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Concerto in E min 1 (D maj) 2 (B min) 3 (E maj) 4 (D min) 5 (A min) |
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Arrangements: Kreisler Wilhelmj Green 'La Campanella' Cadenza: Kreisler |
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Concerto in E minor (No. '6' or No. '0'), M.S. 75
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2530 467
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Privilege 2535 421
LP (5): Deutsche Grammophon (The 6 Violin Concertos) 2740 121
LP (5): Deutsche Grammophon 2864 005 [Italian pressing]
CD: Aquarius The Best of Classics AQVR [Catalogue number ?]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 423 717–2
CD (3): Deutsche Grammophon (The 6 Violin Concertos) 437 210–2
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
CD (2): Elite Classics (Paganini Collection, Vol. 3) SI–655–C,D [Russian issue]
Recorded January 1974 (Civic Centre, Dagenham, England)
[Premičre recording. Orchestral score by Federico Mompellio. Cadenzas by Salvatore Accardo]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin and conductor) / Italian Chamber Orchestra
CD (3): EMI Classics (The Complete Violin Concertos) 5 56902 2 [Italian EMI release]
CD: EMI Classics (Accardo Plays Paganini) CDC 5 57150 2
Recorded October 1998 or February 1999 (Rome, Italy)
[Cadenza by Salvatore Accardo. Concerto listed as 'No. 0'. Accompanying booklet of 3CD set features interview with Accardo by Edward Neill]
Dubach, Alexandre (violin) / Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra / Foster, Lawrence (conductor)
CD (3): Brilliant Classics (Violin Concertos – Complete) 99582
CD: Claves Records CD 50–9503
CD (3): Claves Records (Complete Violin Concertos) CD50–9800/3
Recorded sometime between 22–25 November 1994 (Monte-Carlo Opera House, Monte-Carlo, France)
[Cadenzas by Alexandre Dubach]
Fornaciari, Marco (violin) / Sebastiani, Adriano (guitar)
CD (6): Fone 93 F 08
CD: Fone (Omaggio a Paganini) 99 F 08 [Rondo only]
Recorded June 1990 or July 1992 (Villa Antonietta, Crespina, Italy)
[Original arrangement for violin and guitar. Cadenzas by Marco Fornaciari]
Gorokhov, Alexei (violin and conductor) / Chamber Orchestra of the Kiev Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre
LP: Melodiya C10 24387 006
Recorded 1977
Quarta, Massimo (violin and conductor) / Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
CD: Dynamic (The Violin Concertos Played on Paganini's Violin, Volume 3) CDS 400
CD (4; 3 audio + 1 multimedia): Dynamic (The 6 Violin Concertos) CDS 450 [See note below]
Recorded sometime between July & September 2002 (Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy)
[Premičre recording from the original manuscripts and performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesů violin, 'Il Cannone'. Orchestral score by Francesco Fiore; score revision & cadenza by Massimo Quarta. CD No. 4 of CDS 450 contains a history of Paganini's violin (with photographs), photographs of Massimo Quarta, technical drawings, printable documents, and a catalogue of Dynamic's Paganini releases]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / American Symphony Orchestra / Akiyama, Kazuyoshi (conductor)
LP: Vanguard
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Academic Symphony Orchestra / Zimmermann, Heinz (conductor)
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 91080
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. Essential Performance Reference (Paganini – Ricci) EPR 95013
Recorded 1980s ?
[Cadenzas by Ruggiero Ricci. Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Porroni, Roberto (guitar)
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. (Ricci: Portrait of an Artist, Vol. 2) URS 93020
[Original arrangement for violin and guitar. Second movement only. Cadenza by Ruggiero Ricci]
Turban, Ingolf (violin) / WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln / Shambadal, Lior (conductor)
CD: Telos Music Records TLS 048 [Released 2004/2005]
CD (3): Telos Music Records TLS 049 [Released 2004/2005]
Concerto No. 1 in D major, M.S. 21 (Op. 6)
Abadiev, Vasco (violin) / Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra / ? (conductor)
78 (5): Radioprom & Orfei 1355/9
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2530 714
LP (5): Deutsche Grammophon (The 6 Violin Concertos) 2740 121
LP (5): Deutsche Grammophon 2864 005 [Italian pressing]
CD: Aquarius The Best of Classics AQVR [Catalogue number ?]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 415 378–2
CD (3): Deutsche Grammophon (The 6 Violin Concertos) 437 210–2
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Classikon 439 473–2
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Galleria 439 981–2
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
CD: Kvadro Disk Romantic Classic RCL 007 [Adagio only; artists not named. Russian issue]
Recorded January 1975 (Barking Town Hall, London, England)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret/Salvatore Accardo]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin and conductor) / Italian Chamber Orchestra
CD (3): EMI Classics (The Complete Violin Concertos) 5 56902 2 [Italian EMI release]
CD: EMI Classics (Accardo Plays Paganini) CDC 5 57151 2
Recorded October 1998 or February 1999 (Rome, Italy)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret/Salvatore Accardo. Accompanying booklet of 3CD set features interview with Accardo by Edward Neill]
Anthony, Adele (violin) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra / Ronly-Riklis, Shalom (conductor)
LP: ABC Classics 838 903
CD: ABC Classics [Catalogue number ?]
Recorded 1988
Ashkenasi, Shmuel (violin) / Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Esser, Heribert (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon G 1139424 [Argentinian pressing]
LP: Deutsche Grammophon GR 413267
LP: Deutsche Grammophon SLPM 139 424
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Privilege 2535 207
LP: Ex Libris XL 172627
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Privilege 429 524–2
Recorded c.1968
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret. Cadenza erronously attributed to Shmuel Ashkenasi on CD and Privilege LP; confusingly, SLPM 139 424 attributes cadenza to Sauret then, on a separate line, to Ashkenasi]
Bálint, Mária (violin) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra / Lehel, György (conductor)
LP: Hungaroton SLPX 11831
CD: Hungaroton White Label HRC 162
CD: Laserlight 14 275
Recorded c.1977
Belkin, Boris (violin) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Mehta, Zubin (conductor)
LP: Decca SXL 6798
LP: London CS 7019
Recorded April 1976 (Frederic Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel)
[Belkin’s debut recording]
Benedetti, René (violin) / Lamoureux Orchestra / Bigot, Eugene (conductor)
78 (4): Pathé PDT 45/8
78 (set): Pathé M6
Boulier, Christophe (violin) / Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra / Anguelov, Ivan (conductor)
CD: REM No. 311030
Recorded September 1987 (Salle Garnier, Monaco, France)
Brodski, Wadim (violin) / Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra / Salwarowski, Jerzy (conductor)
LP: Musical Heritage Society MHS 7345X
LP: Tonpress SX–T48
CD: Dux (Masterpieces for Violin and Orchestra, Volume 2) 0463
Recorded sometime between 10–12 November 1984 (P.R.N.S.O. Studio, Katowice, Poland)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Brückner, Karl (violin) / Urack, O. (piano)
78: Vox 06232
[Unidentified excerpt only]
Bustabo, Guila Adelina Teressina (violin) / Reichssender Orchestra / Wetzelsberger, Berthil (conductor)
LP: Royale 1339
Recorded 1944
[Bustabo and Wetzelsberger go under the respective pseudonyms of 'Karl Brandt' and 'Gerd Rubahn'. May actually be a recording of Wilhelmj's arrangement of the concerto's 1st movement]
Chang, Sarah (violin) / Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Orchestra / DeMain, John (conductor)
CD: Sony Classics (Concert For Planet Earth) 52570
LD: Sony (Concert For Planet Earth) SLV 48362
VHS: Sony (Concert For Planet Earth) SHV 48362
Recorded 1992
[First movement only. Live recording]
Chang, Sarah (violin) / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Sawallisch, Wolfgang (conductor)
CD: EMI Classics CDC 5 55026 2
Recorded October 1993 (Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, USA)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret. Recorded by Chang at age thirteen, making her the youngest violinist, so far, to record this work]
Chang, Sarah (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Mehta, Zubin (conductor)
DVD: TDK Mediactive DV–EUC95
Filmed 1995 (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy)
[First movement only. Filmed live]
Cielei, Liliana (violin) / World Youth Symphony Orchestra / Roller, A. (conductor)
LP: Interloch GCIN 402
Colbentson, Oliver (violin) / South German Philharmonic / Gmür, Hanspeter (conductor)
CD: Adventure Classic RC 93247
CD: Classica (The Best of Paganini) CD 55139 [See note below]
CD: Masters of the Millennium MM 2043 [See note below]
CD: Onyx Classix 66052
CD: Orbis Publishing (The Classical Collection, Vol. 43: Paganini – Instrumental Classics) CCC 043 [See note below]
CD: Point Classics 267150
CD: Strato Digital Classics ST 10.069
Recorded 1994 ?
