Gidon Kremer - Gidon Kremer: The Warner Edition [21 CD · Clamshell Liner notes in English, French, German]

Warner Classics

£50.63

Format: 21 CD SET
ICPN: 0190295116422
Release Date: 03 Sep 2021
Genre: Classical

Gidon Kremer avoids the well-trodden paths of the musical world as he explores it with style and sensitivity. Harnoncourt’s fellow researcher, Argerich’s soulmate, an early champion of Schnittke and Pärt – Kremer combines a passion for freedom with a quest for authenticity, as is revealed in the recordings he made over a period of two decades for EMI, Teldec and Erato.

Key points
#1
Born in 1947 in Riga, a city then ruled from Moscow, Kremer grew up in a German-speaking family of musicians. He completed his studies in Moscow at Tchaikovsky conservatory with David Oistrakh between 1965 and 1973. At the same period, he won several prestigious competitions: 1967 3rd prize at Queen Elisabeth competition in Brussels, 1969 1st prize at Paganini competition at Genoa, 1970 1st prize at Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow.
He started to tour in the West in 1970 and, in 1980, left the USSR to establish himself in West Germany.
The year after he founded a chamber music festival in Lockenhaus, Austria, with a focus on programming contemporary and unconventional works. In 1992 he created the Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra, composed of young musicians from the Baltic States.
Talented, free, generous, creative, curious, versatile, and above all an artist of integrity, Kremer likes to perform a wide repertoire, from the East to the West, from the past to the future: Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Piazzolla, Pärt, Adams, Glass, Schnittke, Nono, Gubaidulina… - the last three even composed for him.
He has convinced the biggest names to play with him: Karajan, Bernstein, Abbado, Maazel, Rostropovich, Harnoncourt, Bashmet, Argerich…

#2
The present box gathers all recordings Kremer made for Erato, Teldec and EMI and is a perfect example of all the previous superlatives that Kremer fully deserves.

#3
“Kremer simply galvanizes whatever he plays; it is not the same piece afterwards.”
(The Times)

“Kremer and Kremerata Baltica animate everything their bows touch.”
(Los Angeles Times)

“These young Baltic musicians possess a vivid spectrum of string colour, thoroughly polished execution, and a direction of effort in service of the compose … There is no violinist with greater versatility and commitment to musical truth than Kremer.” (Chicago Tribune)

“The greatest violinist in the world”
(Herbert von Karajan)

Gidon Kremer: The Warner Collection
Complete Teldec, EMI Classics & Erato Recordings
(21 CD)
Tracklist
CD 1 41.43
Johannes Brahms 1833-1897
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
1 I Allegro non troppo (candenza Fritz Kreisler) 23.22
2 II Adagio 9.49
3 III Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (candenza Fritz Kreisler) 8.32

Gidon Kremer violin
Berliner Philharmoniker · Herbert von Karajan conductor

Recorded: 6–7.III.1976, Philharmonie, Berlin
Producer: Michel Glotz · Balance Engineer: Wolfgang Gülich
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics release, P 1976/Remastered 2014 Parlophone Records Limited

CD 2 51.19
Carl Maria von Weber 1786-1826
Grand duo concertant, Op. 48
1 I Allegro con fuoco 7.22
2 II Andante con moto 4.59
3 III Rondo (Allegro) 5.13

Paul Hindemith 1895-1963
Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 11 No. 1
4 I Frisch 4.40
II Im Zeitmass eines langsamen, feierlichen Tanzes 5.39

Alfred Schnittke 1934-1998
6 Violin Sonata No. 2 "Quasi una Sonata" 20.11

Gioachino Rossini 1792-1868
7 Andante con variazioni in F major 3.15

Gidon Kremer violin
Andrei Gavrilov piano

Recorded: 28.II & 1.III.1979, Bavaria Studios, Munich
Producer: John Willan
Balance Engineer: Robert Gooch
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics release, P 1980/Remastered 2017 Parlophone Records Limited

CD 3 60.53

Robert Schumann 1810-1856
Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23
1 I In kräftigem, nicht zu shnellem Tempo 15.07
2 II Langsam 6.02
3 III Lebhaft, doch nicht schnell 8.20

Jean Sibelius 1865-1957
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
4 I Allegro moderato 15.48
5 II Adagio di molto 8.39
6 III Allegro ma non tanto 6.57

Gidon Kremer violin
Philharmonia Orchestra ∙ Riccardo Muti conductor

Recorded: 25-26.VI.1982, London
Producer: John Mordler
Balance Engineer: Neville Boyling
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics release, P 1983 Parlophone Records Limited

