BaL 9.04.11 - Beethoven: Violin Concerto

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Roy Goodman with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Beethoven's violin concerto.

Available versions:

Adam, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Batiashvili, Deutche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Bell, Camerata Salzburg, Norrington
Busch, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Campoli, LSO, Krips
Capucon, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Nezet
Chung, VPO, Kondrashin
Chung, Concertgebouw, Tennstedt
Elman, LPO, Solti
Faust, Prague Philharmonia, Belchlavek (*review was confined to recent recordings only)
Ferschtman, Netherlands SO, Vriend
Francescatti, Orchestre de la Societe de Concerts Conservatoire, Cluytens
Francescetti, NYPO, Mitropoulos
Goldberg, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Mitropoulos
Grimal, Les Dissonances
Grumiaux, Concertgebouw, C. Davis
Grumiaux, Concertgebouw, Beinum
Grumiaux, New Philharmonia, Galliera
Haendel, CPO, Ancerl
Haendel, Philharmonia, Kubelik
Hahn, Baltimore SO, Zinman
Heifetz, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Szell
Heifetz, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Koussevitzky
Heifetz, New York Philharmonic SO, Rodzinski
Heifetz, Boston SO, Munch
Heifetz, NBC SO, Toscanini
Hirshhorn, Liege Philharmonic Orchestra, Batholomee
Huberman, VPO, Szell
Jansen, Deutch Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Jarvi
Kennedy, Polish Chamber Orchestra
Kogan, RAI Turin SO, Kempe
Kogan, Orchestre de la Societe de Concerts du Conservatoire, Vandernoot
Kogan, USSR Academic SO
Kopatchinskja, Orchestra des Champs-Elysees, Herreweghe
Krebbers, Concertgebouw, Haitink
Kreisler, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Blech
Kreisler, LPO, Barbirolli
Kremer, ASMF, Marriner
Kremer, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Harnoncourt
Kulenkampff, BPO, Schmidt-Isserstedt
Kym, Philharmonia, A. Davis
Menuhin, VPO, Silvestri
Menuhin, BPO, Furtwangler
Menuhin, USSR State SO, Svetlanov
Menuhin, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Furtwangler
Menuhin, Philharmonia, Furtwangler
Menuhin, New Philharmonia, Klemperer
Menuhin, VPO Bohm
Milstein, Concertgebouw, Ormandy
Milstein, Pittsburg SO, Steinberg
Morini, NYPO, Golschmann
Mullova, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Gardner
Mutter, BPO, Karajan
Mutter, NYPO, Masur
Neveu, Southwest German Radio Orchestra, Rosband
Nishizaki, Slovak PO, Jean
Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Gunzenhauser
Oistrakh, USSR State SO, Rozhdestvensky
Oistrakh, Stockholm Festival Orchestra, Ehrling
Oistrakh, Moscow PO, Menuhin
Oistrakh, Berlin Radio SO, Abendroth
Oistrakh, USSR State SO, Pragu
Oistrakh, French National Radio Orchestra, Cluytens
Oistrakh, USSR State SO, Gauk
Perlman, Philharmonia, Giulini
Perlman, BPO, Barenboim
Pine, RPO, Serebrier
Repin, VPO, Muti
Ricci, LPO, Boult
Rohn, BPO, Furtwangler
Rosand, Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Inouye
Schneiderhan, LSO Kertesz
Schneiderhan, BPO, Jochum
Schneiderhan, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Karajan
Schneiderhan, RAI Orchestra, Celibidache
Scholz, Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Sanderling
Senofsky, Boston SO, Monteux
Sitkovetsky
Steinbacher, WDR Sinfonie-Orchester, Nelsons
Stern, NYPO, Barenboim
Stern, NYPO, Bernstein
Straub, Bohm
Suk, CPO, Konwitschny
Suk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sargent
Suk, New Philharmonia, Boult
Suske, Gewandhaus Orchestra, Masur
Szeryng, Concertgebouw, Haitink
Szeryng, Philharmonia, Klemperer
Szigeti, British SO, Walter
Tascher, BPO, Solti
Tetzlaff, Tonhalle Orchestra, Zinman
Thomas, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Poole
Ughi, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Andreae
Vengerov, LSO, Rostropovich
Verhey, Utrecht SO, Vonk
(Gioconda De) Vito
Zehetmair, Orchestra Of The 18th Century, Frans Brüggen
Znaider, Israel PO, Mehta
Zukerman, Israel PO, Mehta
Zukerman, Chicago SO, Barenboim

[vinteuil]

... well, as long as Ida Haendel is there - we shd be all right....

[BBMmk2]

Scneiderhan does it for me!!

[Roehre]

Schneiderhan does it for me!!

And for me, with an extra attraction in the shape of the Beethoven piano-timpani cadenza transcribed for violin and timpani (BPO/Jochum, DGG).
Though I prefer it only marginally to an excellent Krebbers/Concertgebouw/Haitink.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

That was an enormous list, and I expect there are many omissions>

[LeMartinPecheur]

That was an enormous list, and I expect there are many omissions>

One obvious one is the Haendel recording on electric violin with Concerto Koln/ Furtwangler. The 78rpm quadrophonic version naturally

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

One of my most memorable musical experiences was a concert in the King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester: Oistrakh performing Beethoven's Violin Concerto with Barbirolli and the Halle. I think it was in 1961.

[DoctorT]

That was an enormous list, and I expect there are many omissions>

Zehetmair/Orchestra of the 18th Century/Bruggen, to name but one

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Zehetmair/Orchestra of the 18th Century/Bruggen, to name but one

Thank you. It's now included. Keep them coming in.

[robk]

Tetzlaff with David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchestra to name another

[Chris Newman]

I have a wish. That someone (perhaps in the orchestra) had had a recorder in their pocket/handbag when Georgy Pauk performed it in the early 80s in Salisbury Cathedral with Richard Seal and the Salisbury Orchestral Society. That was the nearest to Elysium for me with this heavenly work. After that I settle for Ida Haendel at the Proms in the late 60s or early 70s.

[BBMmk2]

I see that Heifetz recorded it three times!!

[reinerfan]

He also recorded it with Toscanini, and Tetzlaff recorded it with the S.W. German Radio S.O. under Gielen.

[mikealdren]

I see that Heifetz recorded it three times!!

Strangely neither of his studio performances is listed - Toscanini and Munch.

Mike

[verismissimo]

Of the several recordings I appear to have, for sheer pleasure I reach most often for Campoli with RPO/Pritchard.

Not available I guess.