[Orbis CD released with accompanying magazine about Paganini. Classica and Masters of the Millennium CDs state violinist as 'Nikita Solovsky' with the 'Philharmonica Slavonica' conducted by 'Alberto Lizzio']
Croitoru, Gabriel (violin) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice / Bardon, Claude (conductor)
CD: Pierre Verany Favourites PV 730009
Recorded March 1988
Czerkow, Iwan (violin) / Munich Symphony Orchestra / Adolph, Henry (conductor)
LP: Saphir / Intercord INT 120.934 [German issue]
Recorded c.1980
Czerkow, Iwan (violin) / Munich Symphony Orchestra / Capec, Kurt (conductor)
CD: Classical Gallery CLG 7110
CD: Pilz Vienna Master Series CD 160 161
Recorded c.1990
Czerkow, Iwan (violin) / Camerata Romana / Duvier, Eugen (conductor)
CD: Classica CD 55070
David, Lukas (violin) / Orchestra ? / ? (conductor)
LP: Disneyland 3944
[First movement only]
Dubach, Alexander (violin) / Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra / Sasson, Michel (conductor)
CD (3): Brilliant Classics (Violin Concertos – Complete) 99582
CD: Claves Records CD 50–9204
CD (3): Claves Records (Complete Violin Concertos) CD50–9800/3
Recorded 10 and/or 11 December 1991 (Congress Hall, Monte-Carlo, France)
[Cadenzas by Alexandre Dubach]
Ferguson, Kevin (electric guitar)
CD: DeBone Music (Strad To Strat) CLCS 795
Recorded 1995
[Arranged by Kevin Ferguson for electric guitar and synthesizer orchestra. Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Ferraresi, Aldo (violin) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della Rai / Gallini, Franco (conductor)
LP (10") [fold out]: I Grandi Musicisti (Niccolň Paganini, Vol. II) iGM–016 [Italian pressing]
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (The Recording History of the Violin, Vol. 5: The Italian School, Vol. 1) IDIS 6366
Recorded 1965
Ferras, Christian (violin) / Barbizet, Pierre (piano)
CD: INA Mémoire Vive IMV 052
Recorded 5 March 1954 (Salle Gaveau, Paris, France)
[Live recording. Arranged for violin and piano. Cadenza by René Benedetti (Ferras was the cadenza's dedictee). First and third movements cut. First commercial release of this recording from the sound archives of the Institute National de l'Audiovisuel]
Fodor, Eugene (violin) / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Maag, Peter (conductor)
LP: RCA Victor Red Seal ARL1–1565
Recorded c.1975
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Wallenstein, Alfred (conductor)
CD: Doremi Legendary Treasures (Zino Francescatti, Volume 1) DHR 7780
Recorded 27 January 1946 (Glendale, California, USA)
[Cadenza by Carl Flesch. Live 'Standard Hour' radio broadcast]
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Ormandy, Eugene (conductor)
78 (3): Columbia LVX 181/3
78 (3): Columbia LZX 274/6
78: Columbia A 1006
78 (set): Columbia MM 936
LP: CBS BRG 72151 (m), SBRG 72151 (s)
LP: CBS S 61025
LP: Columbia 33FCX 140
LP: Columbia Masterworks ML 4315
LP: Columbia MS 6268
LP: Philips G 03536 L [First movement only]
LP: Philips GBL 5534 [First movement only]
LP: Philips S 04620 L
LP: Philips SBL 5219
LP: Supraphon 1 10 0219
LP: Supraphon SUA 10935 (m), SUAST 50935 (s)
CD: CBS Masterworks Portrait CD 46523
CD: CBS Masterworks Portrait MPK 46728
CD: Elite Classics (Paganini Collection) SI–655–A [Russian issue; no volume number stated]
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio A Paganini, Vol. 2) IDIS 6409
CD (3): Sony Classical Essential Classics SB3K 52 516–18
CD: Sony Classical Essential Classics SBK 47 661
Recorded 15 January 1950 (Philadelphia, USA)
Francescatti, Zino (violin) / Balsam, Artur (piano)
CD: Bridge Records (Great Performances from the Library of Congress, Vol.17: An Evening of Paganini) 9125
Recorded 1954 (Library of Congress, Washington, USA)
[Live recording. Arranged by Zino Francescatti for violin and piano. First commercial release of this never-before-issued recital piece]
Friedman, Erick (violin) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Hendl, Walter (conductor)
LP: RCA Victor A 635030 (m), A 645030 (s)
LP: RCA Victor Red Seal RB 6514 (m), SB 6514 (s)
LP: RCA Victor LM 2610 (m), LSC 2610 (s)
LP: RCA Victrola ALK1–4971
LP: RCA Victrola VICS 1647
CD: RCA Victor Silver Seal 09026–61210–2 [Rondo only]
Recorded 1962
[Cadenza by Erick Friedman. Friedman's debut recording for RCA]
Gitlis, Ivry (violin) / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Wislocki, Stanislaw (conductor)
LP: Electrecord ST–ECE 0855
LP: Muza XL 0314
LP [fold out]: Philips 835743 LY [French pressing]
LP: Philips Fourfront 4FM 10006
LP [fold out]: Philips Tresors Classiques 6504 019
LP: Turnabout TV 34203
LP (5): Vox Special Products Series (Great Violin Concerti) VSPS 9/5
CD: Philips (Le Violon du Diable) 438 630–2
CD: Philips 446 189–2
CD: Philips Les 100 Classiques (Vol. 63: Paganini – le démon du violon) 454 549–2
CD: Polskie Nagrania PNCD 267
Recorded 1966
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Gorokhov, Alexei (violin and conductor) / Chamber Orchestra of the Kiev Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre
LP: Melodiya C10 19365 008
Recorded 1978
Gringolts, Ilya (violin) / Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Vänskä, Osmo (conductor)
CD: Bis (Ilya Gringolts Plays Paganini) CD 999
Recorded September 1998 (Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland)
Grubert, Ilya (violin) / Moscow Chamber Orchestra / Orbelian, Constantine (conductor)
CD: Chandos CHAN 9492
Recorded July or November 1995 (Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, Russia)
Grumiaux, Arthur (violin) / Monte-Carlo National Opera Orchestra / Bellugi, Piero (conductor)
LP: Philips 62789
LP [fold out]: Philips 6500 411
LP (4): Philips 6770 034
LP: Philips Audio Clinic FH 3 [Japanese issue]
LP: Philips X 5546 [Japanese pressing]
CD: Philips 4944 [Japanese limited edition]
CD: Philips PHCP 9333 [Japanese issue]
CD: Philips PHCP 9647 [Japanese issue]
CD: Philips PHCP 24053 [Japanese issue]
CD (2): Philips Classics Duo (The Best of Paganini) 462 865–2
Recorded June 1972 (Alcazar, Monte-Carlo, France)
[Cadenza by August Wilhelmj]
Gulli, Franco (violin) / Orchestra A.Scarlatti di Napoli della Rai / Sanzogno, Nino (conductor)
CD: Hunt Productions CDLSMH 34004
Recorded 13 July 1961 (Nalpes, Italy)
[Live recording]
Hasson, Maurice (violin) / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Devos, Gerard (conductor)
LP: 'Classic' M047 52152 ['Classic' may not be full name of record label]
LP: EMI Classics For Pleasure CFP 40052
Recorded c.1972
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Hirshhorn, Philippe (violin) / Belgian National Orchestra / Defossez, René (conductor)
LP: Uitgave National 30101 [see note below]
LP (3): Uitgave National 30101 [see note below]
CD (2): Cypres CYP 9605
Recorded 27 May 1967 (Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret. Recorded live during the finale of the Queen Elizabeth International Music Competition of Belgium. One catalogue lists single LP and 3LP set with the same catalogue number; full catalogue number of the latter might be 30101/3 or 30101–3]
Ioff, Ilya (violin) / Orchestra of the State Hermitage Museum / Bubelnikov, Pavel (conductor)
CD: Elap MusicThe Rose Collection (Paganini Collection) 55441442 [see note below]
CD: High Definition Classics HDC 1132
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret. Elap CD states orchestra as 'String Orchestra Camerata']
Ishikawa, Shizuka (violin) / Prague Chamber Orchestra / Kosler, Zdenek (conductor)
LP: Supraphon 1 10 2076
Recorded sometime between 12–14 August 1975 (Supraphon Domovina Studio, Praque, Czech Republic)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Kaler, Ilya (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gunzenhauser, Stephen (conductor)
CD: Naxos 8.550649
CD: Naxos (The Best of Paganini) 8.556680 [Rondo only]
Recorded sometime between 3–6 September 1992 (Concert Hall of the Polish Radio, Katowice, Poland)
Kamilarov, Emil (violin) / Sofia State Philharmonic Orchestra / Stefanov, Vasil (conductor)
LP: Balkanton 0300
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Kantorow, Jean-Jacques (violin) / Bernhard Thomas Chamber Orchestra / Thomas, Bernhard (conductor)
LP [fold out]: Forlane UM 6519
CD: Forlane Fioretti FF 053
CD: Sonatina 165 013–2
Recorded 9 December 1982 (Faculty of Law, Paris, France)
[Live recording. Recording produced by The Fnac in celebration of the bicentenary of Paganini's birth]
Kantorow, Jean-Jacques (violin and conductor) / Orchestre D'Auvergne
CD: Denon CO–77611
Recorded 26 or 27 April 1990 (Maison des associations de St. Genč's Champanelle, France)
[Cadenza by René Benedetti]
Kaplan, Mark (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Miller, Mitch (conductor)
CD: Arabesque Recordings / Harmonia Mundi Z6597
Recorded 18 or 19 July 1988 (Henry Wood Hall, London, England)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Kavakos, Leonidas (violin) / Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra / Nanut, Anton (conductor)
CD: Vox Cameo Classics (L’Italia) ACD 8739
[First movement only]
Kogan, Leonid Borisovich (violin) / USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra / Nebolsin, Vasili (conductor)
78 (4 x 10"): CCCP 20199/206
LP: Acropole APCC 60.045
LP: Bruno (Leonid Kogan Plays Paganini) BR 14022
LP: Eurodisc 78 355 ZK
LP (2) [fold out]: Eurodisc 80566
LP: Melodiya D 06391/2
LP (2) [fold out]: Melodiya (Leonid Kogan Complete Collection, Vol. 8: N. Paganini) M10 49465 004
LP: Musidisc CM 80046
LP: Musidisc Richesse Classique RC 857 [French pressing]
LP: Musidisc SM 1201
LP (10"): Telefunken BLE 14117
LP: Westminster WGM 8237
CD: Arlecchino ARL10
CD: MVT [Catalogue number ?]