CD 4 57.01

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
1 I Allegro ma non troppo (cadenza Beethoven/Kremer) 24.13
2 II Larghetto 8.52
3 III Rondo. Allegro (cadenza Beethoven/Kremer) 9.52

4 Romance for Violin and Orchestra in G major, Op. 40 5.53
5 Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F major, Op. 50 7.41

Gidon Kremer violin
Vadim Sakharov piano · Geoffrey Prentice timpani (1-3)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe · Nikolaus Harnoncourt conductor

Recorded: 14-15.VII.1992 (1-3, LIVE), Stefaniensaal, Graz
Producer: Helmut Mühle
Balance Engineer: Michael Brammann
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 1993 Warner Music UK Limited

CD 5 60.40

Alfred Schnittke 1934-1998
1 Concerto No. 2 for violin & chamber orchestra (1966) 21.38

2 Stille Nacht for violin & piano (1978) 4.56

3 Gratulationsrondo for violin & piano (1974) 8.52

Concerto No. 3 for violin & chamber orchestra (1978)
4 I Moderato 8.30
5 II Agitato 6.04
6 III Andante 10.12

Gidon Kremer violin
Enno Senft double bass
Chamber Orchestra of Europe · Christophe Eschenbach piano (2-3), conductor (1, 4-6)
Recorded: XII.1993, Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie Berlin
Producer: Friedmann Engelbrecht
Balance Engineer: Ulrich Riuscher
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 1994 Warner Music UK Limited

CD 6 66.14
LE CINEMA

Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977
Arr. by Claus Ogermann
1 Smile 3.24
from the film Modern Times

Nino Rota 1911-1979
2 Improvviso (Un diavolo sentimentale) Allegro 5.32

Isaak Dunayevsky 1900-1955 / Sergey Dreznin 1955
3 Fantasy 7.40
on the music to the film Circus

Astor Piazzolla 1921-1992
4 Tanti anni prima Molto cantabile 5.12
from the film Enrico IV

Toru Takemitsu 1930-1996
5 Nostalghia - In Memory of Andrey Tarkovsky - for violin and string orchestra 10.54

Leonid Desyatnikov 1955
6 Absalom’s Death and Tango 5.31
Sketches to the film Sakat (Sunset)

Dmitri Shostakovich 1906-1975
Arr. Konstantin Fortunatov
7 Romance, op. 97a/No. 8 2.50
from the film Ovod (The Gadfly)

Darius Milhaud 1892-1974
8 Le Bœuf sur le toit (Cinéma-Fantaisie) 15.56

Giya Kancheli 1935-2019
9 Rag-GIDON-time 4.05

Nino Rota
10 Improvviso in re minore 4.15
from the film Amanti senza Amore

Gidon Kremer violin
Oleg Maisenberg piano
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Andrey Boreyko conductor

Recorded: V & XI.1996, Teldec Studio, berlin
Producer: Friedmann Engelbrecht
Balance Engineer: Ulrich Riuscher, Eberhard Sengpiel (4)
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 1998 Warner Music UK Limited

CD 7 44.22
Alfred Schnittke 1934-1998
Concerto for Three
1 I. Moderato — Allegretto 6.04
2 II. *** 4.22
3 III. Largo 3.50
4 IV. *** 1.50

String Trio
5 I. Moderato 14.14
6 II. Adagio 11.10

7 Minuet for violin, viola and cello 2.50

Gidon Kremer violin
Yuri Bashmet viola
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
Moscow Soloists (1–4)

Yuri Bashmet appears courtesy of RCA Red Seal/BMG Classics
Recorded: 24–25.II.1995, Studio 103, Radio France, Paris (LIVE)
Producer: David Groves
Balance Engineer: Raymond Buttin (Radio France) · Assistant Engineer: Alain Joubert (Radio France)
Coproduction Warner Classics/Radio France
Original cover artwork: photo by Fallour
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics release, P 1998/Remastered 2017 Parlophone Records Limited
Radio France

CD 8 42.00

Alfred Schnittke 1934-1998
Concerto No. 1 for violin & orchestra (1957/rev. 1963)
1 I Allegro ma non troppo 12.45
2 II Andante 10.04
3 III Allegro scherzando 8.22

Alban Berg 1885-1935
Violin Concerto 'To the memory of an angel'
4 II Allegro – IV Adagio 10.42

