DAVID OISTRAKH
BACH: CONCERTO BWV 1041;
BEETHOVEN: SONATA No. 5; BRAHMS: SCHERZO;
DEBUSSY: CLAIR DE LUNE (SUITE BERGAMASQUE)
PROKOFIEV: 5 MÉLODIES Op. 35
SCHUBERT: DUO IN A MAJOR (slow movement)
PLUS WITH IGOR OISTRAKH - PROKOFIEV: SONATA FOR 2 VIOLINS
BONUS: BRAHMS: CONCERTO (3rd movement)
All performances filmed in London and Paris, 1958 and 1960s.
Sources: BBC Archive and INA Archive.
DVA 7243 4 92837 9 4

David Oistrakh is widely considered to have been the most perceptive violinist of the Soviet era. To watch him enter into musical dialogue with his son Igor (Prokofiev's Sonata for two Violin), the distinguished pianist Lev Oborin (Beethoven's Spring Sonata) or his regular pianist-collaborator in later life Frida Bauer (Schubert Duo in A, plus various shorter works) is to witness the rarest level of musicianship. Also included are concerto performances under Sir Colin Davis (Bach A minor) and Rudolf Schwarz (the finale of Brahms's Violin Concerto).

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