CD: Russia Revelation RV 10019 [Features 1st and 2nd movements and a 2 minute edited extract from Rondo]
CD: Triton / DML Classics ( Leonid Kogan, Volume 22) DMCC 24020 [Japanese issue]
Recorded 20 March 1950
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret. Arlecchino CD erroneously lists recording year as 1947]
Kogan, Leonid Borisovich (violin) / Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / Bruck, Charles (conductor)
LP: Angel 35502
LP: Columbia 33CX 1562
LP: Columbia FCX 402 [French pressing]
LP: Columbia FCX 30081
LP: Columbia QCX 10300
LP (2) [fold out]: Melodiya C10 16175
LP: Trianon C045 10537
LP: Trianon TRI 33121
CD: Testament SBT 1226
CD (6): Testament (Leonid Kogan: A Violin Collection) SBT 61248
Recorded 22 & 23 February 1955 (Salle de la Mutualité, Paris, France)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Korner, Gunther (violin) / Munich Symphony Orchestra / Gruber, Josef Leo (conductor)
LP: Euphoria Records E–2033
Recorded c.1977
Korsakov, Andrei (violin) / USSR TV and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra / Fedoseyev, Vladimir (conductor)
LP: Melodiya C10 20583 004
CD: Zyx-Music / Melodiya MEL 46051–2
Recorded 1982
Krebbers, Herman (violin) / Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Otterloo, Willem van (conductor)
LP: Epic LC 3143
LP: Fontana 894017 ZKY
LP: Fontana 6816035
LP: Fontana 6833123
LP: Philips 6566 021
LP: Philips A 00263 L
LP: Philips A 02426 L
LP (5): Philips Observer Music (Ten Great Violin Concertos) OSS 201
LP: PSL–4001 [Mono South African disc]
CD: Philips Grandioso 438 774–2
CD: Philips Dutch Masters (Volume 33) 462 521–2 [Dutch issue]
Recorded 27 & 28 March 1954
[Cadenza by Carl Flesch]
Markov, Alexander (violin) / Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Saarbrucken / Viotti, Marcello (conductor)
CD: Erato 2292–45788–2
CD: Erato (The Magic of the Violin) 4509–94685–2 [Rondo only]
CD: Erato (Le Charme du Violon) 4509–94686–2 [Rondo only]
CD: Erato Collection (Romantique Vol. 19) 4509–99656–2
CD (2): Warner Classics / Erato Ultima 3984–27001–2
Recorded November 1991
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin) / Paris Symphony Orchestra / Monteux, Pierre (conductor)
78 (5): His Master’s Voice DB 2279/83
78 (5): His Master’s Voice DB 7737/41
78 (5): RCA Victor 8379/83
78 (5): RCA Victor 8384/8
78 (5): RCA Victor DM 230 (discs 17079/83)
LP: Electrola E 91475 [Excerpt from Rondo only]
LP: EMI References C051 43322
LP (3): EMI C153 52370
LP (3): EMI C175 1793
LP (3): EMI (Yehudi Menuhin: His Famous Early Recordings, 1931–38) RLS 718
LP: His Master’s Voice FALP 896 [Excerpt from Rondo only]
LP: His Master’s Voice (Yehudi Menuhin at Fifty) HQM 1018 [Only a 3 minute extract from start of Rondo; extract preceded by short narration by Menuhin]
CD: ADS Records Legendary Recordings ADSLR 103
CD: Aura Music (Yehudi Menuhin Plays Paganini) AUR 228–2
CD: Biddulph Recordings LAB 051 [Conductor listed erronously as Georges Enesco]
CD: Biddulph Recordings (Menuhin Plays Paganini) LAB 102
CD: Dante Lys (Pierre Monteux Edition, Volume 3) LYS 479
CD: EMI References CDH 5 65959 2
CD (6): EMI References (Y. Menuhin: 80th Birthday Edition) CHS 5 65964 2
Recorded 18 & 19 May 1934 (Paris, France)
[Premičre recording of complete concerto. Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin) / New Friends of Music Orchestra / Schneevoigt, Georg (conductor)
CD (2): Doremi Legendary Treasures (Yehudi Menuhin, Voume 1) DHR 7781/2
Recorded 2 December 1940 (Carnegie Hall, New York, USA)
[Live recording. Concert to commemorate the Centenary of Paganini's Death. Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Fistoulari, Anatole (conductor)
LP (10"): Electrecord ECD 52
LP: Electrola E 90139
LP: His Master's Voice ALP 1350
LP: His Master's Voice FALP 440
LP: His Master's Voice OALP 1350 [Australian pressing]
LP: RCA Victor LM 1946
Recorded c.1955
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Erede, Alberto (conductor)
LP: Angel 3 CBX 344 [Brazilian pressing]
LP: Angel 3SACX 47346 [Chilean pressing]
LP: Electrola 1C063–00194
LP: Electrola E 91183 (m), STE 91183 (s)
LP: EMI 798001 [First movement only. UK-pressed Swiss-only issue]
LP [fold out]: EMI C069 00194
LP: Eterna 825430
LP: His Master's Voice ALP 1872 (m), ASD 440 (s)
LP: His Master's Voice CVB 1718
LP: His Master's Voice CVL 1718
LP: His Master's Voice FALP 718 [French pressing: La Voix de son Maitre]
LP: His Master's Voice Concert Classics SXLP 1001941
LP: His Master's Voice WALP 1872
LP: Hor Zu HZE 103 [First movement only]
LP: Parnass 78 369
LP: Prisma 055 CRY 01 787
CD: Elite Classics (Paganini Collection) SI–655–A [Russian issue; no volume number stated]
CD: EMI (Italy) / Famiglia Cristiana I Grandi Concerti 8 26258 2 [Italian issue]
CD: EMI CDC 7 47088–2
CD (2): EMI Classics (Legend) CMS 5 67326 2 [Rondo only]
CD: HMV Classics HMV 5 73044 2
Recorded October or November 1960 (Kingsway Hall, London, England)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Midori (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Slatkin, Leonard (conductor)
LP: Philips Digital Classics 420 943–1
CD: Philips Digital Classics 420 943–2
Recorded May 1987 (London, England)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Mullova, Viktoria (violin) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Marriner, Neville (conductor)
CD: Philips Digital Classics 422 332–2
Recorded February 1988 (London, England)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Novello, Franco (violin) / Gachet, Maria (piano)
LP: Cetra LPC 55040
LP: Cetra LPU 0031
LP: Music Parade LEC 113
[Second movement (Adagio) only. Arranged by Vasa Prihoda for violin and piano]
Odnoposoff, Ricardo (violin) / Staatskapelle Berlin / Konwitschny, Franz (conductor)
CD: Weitblick SSS 0008–2
Recorded 24 March 1961 (Staatsoper Unter den Linden Konzertmitschnitt, Berlin, Germany)
[Live recording]
Odnoposoff, Ricardo (violin) / Symphony Orchestra of Radio Geneva / Rivoli, Gianfranco (conductor)
LP: Concert Hall AM–2205
LP: Fonit LPU 0011
LP: Music Parade LEC 20
LP: Musical Masterpiece Society MMS 2205
Recorded c.1964
Pavlik, Cenek (violin) / Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra / Konvalinka, Milos (conductor)
LP: Panton 8110 0464
CD: Panton Panorama Collection 81 1302–2
CD: Panton Classics 71 0529–2
Recorded 17 & 18 November 1984 (Czechoslovak Radio Studio, Prague, Czech Republic)
[Cadenza by Cenek Pavlik]
Perlman, Itzhak (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Foster, Lawrence (conductor)
LP (2) [fold out]: Angel EAC 47263/64 [Japanese pressing]
LP: Angel S 36836
LP: EMI ASD 2782
LP (3): EMI C197 52796
LP: EMI EG 291285–1
LP (2) [box set]: EMI SLS 832 [Formed part of Perlman's debut album for EMI]
LP (3): EMI SLS 5211
CD: EMI CDC 7 47101–2
CD (3): EMI (Itzhak Perlman Plays Favourite Violin Concertos) CMS 7 69881 2
CD (3): EMI (Itzhak Perlman: Great Romantic Concertos) CMS 7 64922 2
CD: EMI Classics (The Perlman Edition) 5 62594 2
CD (15): EMI Classics (The Perlman Edition) 5 85083 2
CD (2): Musical Heritage Society (Perlman – Concerto) [Catalogue number ?]
Recorded 9 and/or 10 August 1971 (Kingsway Hall, London, England)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Prihoda, Vasa (violin) / Bechtold, Lydia (piano)
CD: Podium Legenda (Meister des Bogens: Vasa Prihoda, Vol. 3) POL–1003–2 [German issue]
Recorded 8 December 1949 (North German Radio, Hamburg, Germany)
[Second movement (Adagio) only. Arranged for violin and piano]
Quarta, Massimo (violin and conductor) / Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
CD: Dynamic (The Violin Concertos Played on Paganini's Violin, Volume 1) CDS 260
CD (4; 3 audio + 1 multimedia): Dynamic (The 6 Violin Concertos) CDS 450 [See note below]
Recorded July 1999 (Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy)
[Premičre recording from the autograph manuscripts and performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesů violin, 'Il Cannone', in the concerto's original tonality of E flat major. Score revision by Massimo Quarta and Giulio Odero. Cadenza by Emile Sauret/Massimo Quarta. CD No. 4 of CDS 450 contains a history of Paganini's violin (with photographs), photographs of Massimo Quarta, technical drawings, printable documents, and a catalogue of Dynamic's Paganini releases]
Rabin, Michael (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Matacic, Lovro von (conductor)
LP: Angel 35259
LP: Columbia 33CX 1281
LP (10"): Columbia 33HC 131
LP (10"): Columbia C 70379
LP (10"): Columbia FC 25097
LP (2) [fold out]: Dacapo 81323/4
LP: His Master’s Voice LALP 526 [Spanish pressing]
LP: His Master’s Voice LALP 30.005 [240 gm Spanish pressing: La Voz de Su Amo]
CD (6): EMI Classics CMS 7 64123–2
Recorded 1954
[Cadenza by Carl Flesch]
Rabin, Michael (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Goossens, Eugene (conductor)
LP: Capitol P 8534 (m), SP 8534 (s)
LP: Capitol STK 70434
LP: EMI C037 82112
LP: EMI C051 82112
LP: EMI SP 8534 [Top-quality 180 gm vinyl pressing, remastered from original master tapes. Part of EMI’s ‘Vinyl Treasures Restored’ Series]
LP: Seraphim ECC 30046
LP: Seraphim S 60222
LP: World Record Club TE 370
CD: EMI Das MeisterWerk CDZ 25 2142 2
CD (6): EMI Classics CMS 7 64123–2
CD (2): EMI Classics CZS 5 72854 2
Recorded 14 May 1960 (London, England)
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Collins, Anthony (conductor)
LP: Decca LXT 5075
LP (10"): Decca LW 5344
LP: Decca MD 1049
LP: Decca ND 536
LP: Decca Eclipse ECS 654
LP: London CM 9131
LP: London LL 1215
LP: Turnabout TV–S 34527
CD (5): Decca Original Masters (Ruggiero Ricci: Decca Recordings, 1947–1960) 475 105 2
Recorded c.1954
[Orchestral part edited by Anthony Collins. Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Berlin Municipal Orchestra / Wöss, Kurt (conductor)
CD (2): Istituto Discografico Italiano (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini) IDIS 6439/40
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. Essential Performance Reference (Paganini – Ricci) EPR 95013
Recorded 1950s
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret. Live recording]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Orchestra of the Americas / Fuente, Luis Herrera De La (conductor)
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 91020
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. Essential Performance Reference (Ruggiero Ricci: Violoniste Extraordinaire) EPR 94020
Recorded c.1990 ?
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret/Fritz Kreisler]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) / Bakels, Kees (conductor)
CD: Dynamic (Ruggiero Ricci – 70 Years of Performing) CDS 203
Recorded 6 or 7 June 1997 (Katowice, Poland)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret. Recorded by Ricci at age seventy-nine, making him the oldest violinist, so far, to record this work]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / I Virtuosi d'Assisi / Mordini, Piero (conductor)
CD (2): Istituto Discografico Italiano (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini) IDIS 6439/40
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. Essential Performance Reference (Paganini – Ricci) EPR 95013
Recorded 1970s
[Live recording. Rondo only]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Thiele, Georg (conductor)
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. Essential Performance Reference EPR 96030
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret. Live recording]
Rosand, Aaron (violin) / Saarbrucken Radio Orchestra / Steinberg, Pinchas (conductor)
CD: Vox Classics VXP 7905
Recorded March 1980
[Rosand omits the double harmonics in the Rondo!]
