TRACKLISTING

CD 1
1-3 Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op. 26
4-6 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

CD 2
1-3 Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K216
4 Adagio for Violin in E major, K261
5-7 Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K219
8 Rondo for Violin in C major, K373

Joshua Bell violin
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner
English Chamber Orchestra (CD 2)
Peter Maag (CD 2)

RECORDING INFORMATION

Joshua Bell started his recording career with DECCA in 1986 at the age of 19 and remained a DECCA artist for ten years. During that time he made over a dozen CDs of music ranging from Mozart Concertos to chamber works by Shostakovich and Ravel. He recorded with major conductors such as Ashkenazy, Dohnányi, Dutoit and Marriner, and with them recorded some of the cornerstones of the violin concerto repertory.

This 2-CD set couples Joshua Bell's first concerto recording for Decca of two of the most popular violin concertos in the repertory - Bruch & Mendelssohn - with a disc containg 2 Mozart concertos under the stylish direction of one of the great Mozart conductors, Peter Maag.

"Joshua Bell in his first concerto recording gives formidably powerful performances of both the Bruch and Mendelssohn ... this first concerto issue brings magnificent fiddling to have you gasping at the assurance, strongly and sympathetically supported by Sir Neville and the Academy."
Gramophone May 1988

"These are warm performances, richly recorded in Blackheath Concert Hall ... Bell's playing is expressive and admirably fluent, and Mozart's varying technical demands well within his grasp ... the recording balance is pleasingly natural, placing the soloist among the other playersrather than having him separaetly spotlit."
Gramophone March 1993

This series of six 2-CD sets makes most of Joshua Bell’s recordings available again in attractive couplings and at two-for-one price!