MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / BACH, J.S.: Violin Concertos (Oistrakh, Ormandy) (1955)
This edition of the first American recordings by the great Ukrainian violinist, David Oistrakh, takes us back to a golden age. Made in one astonishingly long burst of creativity on Christmas Eve 1955, they demonstrate a legendary violinist at his absolute peak, recorded in better sound than he could have expected in his own country and sympathetically supported by a great orchestra and conductor. Oistrakh brought to his interpretations of the classics a big, beautiful tone, a sturdy sense of rhythm and a feeling of latent power, which frequently imparted a creative tension to many of his performances, as can be sensed in the Mendelssohn E minor Concerto here, the second of his two official recordings of this masterpiece. This fine Philadelphia recording of the Bach E major Concerto was the first of three that he made in the studio, while the Mozart was the first and better of his two commercial recordings.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042

Oistrakh, David, violin
Philadelphia Orchestra
Ormandy, Eugene, Conductor


I. Allegro 08:01
II. Adagio 06:48
III. Allegro assai 02:50
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218

Oistrakh, David, violin
Philadelphia Orchestra
Ormandy, Eugene, Conductor


I. Allegro 09:25
II. Andante cantabile 08:06
III. Rondo: Andante grazioso 07:41
Felix Mendelssohn

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Oistrakh, David, violin
Philadelphia Orchestra
Ormandy, Eugene, Conductor


I. Allegro molto appassionato 12:52
II. Andante 08:18
III. Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace 06:16



Total Playing Time: 01:10:17