Rudényi, Jan (violin) / Orchestra ? / ? (conductor)
78 (14"): Pathé 2101
78: Pathé 8921
78: Pathé 9513
Recorded before 1914
[Abridged version of first movement only]
Ruha, Stefan (violin) / Kolozsvar Philharmonic Orchestra / Wislocki, Stanislaw (conductor)
LP (10"): Electrecord ECD 1037
Shaham, Gil (violin) / New York Philharmonic / Sinopoli, Giuseppe (conductor)
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 429 786–2
CD: Deutsche Grammophon (Mad About Violins) 439 155–2 [Rondo only]
Recorded December 1989 (Manhattan Centre, New York, USA)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Shoji, Sayaka (violin) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Mehta, Zubin (conductor)
CD: Deutsche Grammophon UCCG 7049 [Japanese issue]
Recorded July 2000 (Frederic Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Staryk, Steven (violin) / North German Radio Symphony Orchestra / Michael, Herman (conductor)
LP: Discopaedia Masters of the Bow Studio Series (Staryk Plays Paganini) MBS 2003
LP: Orion 665
Recorded 16 January 1969
[Unedited recording made from a ‘live’ studio broadcast. Cadenza by Steven Staryk based on cadenzas by Emile Sauret and August Wilhelmj]
Stein, Klaus (violin) / Berlin Symphonic Orchestra / Lang, Ferdinand (conductor)
CD: Point Productions (Great Violin Concertos) 2689152
[First movement only]
Suvanai, Akiko (violin) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Kogan, Pavel (conductor)
CD: Melodiya (IX International Tchaikovsky Competition) SUCD 10–00082
Recorded 4 July 1990 (Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire, Moscow, Russia)
[Suvanai won the first prize in the IX International Tchaikovsky Competition]
Suvanai, Akiko (violin) / Belgian National Orchestra / Octors, Georges (conductor)
CD: Reine Elizabeth CD87 506
Suvanai, Akiko (violin) / RAI National Symphony Orchestra / Schneider, Peter (conductor)
DVD: Dream Time Entertainment DEBC–14805 [Japanese issue]
Filmed 2001 (Giavanni Agnelli Auditorium, Torino, Italy)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret. Filmed live]
Szeryng, Henryk (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Gibson, Alexander (conductor)
LP: Philips 20PC–1023 [Japanese pressing]
LP: Philips 416 979–1
LP (2): Philips Sequenza 6725 029
LP (14): Philips (The 27 Great Violin Concertos) 6747 182
LP: Philips 9500 069
LP: Philips X 7600 [Japanese pressing]
CD: Philips 416 896–2 [Doubtful if issued]
CD: Philips Solo 446 572–2
CD: Philips Classics Eloquence 464 666–2
Recorded 1976
[Cadenza by August Wilhelmj]
Tretyakov, Viktor (violin) / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Jarvi, Neeme (conductor)
LP: Eurodisc 75739 IK
LP: Eurodisc Die Klassik Austese – Konzert 200 455–250
LP: Le Chant du Monde LDX 78391
LP: Melodiya 390070
LP: Melodiya (Laureates of the International Tchaikovsky Competition) C 01329/30
LP: Melodiya (III Tchaikovsky Competition) D 018139/40
LP: Melodiya-Angel R 40015 (m), SR 40015 (s)
LP: Musical Heritage Society MHS 4181
CD: Melodiya (Neeme Jarvi: The Early Recordings, Vol. 2) 74321 40720 2
Recorded 1966 (Moscow, Russia)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Tretyakov, Viktor (violin) / Estonian State Symphony Ochestra / Jarvi, Neeme (conductor)
CD: Yedang Classics CT–10049
Recorded 30 November 1978
[Live recording. Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Turban, Ingolf (violin) / WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln / Shambadal, Lior (conductor)
CD: Telos Music Records TLS 046
CD (3): Telos Music Records TLS 049 [Released 2004/2005]
Recorded sometime between 27 March & 7 April 2000 (Klaus-von-Bismark-Saal, WDR Köln, Funkhaus, Germany)
[Recorded in the concerto's original tonality of E flat major. Cadenza by Ingolf Turban]
Ughi, Uto (violin and conductor) / Chamber Orchestra of Santa Cecilia
LP [fold out]: RCA Victor Red Seal RL 71048
CD: RCA Victor Red Seal RD 71048
Recorded April 1986 (Basilica di Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Vengerov, Maxim (violin) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Mehta, Zubin (conductor)
CD: Elatus / Warner Classics 2564 60013 2
CD: Teldec 9031–73266–2
Recorded November 1991 (Frederic Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel)
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Voicu, Ion (violin) / Dresden Philharmonic / Bongartz, Heinz (conductor)
LP: Eterna 720179
LP: Eterna 8 25 840
LP: Eterna 826934 [Adagio only]
CD: Berlin Classics Eterna BC 3047–2
CD: Berlin Classics Eterna Collection 0032402BC [Original LP cover art reproduced on cover]
Recorded 1963
Zweden, Jaap van (violin) / Radio Symphony Orchestra / Montgomery, Kenneth (conductor)
CD: Mercury (De Virtuoze Jaap van Zweden) 514 149–2 [Dutch issue]
CD: Philips Dutch Masters (Volume 25) (Portret van Jaap van Zweden) 462 101–2 [Dutch issue]
CD: Philips Eloquence (The Best of Paganini) 464 371–2 [Australian issue]
Recorded November 1987 (Hilversum, Netherlands)
[Cadenza by August Wilhelmj]
Concerto No. 1 in D major, M.S. 21 (Op. 6): First movement, Allegro Maestoso, arranged by Fritz Kreisler
Campoli, Alfredo (violin) / National Symphony Orchestra / Olof, Victor (conductor)
78 (2): Decca AK 1822/3
78 (set): London LA 182
78 (2): London T 5544/5
CD: Dutton Laboratories CDBP 9718
Recorded 4 June 1946 (Kingsway Hall, London, England)
Campoli, Alfredo (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Gamba, Pierino (conductor)
LP: Decca LXT 5302
LP: Decca SPA 183
LP: London CM 9182
LP: London CS 6084
LP: London LL 1624
LP: London Stereo Treasury Series STS 15142
CD: Belart 461 142–2
Recorded 1957
Kreisler, Fritz (violin) / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Ormandy, Eugene (conductor)
78 (2): His Master’s Voice DB 3234/5
78 (2): RCA Victor 14420/1
78 (2): RCA Victor M 361
LP (2): Melodiya M10 44821/4
LP: RCA Victor LCT 1142
LP: RCA Victor Red Seal SP 33 555 [Limited edition]
LP (3): RCA Victor SRS–3001/1–3
CD: Biddulph Recordings LAB 051
CD: Biddulph Recordings LAB 101
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio A Paganini, Vol. 2) IDIS 6409
CD: Naxos Historical (Great Violinists – Kreisler: Complete Concerto Recordings, Vol. 3) 8.110922
CD (5): Past Perfect Classic Line (Hall of Fame: Fritz Kreisler) [Paganini on CD 5, catalogue number 220046]
CD (11): RCA Victor Gold Seal (The Complete RCA Recordings) 09026–61649 2
CD: RCA Victor Red Seal (Legendary Performances) RD 85910
CD: Symposium (Fritz Kreisler: Great Violinists) 1282
Recorded 13 December 1936
[Cadenza by Fritz Kreisler]
Kreisler, Fritz (violin) / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Ormandy, Eugene (conductor)
CD (2): Pearl GEMM CDS 9362
Recorded 1938
[Despite having the same orchestra/conductor, this HMV recording appears to be different to Kreisler’s earlier 1936 HMV recording (see previous entry)]
Schmid, Benjamin (violin) / Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg / Soudant, Hubert (conductor)
CD: Oehms Classics OC 303
Recorded 2001 (Großer Saal Mozarteum, Salzburg, Germany)
Concerto No. 1 in D major, M.S. 21 (Op. 6): First movement, Allegro Maestoso, arranged by August Wilhelmj
Bustabo, Guila Adelina Teressina (violin) / Berlin Municipal Orchestra / Zaun, Fritz (conductor)
78 (2): Columbia LWX 354/5
LP: Rococo 2031
LP (2) [fold out]: Thomas Clear (The Bustabo Legacy) TLC 2579
CD (2): A Classical Record (Art of the Violin, Vol. 1: The Bustabo Legacy) ACR 37–1/2
CD: Biddulph Recordings LAB 051
Recorded 1940
[Cadenza by August Wilhelmj]
Gilels, Elizaveta (violin) / USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Orlov, Alexander (conductor)
78 (set): CCCP 09113
LP: Melodiya D 08786/7
LP: Melodiya D 08858/9
Gimpel, Bronislaw (violin) / Südwestfunk Orchestra of Baden-Baden / Reinhardt, Rolf (conductor)
LP: Orbis CX 11060
LP: Stereo SOU SSC 523
LP: Vox STPL 513.080
LP: Vox PL 10 450
LP (16 2/3 rpm): Vox VX L8
LP (10"): Vox Collection Pantheon XPV 1069
Recorded c.1958
Gitlis, Ivry (violin) / Austrian Symphony Orchestra / Wöss, Kurt (conductor)
LP: Animato AK 19032
LP (10"): Plymouth P 1051
LP (10"): Remington RLP 149–20
Recorded 1951
Hudecek, Václav (violin) / Prague Symphonic Orchestra / Nohejl, Jaromír (conductor)
LP: Panton 01 0230 (m), 11 0230 (s)
Recorded 1970
Kremer, Gidon (violin) / Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Wallberg, Heinz (conductor)
LP: Eurodisc 313940
LP: Eurodisc 200 076 366
CD: Eurodisc / BMG Classics GD 69323
CD (2): RCA Victor Red Seal / BMG Ariola Classics 74321 96977 2
Recorded sometime between 26–29 June 1978 (Polyhymnia Studio, Vienna, Austria)
Novak, Jiri (violin) / Prague Symphony Orchestra / Smetacek, Vaclav (conductor)
78 (3): Ultraphon H 24462/4
LP: Elite Special CSLP 6009 [Swiss pressing]
LP: Supraphon DV 5481
LP: Supraphon E 10151
LP: Supraphon SUB 10030
[Cadenza by Jan Kubelik]
Pikaizen, Viktor Alexandrovich (violin) / Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra / Kondrashin, Kirill (conductor)
LP: Dolgoigrayoshaya D 04534/5
Prihoda, Vasa (violin) / Cerné, Charles (piano)
78 (2): Polydor 65991/2
CD: Biddulph Recordings LAB 135
CD: Magic Talent CD 48037
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 50200
Recorded 1924
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Lamoureux Orchestra / Bigot, Eugene (conductor)
78 (3): Polydor 566242/4
78 (3): Vox 649
78 (set): Vox 659
LP: Festival CFR 12–292 [Australian pressing]
LP: Vox VLP 6490
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. (Ricci: The Making of a Legend, Vol. 1) URS 50050
Recorded c.1952
[Cadenza by Emile Sauret]
Szentgyörgi, Laszlö (violin) / Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Schmalstich, Clemens (conductor)
78 (2): His Master's Voice AN 486/7
78 (2): His Master's Voice C 2457/8
78 (2): His Master's Voice EH 418/9
Recorded c.1931
Concerto No. 1 in D major, M.S. 21 (Op. 6): Romanze theme from first movement, arranged by Phil Green for violin and piano
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin) / Moore, Gerald (piano)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice DA 1861
45: His Master’s Voice 7R104
Recorded c.1945
[Used in the film The Magic Bow, which featured Stewart Granger as Paganini]
Concerto No. 1 in D major, M.S. 21 (Op. 6): First movement cadenza by Fritz Kreisler
Kubelik, Jan (violin)
78: Fonotipia 74086
78: Odeon 8019 FXXE
78: Okey 52301
LP: Rococo (Famous Violinists) 2001 [Cadenza erronously attributed to Sauret in James Creighton's sleeve notes]
CD (2): Biddulph Recordings LAB 033/4
Recorded 1910
Concerto No. 2 in B minor, M.S. 48 (Op. 7)
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / Rome Philharmonic Orchestra / Boncompagni, Elio (conductor)
LP: RCA Italiana SL 20216
LP [fold out]: RCA Victor GL 31023
LP: RCA Victor GL 32502
LP (set): RCA Victor ML 40003
LP: RCA Victrola KVIS 141
CD (2): RCA Victor 2 For 1 Series BVCC–8835/36 [Japanese issue]
Recorded c.1974
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Galleria 419 482–1
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2530 900
LP (5): Deutsche Grammophon (The 6 Violin Concertos) 2740 121
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2837 507 [Special edition, Austrian pressing]
LP (5): Deutsche Grammophon 2864 005 [Italian pressing]
CD: Aquarius The Best of Classics AQVR [Catalogue number ?]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 415 378–2
CD (3): Deutsche Grammophon (The 6 Violin Concertos) 437 210–2
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
CD (2): Deutsche Grammophon Panorama (Virtuoso Violin) 469 235–2 [Rondo only]
CD: Musical Heritage Society MHS 5122030
Recorded January 1975 (Barking Town Hall, London, England)
[Cadenza by Salvatore Accardo]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin and conductor) / Italian Chamber Orchestra
CD (3): EMI Classics (The Complete Violin Concertos) 5 56902 2 [Italian EMI release]
CD: EMI Classics (Accardo Plays Paganini) CDC 5 57150 2
Recorded October 1998 or February 1999 (Rome, Italy)
[Cadenza by Salvatore Accardo. Accompanying booklet of 3CD set features interview with Accardo by Edward Neill]
Ashkenasi, Shmuel (violin) / Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Esser, Heribert (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon G 1139424 [Argentinian pressing]
LP: Deutsche Grammophon GR 413267
LP: Deutsche Grammophon SLPM 139 424
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Privilege 2535 207
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Boek en Plaat [Dutch-only limited edition issue; catalogue no ?]
