides with the 50th anniversary of the death of David Oistrakh, one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century - and indeed of all time. Born in Odesa (now in Ukraine) in 1908, he died while on tour, in Amsterdam, on 24th October 1974. The box contains - On 27 CDs: the entirety of David Oistrakh's Warner Classics studio catalogue (originally recorded for Columbia & HMV), newly remastered in HD from the original tapes and in packaging that uses the original LP artwork. On 31 CDs: live recordings and studio recordings from the early period of Oistrakh's career and from his post-War years of international celebrity. One-third of these items are world premieres and a number of them are CD premiere releases. All the recordings have been remastered from the best available sources. On 3 DVDs: DVDs 1 & 2: Performances (in the concert hall and radio/television studio), filmed in Moscow, of concertos and recital repertoire; presented for DVD by film/TV director and Oistrakh expert Bruno Monsaingeon. DVD 3: David Oistrakh - Artist of the People? A 1996 documentary, directed by Bruno Monsaingeon, examining Oistrakh's life. It includes interviews with his son Igor Oistrakh, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich and Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Tracklist:

AlbÃ©niz
Tor Aulin
JS Bach
BartÃ³k
Beethoven
Brahms
Bruch
Chausson
Chopin
CÃ©sar Cui
Daquin
Debussy
DvorÃ¡k
Ernst
de Falla
Foster
Franck
Glazunov
GliÃ¨re
Glinka
Gluck
Granados
Grieg
Handel
Hindemith
Hoffstetter
Hubay
A.Khachaturian
K.Khachaturian
KodÃ¡ly
Kreisler
Lalo
Levina
Liszt
Locatelli
Martinu
Medtner
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Milhaud
Moszkowski
Mozart
Ovchinnikov
Paganini
Rachmaninov
Rakov
Ravel
Prokofiev
Rimsky-Korsakov
Saint-SaÃ«ns
de Sarasate
Schubert
R.Schumann
Szymanowski
Scott
Scriabin
Shostakovich
Sibelius
Smetana
Stamitz
Stenhammar
Stravinsky
Suk
Szymanowski
Taktakishvili
Taneyev
Tartini
Tchaikovsky
Townsend
Vieuxtemps
Vitali
Vivaldi
Vladigerov
Wagner
Weinberg
Weinberger
Wieniawski
Wolf
YsaÃ¿e
Zarzycki
Zimbalist

UPC: 5054197963520
Label: Warner Classics
Release Date: 12.20.24
Format: CD

David Oistrakh - Warner Remastered Edition: Complete Columbia & Hmv (CD)