TRACKLISTING

1 Brahms/Joachim: Hungarian Dance No.1
2 Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1in G minor, op.26: Adagio
3 Paganini: Cantabile ·
4 Barber: Violin Concerto: II Andante
5 Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin
6 Kreisler: Tambourin chinois
7 Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, op.77: II Adagio
8 Franck: Violin Sonata in A major: I Allegretto ben moderato
9 Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.22: II Romance
10 Kreisler: Liebesfreud
11 Kreisler: Liebesleid
12 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op.35: II Canzonetta: Andante
13 Massenet: Méditation de Thaïs
14 Lalo: Symphonie espagnole: V Rondo: Allegro

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 recordings of music ranging from Mozart Concertos to chamber works by Shostakovich and Messiaen. 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 new compilation – and the first international compilation devoted to Joshua Bell – features a selection of favourite movements from the great violin concertos by Barber, Bruch, Brahms, Mendelssohn and others; interspersed between these movements are other violin favourites by composers such as Massenet, Kreisler, and Paganini … in total almost 80 minutes of romantic violin music.