LP: Ex Libris XL 172627
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Privilege 429 524–2
Recorded c.1968
[Cadenza by Shmuel Ashkenasi]
Azizjan, Sergej (violin) / Tivoli Symphony Orchestra / Ollila, Tuomas (conductor)
CD: Classico (Sergej Azizjan: A Musical Portrait) CLASSCD 114
CD: Scandinavian Classics (Sergej Azizjan: A Musical Portrait) 220506–205
Recorded 30 July 1994 (Tivoli Concert Hall, Tivoli, Italy)
[Live recording. Cadenza by A. Jampolsky]
Dubach, Alexander (violin) / Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra / Sasson, Michel (conductor)
CD (3): Brilliant Classics (Violin Concertos – Complete) 99582 [conductor listed erroneously as 'Lawrence Foster']
CD: Claves Records CD 50–9408
CD (3): Claves Records (Complete Violin Concertos) CD50–9800/3
Recorded sometime between 23–26 September 1993 (Monte-Carlo Opera House, Monte-Carlo, France)
[Cadenza by Alexandre Dubach]
Fodor, Eugene (violin) / Tomagawa, Kiyoshi (piano)
CD: Clarity Recordings (Witches Brew) CCD 1017
Recorded c.1997 (First Unitarian Church, Berkeley, California, USA)
[Second and third movements only. Arranged for violin and piano. Bell obligato in Rondo is performed by Fodor’s wife, Sally]
Gitlis, Ivry (violin) / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Wislocki, Stanislaw (conductor)
LP: Electrecord ST–ECE 0855
LP: Muza XL 0314
LP [fold out]: Philips 835743 LY [French pressing]
LP: Philips Fourfront 4FM 10006
LP [fold out]: Philips Tresors Classiques 6504 019
LP: Turnabout TV 34203
CD: Philips (Le Violon du Diable) 438 630–2
CD: Philips 446 189–2
CD: Philips Les 100 Classiques (Vol. 63: Paganini – le démon du violon) 454 549–2
CD (2): Philips Classics Duo (The Best of Paganini) 462 865–2
CD: Philips Eloquence (The Best of Paganini) 464 371–2 [Australian issue]
CD: Polskie Nagrania PNCD 267
Recorded 1966
[Cadenza by Ivry Gitlis]
Gorokhov, Alexei (violin and conductor) / Chamber Orchestra of the Kiev Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre
LP: Melodiya C10 20307 007
Recorded 1978
Grubert, Ilya (violin) / Moscow Chamber Orchestra / Orbelian, Constantine (conductor)
CD: Chandos CHAN 9492
Recorded July or November 1995 (Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, Russia)
Hall, Nicola (guitar) / London Mozart Players / Litton, Andrew (conductor)
CD: Decca 440 293–2
Recorded December 1992 (Walthamstow Town Hall, London, England)
[Transcribed by Nicola Hall for guitar and orchestra]
Jelden, Michael (violin) / Vogtland Philharmonie Greiz–Reichenbach / Fraas, Stefan (conductor)
CD: Edition Hera 02115
Recorded 26 January 2004 (Neuberinhaus Reichenbach, Vogtland, Germany)
[Performance based on the manuscript score held in the Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome, Italy. The 'Adagio' M.S.49 (see 'Violin and Orchestra') replaces the usual adagio. Cadenza and orchestral score of M.S.49 by Michael Jelden. Premičre recording of the B minor concerto with the alternative adagio]
Kaler, Ilya (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gunzenhauser, Stephen (conductor)
CD: Naxos 8.550649
CD: Naxos (The Best of Paganini) 8.556680 [Adagio and Rondo only]
Recorded sometime between 3–6 September 1992 (Concert Hall of the Polish Radio, Katowice, Poland)
Kantorow, Jean-Jacques (violin) / Bernhard Thomas Chamber Orchestra / Thomas, Bernhard (conductor)
LP [fold out]: Forlane UM 6519
CD: Forlane Fioretti FF 053
CD: Sonatina 165 013–2
CD (3): VoxBox CD3X 3020
Recorded 9 December 1982 (Faculty of Law, Paris, France)
[Live recording. Recording produced by The Fnac in celebration of the bicentenary of Paganini's birth]
Kantorow, Jean-Jacques (violin and conductor) / Orchestre D'Auvergne
CD: Denon CO–77611
Recorded 26 or 27 April 1990 (Maison des associations de St. Genč's Champanelle, France)
[Cadenza by Henri Merckel]
Korsakov, Andrei (violin) / USSR Symphony Orchestra / Kogan, Pavel (conductor)
LP: Melodiya C10 22645 003
Recorded 1984
Markov, Albert (violin) / Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra / Rozhdestvensky, Gennadi (conductor)
LP: Friends of the Norwalk Symphony M 101 [Rare, limited edition private issue distributed to members of the Norwalk Symphony Society. Orchestra and conductor not named]
LP (10"): Melodiya 33D 15351/2
Markov, Alexander (violin) / Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Saarbrucken / Viotti, Marcello (conductor)
CD: Erato 2292–45788–2
CD: Erato Collection (Romantique Vol. 19) 4509–99656–2 [Rondo only]
CD (2): Warner Classics / Erato Ultima 3984–27001–2
Recorded November 1991
[Cadenza by Albert Markov (Alexander's father)]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Boult, Adrian (conductor)
CD (2): Doremi Legendary Treasures (Yehudi Menuhin, Voume 1) DHR 7781/2
Recorded 30 October 1947
[BBC Broadcast performance]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Fistoulari, Anatole (conductor)
78: His Master's Voice DB 20406 [Rondo only]
78 (set): His Master's Voice DB 21245/85
78 (4): His Master's Voice DBS 9588 (s-s), DB 9589/91
LP (10"): Electrola E 70026
LP (10"): His Master's Voice Artistique FBLP 1006 [French pressing: La Voix de son Maitre]
LP (10"): His Master's Voice FBLP 25064
LP (10"): His Master's Voice LBLP 1049
LP (10"): His Master's Voice VBLP 804
LP (10"): His Master's Voice WBLP 1018
LP: His Master's Voice / RCA Victor LHMV 1015
45 (4): His Master's Voice / RCA Victor WHMV 1015 [Red vinyl]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Erede, Alberto (conductor)
LP: Angel 3 CBX 344 [Brazilian pressing]
LP: Angel 3SACX 47346 [Chilean pressing]
LP: Electrola 1C063–00194
LP: Electrola E 91183 (m), STE 91183 (s)
LP [fold out]: EMI C069 00194
LP: Eterna 820430
LP: Eterna 826555
LP: His Master's Voice ALP 1872 (m), ASD 440 (s)
LP: His Master's Voice CVB 1718
LP: His Master's Voice CVL 1718
LP: His Master's Voice FALP 718 [French pressing: La Voix de son Maitre]
LP: His Master's Voice Concert Classics SXLP 1001941
LP: His Master's Voice WALP 1872
CD: EMI (Italy) / Famiglia Cristiana I Grandi Concerti 8 26258 2 [Rondo only. Italian issue]
CD: EMI CDC 7 47088–2
CD (2): EMI Classics (Legend) CMS 5 67326 2 [Rondo only]
CD (2): EMI Classics CZS 5 72854 2
CD: EMI Classics For Pleasure (Favourite Violin) CDCFP 5 68143 2 [Rondo only]
CD: HMV Classics HMV 5 73044 2
CD: HMV Classics (Yehudi Menuhin: Violin Favourites) HMV 5 73482 2 [Rondo only]
Recorded October or November 1960 (Kingsway Hall, London, England)
[Cadenza by Baller]
Odnoposoff, Ricardo (violin) / Utrecht Symphony Orchestra / Hupperts, Paul (conductor)
LP: Concert Hall G 13 [3000 Copy limited edition on red vinyl]
LP (10"): Musical Masterpiece Society MMS 40 [Rondo only]
Quarta, Massimo (violin and conductor) / Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
CD (multimedia): Art Music in Liguria D2001G8 [Rondo only; see note below]
CD: Dynamic (The Violin Concertos Played on Paganini's Violin, Volume 1) CDS 260
CD (4; 3 audio + 1 multimedia): Dynamic (The 6 Violin Concertos) CDS 450 [See note below]
Recorded July 1999 (Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy)
[Premičre recording from the autograph manuscripts and performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesů violin, 'Il Cannone'. Score revision by Massimo Quarta and Giulio Odero. Cadenza by Massimo Quarta. CD No. 4 of CDS 450 contains a history of Paganini's violin (with photographs), photographs of Massimo Quarta, technical drawings, printable documents, and a catalogue of Dynamic's Paganini releases. Art Music in Liguria CD contains interactive tracks on Paganini's life, music and violin]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Collins, Anthony (conductor)
LP: Decca LXT 5075
LP: Decca MD 1049
LP: Decca ND 536
LP: Decca Eclipse ECS 654
LP: London CM 9131
LP: London LL 1215
CD (5): Decca Original Masters (Ruggiero Ricci: Decca Recordings, 1947–1960) 475 105 2
Recorded c.1954
[Orchestral part edited by Anthony Collins. Cadenza by Arthur Balsam]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Rudolf, Max (conductor)
LP: Brunswick AXA 4529 (m), SXA 4529 (s)
LP: Coral COCS 1033 [German pressing]
LP: Decca Gold Label DL 10106 (m), DL 710106 (s)
LP: Decca 410 004 [French pressing]
LP: Decca SBU 2057
LP: Decca SMU 1103
LP: Deutsche Grammophon LPEM 19 478 (m), SLPEM 136 478 (s)
LP: MCA 1042
LP: MCA MUCS 110
CD: Millennium Classics / MCA MCD 80122
Recorded 13 October 1964
[Cadenza by Arthur Balsam]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / American Symphony Orchestra / Akiyama, Kazuyoshi (conductor)
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. Essential Performance Reference (Paganini – Ricci) EPR 95013
[Cadenza by Arthur Balsam]
Sitkovetsky, Julian Gregorevich (violin) / Moscow Youth Radio Symphony Orchestra / Paverman, Mark (conductor)
LP (10"): Dolgoigrayoshaya D 1089/90
LP (5): Melodiya (The Art of Julian Sitkovetsky) C10 06827/36 [Rondo only]
LP: Melodiya C10 06827/8 [Rondo only]
CD: Arlecchino ARL197
Recorded 1955
[Cadenza by Baller]
