Description

David Oistrakh — Great Violin Concertos, Warner Classics (6 SACD)

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Product Details:

Product Type: Hybrid SACD box set (6 discs)
Brand / Label: Warner Classics / Parlophone
Artist: David Oistrakh (violin)
Catalogue No.: 5021732960924
Release Year: 2026 (this remastered edition)
UPC: 5021732960924
Genre: Classical / Violin concertos
Format note: Hybrid SACD (plays on both CD and SACD players)

Product Features

Format: 6 × Hybrid SACD (Stereo / Mono)
Recordings: 1954–1972
Remastered: 192kHz/24-bit from original tapes by Art & Son Studio (2024); newly remastered for SACD by Circé Studio
Booklet: English / French / German
Condition: Brand new, factory sealed

Overview

This six-disc Warner Classics box gathers the great concerto recordings of David Oistrakh, the Soviet violinist whose playing many still regard as the violinistic ideal. As The Strad put it, he combined "fingers of steel with a heart of gold" — tonal richness, complete technical poise, and an unshowy musical honesty that has never dated.

The repertoire is the core of the violin concerto literature: Beethoven and Brahms (with the Double Concerto alongside Rostropovich), Mozart's complete concertos, Sibelius, Bruch, Lalo's Symphonie espagnole, and the modern peaks of Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Conductors include Cluytens, Szell, Matačić, Martinon, and Galliera.

Newly remastered in high resolution for hybrid SACD, this is a definitive document of one of the 20th century's greatest violinists.

Interesting Facts

David Oistrakh (1908–1974) was the leading Soviet violinist of his era and a celebrated teacher.
Shostakovich and Prokofiev both wrote major works for him, including the concertos featured in this set.
The Brahms Double Concerto here pairs him with cellist Mstislav Rostropovich under George Szell.
His son Igor Oistrakh appears in the Mozart Sinfonia concertante.
The recordings (1954–1972) have been newly remastered in 192kHz/24-bit and prepared for hybrid SACD.

Track Listing

SACD 1: Beethoven — Violin Concerto (Cluytens); Triple Concerto (Knushevitsky, Oborin, Sargent)
SACD 2: Brahms — Violin Concerto; Double Concerto (Rostropovich, Szell); Mozart — Adagio K. 261
SACD 3: Sibelius — Violin Concerto (Ehrling); Lalo — Symphonie espagnole; Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 2 (Martinon)
SACD 4: Bruch — Violin Concerto No. 1 (Matačić); Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 1; Sinfonia concertante (with Igor Oistrakh); Rondo concertante K. 269
SACD 5: Mozart — Violin Concertos Nos. 3–5; Rondo K. 373
SACD 6: Prokofiev — Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Galliera); Shostakovich — Violin Concerto No. 1 (M. Shostakovich)