Turban, Ingolf (violin) / WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln / Shambadal, Lior (conductor)
CD: Telos Music Records TLS 047 [Released Autumn 2004]
CD (3): Telos Music Records TLS 049 [Released 2004/2005]
Ughi, Uto (violin and conductor) / Chamber Orchestra of Santa Cecilia
LP: RCA Victor Red Seal 7844–4–RC
CD: RCA Victor Red Seal 7844–2–RC
Recorded July 1987 (Teatro Olimpico, Rome, Italy)
Concerto No. 2 in B minor, M.S. 48 (Op. 7): Third movement, Rondo – La Campanella
Amir (violin) / Lenehan, John (piano)
CD: Black Box (Amir) BBM 1042
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Andrade, Janine (violin) / Holecek, Alfred (piano)
LP: Curcio 100
LP: Supraphon SUA 10690 (m), SUAST 50690 (s)
LP: Supraphon SV 8293
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Andrade, Janine (violin) / Panenka, J. (piano)
LP (10"): Supraphon LPM 390
45: Supraphon SUEC 853
45: Supraphon SUK 30321
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Atanasiu, Lenuta Ciulei (violin) / Lefterescu, Ogneanca (piano)
LP: Electrecord ST–ECE 02187
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Balint, Janos (flute) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra / Morandi, Piergiorgio (conductor)
CD: Hungaroton (Romantic Violin Concertos on Flute) HCD 31481
[Transcribed for flute and orchestra]
Banat, Gabriel (violin) / Parsons, Geoffrey (piano)
45: Decca CEP 5529 (m), SEC 5529 (s)
Recorded c.1963
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Beilina, Nina (violin) / Merkulová, T. (piano)
LP: Melodiya D 018489/90
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Berlinsky, Dimitri (violin) / ? (piano)
LP: Melodiya C10 24625
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Bianchi, Luigi Alberto (viola) / Canino, Bruno (piano)
LP [fold out]: Dynamic (The Viola Virtuoso) DS 4014
CD: Dynamic (Gran Viola) CDS 259
Recorded September 1980 (Centro Culturale S. Bartolomeo, Bergamo, Italy)
[Arranged for viola and piano]
Boston Promenade Orchestra (violin section) / Fiedler, Arthur (conductor)
45: His Master's Voice 7P120
[Arranged for violin orchestra]
Campoli, Alfredo (violin) / Gritton, Eric (piano)
78 (2): Decca AK 1670
78: Decca K 1533
78: Decca K 1671
78 (set): London LA 174
78: London T 5528
CD: Dutton Laboratories CDBP 9718
Recorded 18 April 1946 (Kingsway Hall, London, England)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Campoli, Alfredo (violin) / Malcolm, George (piano)
LP (10"): Decca LX 3115
LP (10"): London LS 793
45: Decca VD 507
Recorded c.1947
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Campoli, Alfredo (violin) / Wada, Norihiko (piano)
LP: Decca Eclipse (Encores) ECS 639
LP: Decca (Homage to Fritz Kreisler) LXT 5012 [New Zealand pressing]
LP: London Stereo Treasury Series STS 15239
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Chan, David (violin) / Koenig, Robert (piano)
CD: Ambassador 1017
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Concertmasters of New York / Broekman, David (conductor)
LP: Decca Gold Label DL 9955 (m), 79955 (s)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon LPEM 19 150
[Arranged by Michel Gusikov for string ensemble]
Elbeck, Lance (violin) / Cozens, Charles T. (piano)
CD: 'Fiddle on Fire' [Canadian promo CD with no catalogue number]
Recorded c.2003
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Elphege, Flora (violin) / Conil, Roland (piano)
LP: REM 10906
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Farbmann, Harry (violin) / ? (piano)
78: Polydor 66019
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Galkin, Vyacheslav (accordion)
LP: Melodiya D 23731/2
[Arranged for accordion]
Garnier, Liliane (violin) / ? (piano)
LP: Club National du Disque CND 1046
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Gilels, Elizaveta (violin) / Diakov, A. (piano)
78 (10"): CCCP 5809/10
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Gitlis, Ivry (violin) / Janopoulo, Tasso (piano)
LP: Fontana 6549016
LP [fold out]: Philips 835777 LY [French pressing]
LP [fold out]: Philips Tresors Classiques (Le Violon du Diable) 6504 023
Recorded c.1967
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Gringolts, Ilya (violin) / Ryumina, Irina (piano)
CD: Bis (Ilya Gringolts Plays Paganini) CD 999
Recorded January 1999 (Nybrokajen, Stockholm, Sweden)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Grubert, Ilya (violin) / Kravchenko, Margarita (piano)
LP: Melodiya (VI International Tchaikovsky Competition: Ilya Grubert, 1st Prize) 33C10 11175/6
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Grubert, Ilya (violin) / Bogino, Konstantin (piano)
CD: Il Canale/Dynamic (Il Violino Virtuoso; Music for Unicef) DCU 028
Recorded February 1990 (Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Haendel, Ida (violin) / Parsons, Geoffrey (piano)
LP: His Master's Voice (Bravissima!) ASD 3785
Recorded c.1979
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Hanslip, Chloë / London Symphony Orchestra / Mann, Paul (conductor)
CD: Warner Classics (Chloë) 8573 886552
Huberman, Bronisláw (violin) / Frenkel, Paul (piano)
78: Brunswick 50026
78: Brunswick A 73047
78: Polydor 595010
LP: Encore ELP 001
LP: Rococo 2008
CD (2): Biddulph Recordings (The Complete Brunswick Recordings) LAB 077/8
Recorded 1923
[Arranged by August Wilhelmj for violin and piano]
Ishikawa, Shizuka (violin) / Hála, Josef (piano)
LP: Denon OX 7223
LP: Supraphon 11113196
Recorded 1980
[Arranged for violin and piano. Live recording]
Jenson, Dylana (violin) / Ostrovsky (piano)
LP: Melodiya (1978 Tchaikovsky Competition) C10 11271
Recorded 1978
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Kagan, Oleg (violin) / ? (piano)
LP: Melodiya D 018239/40
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Krylov, Sergej (violin) / Mormone, Stefania (piano)
CD: Agorá Musica AG 198
Recorded sometime between 21 –24 September 1998 (Palazzo Pallavicino, Cremona, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Krysa, Oleg (violin) / Chekina, Tatiana (piano)
LP: Melodiya (Dedicated to Paganini) C10 21869 001
LP: Melodiya CM 03749/50
Recorded 1972
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Lehmann, Wilfred (violin) / ? (piano)
LP: CBS WS 10006
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Leon-Ara, Augustin (violin) / Fidler, T. (piano)
LP: (10"): Eterna 720102
LP: (10"): Muza (Laureates of the 3rd Wieniawski Competition) L 0223
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Lindemann, Hartmut (viola) / Herzfeld, Günther (piano)
CD: Tacet (Beau Soir: Die Virtuoso Viola) 21
[Arranged for viola and piano]
Menuhin, Yehudi (violin) / Green, Hubert (piano)
78: His Master's Voice DB 1638
78: His Master's Voice DB 5394
78: RCA Victor 7599
LP: EMI References C051 43322
LP: Orion (The Legendary Early Recordings) ORS 7271
CD: Aura Music (Yehudi Menuhin Plays Paganini) AUR 228–2
CD: Biddulph Recordings (The Young Menuhin: The 1929–30 HMV Recordings with Hubert Green) LAB 032
CD: EMI References CDH 5 65959 2
CD (6): EMI References (Y. Menuhin: 80th Birthday Edition) CHS 5 65964 2
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio A Paganini, Vol. 2) IDIS 6409
CD: Malibran (The Young Menuhin) CDRG 135
CD: Testament SBT 1003
Recorded 11 December 1930 (London, England)
[Arranged by August Wilhelmj for violin and piano]
Milenkovich, Stefan (violin) / Paderni, Massimo (piano)
CD: Dynamic (N. Paganini: Recital) CDS 166
Recorded sometime between 13 & 18 June 1996 (Genoa, Italy)
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Milstein, Nathan (violin) / Mittmann, Leopold (piano)
78: Columbia 68479 D
78: Columbia LOX 499
78: Columbia LX 595
LP: Discopaedia MB 1014
CD (2): Appian Publications & Recordings (The Auer Legacy, Volume 2) APR 7016
CD: Biddulph Recordings LAB 096
CD: Istituto Discografico Italiano (Omaggio a Paganini) IDIS 291
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. (Legends in Performance: A Tribute to Nathan Milstein) URS 50020
CD: Pearl GEMM CD 9401
Recorded 1936
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Mourja, Graf (violin) / Gous, Natalia (piano)
CD: Harmonia Mundi (Le Violon Vagabond) HMC 901785
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Nerini, Pierre (violin) / Nerini, J. (piano)
78: Pacific PIZ 1517
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Odnoposoff, Ricardo (violin) / Pavlovsky, V. (piano)
78: His Master's Voice ED 470
78: RCA Victor 11–8849
CD: Bayer (Encores) 200004
[Arranged by Paul Kochanski for violin and piano]
Oistrakh, Igor Davidovich (violin) / Zertsalova, Nataliya (piano)
LP: ABC Classics (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) AB 67027
LP: Eterna 8 26 744
LP: Eurodisc (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) 87 953 KK
LP: Harmonia Mundi LDX 78716
LP: Melodiya (Igor Oistrakh Plays Paganini) 33C10 04841/2
LP (2): Musical Heritage Society MHS 824311
LP: United Artists Melodiya UACL 10003
CD: Collins Classics (Igor Oistrakh in Recital) 10452
Recorded September 1973 (Moscow, Russia)
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Paganini Ensemble (Jean-Jacques Kantorow, violin solo; see 'Artists Index' for other ensemble members)
CD: Denon Repertoire (Paganini Ensemble: Smoke Gets in your Eyes) DC–8124
CD: Denon / Nippon Columbia (Paganini Ensemble: Smoke Gets in your Eyes) 33C37–7402 [Japanese issue]
Recorded sometime between 14–16 July, 1983 (Stadsgehoorzaal, Leiden, Netherlands)
[Arranged by Vladimir Mendelssohn for string ensemble]
Paganini Trio: Speermann, Max (violin) / Dengler-Speermann, Annemarie (cello) / Krüger, Martin Maria (guitar)
CD: Bayer Records BR 100 080
Recorded 1990
[Arranged for violin, cello and guitar]
Primrose, William (viola) / Isaacs, Harry (piano)
78: Columbia LOX 341
78 (3): Columbia LX 605/7
CD (2): Biddulph Recordings LAB 131/2
CD: Pearl GEMM CD 9453
Recorded 1937
[Arranged by William Primrose for viola and piano]
Reuter, Florizel von (violin) / ? (piano)
78: Polydor 95185
[Arranged by August Wilhelmj for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Fürstner, Carl (piano)
78: His Master's Voice DB 4619
LP: EMI The HMV Treasury (The Young Ruggiero Ricci) EH 29 12301
CD: Biddulph Recordings (The Complete Electrola Recordings) LAB 044
CD (10): Dynamic (Ruggiero Ricci – A Life for the Violin) CDS 393/1–10
Recorded 1938 (Berlin, Germany)
[Arranged by Paul Kochanski for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Persinger, Louis (piano)
78 (3): Vox 614 [Disc 614]
LP: Vox PL 6490
45: Vox VIP 45420
CD (5): VoxBox (The Art of Ruggiero Ricci) CD5X 3611
[Arranged by Paul Kochanski for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Persinger, Louis (piano)
LP: Decca 18174
LP: Decca 71066
LP: Decca 220062
LP: Decca Eclipse (A Paganini Recital) ECS 585
LP: Decca LXT 2808
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) CM 9099
LP: London (A Paganini Recital) LL 1005
CD (2): Double Decca (Virtuoso Violin – The Art of Ruggiero Ricci) 458 191–2
CD (2): Decca (Essential Violin) 475 142 2
Recorded February 1954 (Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England)
[Arranged by Paul Kochanski for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Smith, Brooks (piano)
LP: Water Lily Acoustics (Paganiniana: The Genoan's Legacy) WLA–WS–06
CD: John Marks Records (Paganini’s Dreams) JMR 11
CD: Water Lily Acoustics (Paganiniana: The Genoan's Legacy) WLA–WS–06–CD
Recorded sometime between 24 & 27 May 1988 (Christ the King Chapel, St. Anthony's Seminary, Santa Barbara, California, USA)
[Arranged by Liszt-Kochanski for violin and piano]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / ? (piano)
LP: CS 704 [Taiwanese private issue; label name ?]
[Arranged for violin and piano. Probably equivalent to one of the previous recordings]
Rode, Alfredo (violin) / ? (piano)
78 (10"): His Master's Voice B 2436
[Arranged by August Wilhelmj for violin and piano]
Sato, Yoko (violin) / Iwasaki, Shuku (piano)
LP: Toshiba TA 72014
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Sic, Yang Sung (violin) / Ho, Chang Sung (guitar)
CD (2): Monopoly (Yang Sung Sic Plays Paganini: Works for Violin & Guitar) GI 2040
Recorded sometime between 27 April & 4 May 1999 (Youngsan Art Hall, Seoul, Korea)
[Arranged by Chang Sung Ho for violin and guitar]
Sitkovetsky, Dimitry (violin) / Cothoni (piano)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2535 017
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Sitkovetsky, Julian Gregorevich (violin) / Yampolsky, Vladimir (piano)
78 (10"): CCCP 17200
78 (microgroove; 10"): CCCP D 863
LP (8"): Melodiya D 006451/2
LP: Melodiya D 024483/4
45: Melodiya D 0008365/6
CD: SYD Records (The Art of Yulian Sitkovetsky) SYD 001
1950
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Stanosky, Jan (violin) / Stanovska, Ivana (piano)
LP: Opus 91110338
LP: Opus Mr Pickwick MDP 107
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Szeryng, Henryk (violin) / Schwarz, L. (piano)
78 (10"): Orfeo 4004
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Ughi, Uto (violin) / Masi, Piernarciso (piano)
LP [fold out]: RCA Victor Red Seal RL 31462
LP: RCA Victor VLS 32634
Recorded c.1979
[Arranged for violin and piano]
Vanessa-Mae (violin) / New Belgian Chamber Orchestra / Cleobury, Nicholas (conductor)
CD (3): EMI Classics (Vanessa Mae: The Classical Collection, Part 1) CMS 5 67456 2
CD: Trittico Classics TCVAN 27102
1991
Verhey, Emmy (violin) / ? (piano)
45: Philips 740399
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
Yakovlev, Vladimir (domra) / Okunev, Boris (guitar)
LP: Meldoiya CM 03023/4
[Freely arranged by Vladimir Yakovlev and Boris Okunev for domra and guitar]
Zhuk, Valentin I. (violin) / Rossokhatsky, A. (piano)
LP: Melodiya D 016013/4
[Arranged by Fritz Kreisler for violin and piano]
? (violin) / ? (piano)
CD: Kvadro Disk Romantic Classic RCL 007 [Russian issue]
[Arranged for violin and piano. Artists not named]
Concerto No. 3 in E major, M.S. 50
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2530 629
LP (5): Deutsche Grammophon (The 6 Violin Concertos) 2740 121
LP (5): Deutsche Grammophon 2864 005 [Italian pressing]
LP: Melodiya C 8481/2
CD: Aquarius The Best of Classics AQVR [Catalogue number ?]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 423 370–2
CD (3): Deutsche Grammophon (The 6 Violin Concertos) 437 210–2
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
Recorded January 1975 (Barking Town Hall, London, England)
[Cadenza by Salvatore Accardo]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin and conductor) / Italian Chamber Orchestra
CD (3): EMI Classics (The Complete Violin Concertos) 5 56902 2 [Italian EMI release]
CD: EMI Classics (Accardo Plays Paganini) CDC 5 57151 2
Recorded October 1998 or February 1999 (Rome, Italy)
[Cadenza by Salvatore Accardo. Accompanying booklet of 3CD set features interview with Accardo by Edward Neill]
Dubach, Alexandre (violin) / Monte–Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra / Foster, Lawrence (conductor)
CD (3): Brilliant Classics (Violin Concertos – Complete) 99582
CD: Claves Records CD 50–9503
CD (3): Claves Records (Complete Violin Concertos) CD50–9800/3
Recorded sometime between 22–25 November 1994 (Monte-Carlo Opera House, Monte-Carlo, France)
[Cadenzas by Alexandre Dubach]
Gorokhov, Alexei (violin and conductor) / Chamber Orchestra of the Kiev Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre
LP: Melodiya C10 26609 005
CD: Zyx-Music / Melodiya MEL 46051–2
Recorded 1975
Quarta, Massimo (violin and conductor) / Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
CD: Dynamic (The Violin Concertos Played on Paganini's Violin, Volume 2) CDS 300
CD (4; 3 audio + 1 multimedia): Dynamic (The 6 Violin Concertos) CDS 450 [See note below]
Recorded September 2001 (Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy)
[Premičre recording from the autograph manuscripts and performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesů violin, 'Il Cannone'. Score revision by Massimo Quarta and Giulio Odero. Cadenza by Massimo Quarta. CD No. 4 of CDS 450 contains a history of Paganini's violin (with photographs), photographs of Massimo Quarta, technical drawings, printable documents, and a catalogue of Dynamic's Paganini releases]
Rózsa, Ernö (violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Dittrich, Michael (conductor)
CD: Naxos 8.554396
Recorded February 1999 (Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio, Slovakia)
[Cadenza by Ernö Rózsa. Naxos claim this to be the first recording of the uncut original version of the concerto as played by Paganini himself]
Szeryng, Henryk (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Gibson, Alexander (conductor)
LP: Fono-Ring/Christophorus SFGLP 78 171 [German pressing]
LP: Philips 61715
LP [fold out]: Philips 6500 175
LP (2): Philips Sequenza 6725 029
LP: Philips 6880 003
CD: Elite Classics (Paganini Collection, Vol. 2) SI–655–B [Russian issue]
CD: Philips Concert Classics 422 976–2
CD (2): Philips Classics Duo (The Best of Paganini) 462 865–2
CD: Philips Classics Eloquence 464 666–2
Recorded January 1971 (Wembley, London, England)
[Premičre recording. Cadenzas by Henryk Szeryng]
Turban, Ingolf (violin) / WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln / Shambadal, Lior (conductor)
CD: Telos Music Records TLS 046
CD (3): Telos Music Records TLS 049 [Released 2004/2005]
Recorded sometime between 27 March & 7 April 2000 (Klaus-von-Bismark-Saal, WDR Köln, Funkhaus, Germany)
[Cadenza by Ingolf Turban]
Concerto No. 4 in D minor, M.S. 60
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Galleria 419 482–1
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2531 261
LP (5): Deutsche Grammophon (The 6 Violin Concertos) 2740 121
LP (5): Deutsche Grammophon 2864 005 [Italian pressing]
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Soloconcert (Muziek Onder Woorden) MOW 028–2 [Unusual Dutch pressing coupled with Kempff/Leitner recording of Beethoven's 4th piano concerto]
CD: Aquarius The Best of Classics AQVR [Catalogue number ?]
CD: Classical Disk Company 880405 [See note below]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 423 370–2
CD (3): Deutsche Grammophon (The 6 Violin Concertos) 437 210–2
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
Recorded January 1975 (Barking Town Hall, London, England)
[Cadenza by Salvatore Accardo. Classical Disk Company CD does not name soloist but states orchestra as 'New Philharmonic Orchestra of Budapest' and conductor as 'Joseph Laszlo'; due to coupling (Beethoven 4th piano concerto) and occassional record crackle CD probably transferred from DG MOW 028–2]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin and conductor) / Italian Chamber Orchestra
CD (3): EMI Classics (The Complete Violin Concertos) 5 56902 2 [Italian EMI release]
CD: EMI Classics (Accardo Plays Paganini) CDC 5 57152 2
Recorded October 1998 or February 1999 (Rome, Italy)
[Cadenza by Salvatore Accardo. Accompanying booklet of 3CD set features interview with Accardo by Edward Neill]
Dubach, Alexander (violin) / Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra / Sasson, Michel (conductor)
CD (3): Brilliant Classics (Violin Concertos – Complete) 99582
CD: Claves Records CD 50–9204
CD (3): Claves Records (Complete Violin Concertos) CD50–9800/3
Recorded 10 and/or 11 December 1991 (Congress Hall, Monte-Carlo, France)
[Cadenzas by Alexandre Dubach]
Gorokhov, Alexei (violin and conductor) / Chamber Orchestra of the Kiev Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre
LP: Melodiya C10 26611 003
Recorded 1976
[Orchestral score by Alexei Gorokhov]
Grumiaux, Arthur (violin) / Lamoureux Orchestra / Gallini, Franco (conductor)
78 (4): Columbia 50004/7
LP: Epic LC 3143
LP: Fontana 894017 ZKY
LP: Philips Plasir du Classique 836.931 DSY [French pressing]
LP: Philips 6566 021
LP: Philips A 02426 L [N.B. also released as a 10" LP with identical catalogue number]
LP: Philips G 03062 L
LP: Philips Classical Favourites GBL 5576
LP [fold out]: Philips L 00465 L
LP (10"): Philips A 02426 L
LP (10"): Philips A 00741 R
LP (10"): Philips ABR 4024
LP (10"): Philips Klassieke Klankjuwelen G 05327 R
LP: PSL–4001 [Mono South African disc]
CD: Philips 4904 [Japanese limited edition]
CD (5): Philips Original Masters 473 104–2
Recorded November 1954
[Premičre recording]
Grumiaux, Arthur (violin) / Monte-Carlo National Opera Orchestra / Bellugi, Piero (conductor)
LP: Philips 62789
LP [fold out]: Philips 6500 411
LP: Philips X 5546 [Japanese pressing]
CD: Elite Classics (Paganini Collection, Vol. 2) SI–655–B [Russian issue]
CD: Philips 4944 [Japanese limited edition]
CD: Philips PHCP 9333 [Japanese issue]
CD: Philips PHCP 9647 [Japanese issue]
CD: Philips PHCP 24053 [Japanese issue]
CD (2): Philips Classics Duo (The Best of Paganini) 462 865–2
Recorded June 1972 (Alcazar, Monte-Carlo, France)
[Cadenza by Arthur Grumiaux]
Jelden, Michael (violin) / Vogtland Philharmonie Greiz–Reichenbach / Fraas, Stefan (conductor)
CD: Edition Hera 02115
Recorded 7 January 2004 (Neuberinhaus Reichenbach, Vogtland, Germany)
[Cadenza by Michael Jelden]
Kremer, Gidon (violin) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Muti, Riccardo (conductor)
CD: Philips Digital Classics 446 718–2
Recorded 1995 or 1996 ?
[Live recording. Cadenza by Gidon Kremer]
Quarta, Massimo (violin and conductor) / Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
CD: Dynamic (The Violin Concertos Played on Paganini's Violin, Volume 3) CDS 400
CD (4; 3 audio + 1 multimedia): Dynamic (The 6 Violin Concertos) CDS 450 [See note below]
Recorded sometime between July & September 2002 (Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy)
[Premičre recording from the autograph manuscripts and performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesů violin, 'Il Cannone'. Score revision & cadenza by Massimo Quarta. CD No. 4 of CDS 450 contains a history of Paganini's violin (with photographs), photographs of Massimo Quarta, technical drawings, printable documents, and a catalogue of Dynamic's Paganini releases]
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Bellugi, Piero (conductor)
LP [fold out]: CBS Grands Interprčtes 75995 [French pressing]
LP: Columbia Masterworks M 30574
LP: Melodiya C 12405/6
LP: Unicorn RHS 304
CD (3): Sony Classical Essential Classics SB3K 52 516–18
CD: Sony Classical Essential Classics SBK 47 661
Recorded 15 September 1970 (Barking Assembly Hall, London, England)
Ricci, Ruggiero (violin) / I Virtuosi d'Assisi / Mordini, Piero (conductor)
CD (2): Istituto Discografico Italiano (Ruggiero Ricci Plays Paganini) IDIS 6439/40
CD: One-Eleven, Ltd. URS 91030
CD (2): One-Eleven, Ltd. Essential Performance Reference (Paganini – Ricci) EPR 95013
Recorded 1970s
[Live recording]
Rózsa, Ernö (violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Dittrich, Michael (conductor)
CD: Naxos 8.554396
Recorded February 1999 (Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio, Slovakia)
[Cadenza by Ernö Rózsa. Naxos claim this to be the first recording of the uncut original version of the concerto as played by Paganini himself]
Szeryng, Henryk (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Gibson, Alexander (conductor)
LP: Philips 20PC–1023 [Japanese pressing]
LP: Philips 416 979–1
LP (2): Philips Sequenza 6725 029
LP: Philips 9500 069
LP: Philips X 7600 [Japanese pressing]
CD: Philips 416 896–2 [Doubtful if issued]
CD: Philips Solo 446 572–2
Recorded 1976
[Cadenza by Henryk Szeryng]
Turban, Ingolf (violin) / WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln / Shambadal, Lior (conductor)
CD: Telos Music Records TLS 047 [Released Autumn 2004]
CD (3): Telos Music Records TLS 049 [Released 2004/2005]
Ughi, Uto (violin and conductor) / Chamber Orchestra of Santa Cecilia
LP: RCA Victor Red Seal 7844–4–RC
CD: RCA Victor Red Seal 7844–2–RC
Recorded October 1987 (Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy)
Verhey, Emmy (violin) / Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Vonk, Hans (conductor)
LP (2): EMI 1A137–53572/73 [Dutch issue]
LP: EMI C037 25243
LP: EMI C057 25243
LP: EMI–Bovema (Holland) 5C 063–25243
CD: A–Selectie / EMI-Bovema (Holland) CL 50009
Recorded c.1975
Concerto No. 5 in A minor, M.S. 78
Accardo, Salvatore (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor)
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 2530 961
LP (5): Deutsche Grammophon (The 6 Violin Concertos) 2740 121
LP (5): Deutsche Grammophon 2864 005 [Italian pressing]
CD: Aquarius The Best of Classics AQVR [Catalogue number ?]
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 423 578–2
CD (3): Deutsche Grammophon (The 6 Violin Concertos) 437 210–2
CD (6): Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition (Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings) 463 754–2
CD (2): Elite Classics (Paganini Collection, Vol. 3) SI–655–C,D [Russian issue]
Recorded January 1974 [movements I and II] & January 1975 [movement III] (Barking Town Hall, London, England)
[Orchestral score by Federico Mompellio. Cadenza by Remy Principe/Salvatore Accardo]
Accardo, Salvatore (violin and conductor) / Italian Chamber Orchestra
CD (3): EMI Classics (The Complete Violin Concertos) 5 56902 2 [Italian EMI release]
CD: EMI Classics (Accardo Plays Paganini) CDC 5 57152 2
Recorded October 1998 or February 1999 (Rome, Italy)
[Cadenza by Salvatore Accardo. Accompanying booklet of 3CD set features interview with Accardo by Edward Neill]
Dubach, Alexander (violin) / Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra / Sasson, Michel (conductor)
CD (3): Brilliant Classics (Violin Concertos – Complete) 99582 [conductor listed erroneously as 'Lawrence Foster']
CD: Claves Records CD 50–9408
CD (3): Claves Records (Complete Violin Concertos) CD50–9800/3
Recorded sometime between 23–26 September 1993 (Monte-Carlo Opera House, Monte-Carlo, France)
[Cadenza by Alexandre Dubach]
Gorokhov, Alexei (violin and conductor) / Chamber Orchestra of the Kiev Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre
LP: Melodiya C10 19793 004
Recorded 1978
Gulli, Franco (violin) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della Rai / Rossi, Mario (conductor)
LP: Fonit Cetra Archmo Rai LA 16
CD: Hunt Productions CDLSMH 34004
Recorded 20 July 1960 (Rome, Italy)
[Live recording]
Gulli, Franco (violin) / Angelicum Chamber Orchestra of Milan / Rosada, Luciano (conductor)
LP: Angelicum LPA 5933
LP: Angelicum STA 8933
LP [fold out]: Ars Nova VST 6101
LP: Balkanton BCA 576
LP: Decca Gold Label DL 10081 (m), DL 710081 (s)
LP: Harmonia Mundi HM 30663
LP [fold out]: Harmonia Mundi HMA 30.527
LP: Musical Heritage Society DRM 110
CD: Il Canale/Dynamic (Music for Unicef) DCU 030
CD: Sarx Records SX AM 2038–2
Recorded 1963 (Studi Angelicum, Milan, Italy)
[Orchestral score by Federico Mompellio. Cadenza by Remy Principe. Official premičre recording – however, see previous entry]
Minchev, Mincho (violin) / Philharmonia Bulgarica / Petkov, Dobrin (conductor)
LP: Balkanton BCA 10623
CD: Fidelio CD 1831
CD: Intermezzo Collection MEZ 534
CD: Tring Symphonia Digital Classics SYM 067 [Artists not named]
CD: Vivace E 534
Recorded 1980s ?
[Balkanton LP states orchestra as ‘Plovdiv Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra’]
Quarta, Massimo (violin and conductor) / Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
CD: Dynamic (The Violin Concertos Played on Paganini's Violin, Volume 2) CDS 300
CD (4; 3 audio + 1 multimedia): Dynamic (The 6 Violin Concertos) CDS 450 [See note below]
Recorded September 2001 (Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy)
[Premičre recording from the autograph manuscripts and performed on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesů violin, 'Il Cannone'. Orchestral score by Francesco Fiore; score revision & cadenza by Massimo Quarta. CD No. 4 of CDS 450 contains a history of Paganini's violin (with photographs), photographs of Massimo Quarta, technical drawings, printable documents, and a catalogue of Dynamic's Paganini releases]
Turban, Ingolf (violin) / WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln / Shambadal, Lior (conductor)
CD: Telos Music Records TLS 048 [Released 2004/2005]
CD (3): Telos Music Records TLS 049 [Released 2004/2005]
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