Gidon Kremer violin
NDR-Sinfonieorchester Hamburg · Christoph Eschenbach conductor (1-3)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra · Sir Simon Rattle conductor (4)

Recorded: 9-15.VII & 8-12.VII.1995, Symphony Hall, Birmingham (4); III.1999, Sendesaal des NDR, Hannover (1-3)
Producers: Friedemann Engelbrecht (1-3), Stephen Frost (4)
Balance Engineers: Michael Brammann, Björn Brisgne (1-3), Mike Clements (4) · Assistant Engineers: Jörg Mohr, Wolfgang Hermann (1-3)
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics release, P 1996 Parlophone Records Limited (4), A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 2000 Warner Music UK Limited (1-3)

CD 9 56.40
Valentin Silvestrov 1937
Dedication Symphony for violin and orchestra (1990/1991)
1 I Allegro moderato con moto 5.17
2 Moderato 5.36
3 II Moderato con moto 2.48
4 Andantino 4.11
5 III Allegretto 10.25
6 Andante 6.11
7 Moderato 5.57

Post scriptum Sonata for violin and piano (version 1990/1991)
8 I Largo – Allegro – Allegretto 8.37
9 II Andantino 3.57
10 III Allegro vivace 3.34

Gidon Kremer violin
Münchner Philharmoniker · Roman Kofman conductor (1-7)
Vadim Sakharov piano (8-10)

Recorded (live 1-7): II.1995, Philharmonie München
Producers: Friedemann Engelbrecht
Balance Engineers: Ulrich Ruscher · Assistant Engineers: Jens Schünemann, Heinz Urban
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 1996 Warner Music UK Limited

CD 10 62.34
Robert Schumann 1810-1856

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
1 I Allegro affettuoso 14.24
2 II Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso – attaca 5.09
3 III Allegro vivace 10.01

Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23
4 I In kräftigem, nicht zu shnellem Tempo 15.31
5 II Langsam 4.49
6 III Lebhaft, doch nicht schnell 12.22

Martha Argerich piano
Gidon Kremer violin
Chamber Orchestra of Europe · Nikolaus Harnoncourt conductor

Recorded live: VII.1992 (1-3), VII.1994 (4-6), Stefaniensaal, Graz
Producer: Helmut Mühle · Balance Engineers:Michael Brammann · Assistant Engineers: Stefan Witzel, Tobias Lehmann
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 1994 Warner Music UK Limited

CD 11 79.23
From my Home

Balys Dvarionas 1904-1972
1 Elegie for violin and string orchestra (1947) 5.30

Arvo Pärt 1935
2 Fratres for violin, string orchestra and percussion (1977/1992) 10.57

Vytautas Barkauskas 1931-2020
Partita for violin solo (1967)
3 Präludium 1.00
4 Scherzo 1.28
5 Grave 1.59
6 Taccata 1.21
7 Epilog 1.21

Peteris Vasks 1946
8 Musica Dolorosa for string orchestra (1984) 14.25
Marc Francoux cello solo

Georgs Pelēcis 1947
9 Nevertheless Concerto for violin, piano and string orchestra (1993) 27.54

Pēteris Plakidis 1947-2017
Two Grasshopper Dances for violin solo (1978)
10 Sad Dance 1.13
11 Happy Dance 0.51

Erkki-Sven Tüür 1959
12 Coversio for violin and piano (1994) 10.52

Gidon Kremer violin
Vadim Sakharov piano
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

Recorded: IV.1996, Teldec Studio, Berlin
Producer: Friedemann Engelbrecht · Balance Engineer:Tobias Lehmann · Assistant Engineer: Wolfram Thorau
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 1997 Warner Music UK Limited

CD 12 69.21
Johannes Brahms 1833-1897

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
1 I Allegro non troppo (Cadenza George Enescu) 21.01
2 II Adagio 8.13
3 III Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace 7.35

Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102
4 I Allegro 17.30
5 II Andante 6.06
6 III Vivace non troppo 8.43

Gidon Kremer violin
Clemens Hagen cello
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra · Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Recorded live: III.1996 (1-3), IV.1997 (4-6), Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Producer: Helmut Muhle
Recording engineer: Michael Brammann
Assistant engineers: Stefan Witzel (1-3), Philipp Nedel (4-6), Tobias Lehmann
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 1997 Warner Music UK Limited

CD 13 60.31

George Enescu 1881-1955
Impressions d’enfance, Op. 28
1 Ménétrier 3.44
2 Vieux mendiant 3.12
3 Ruisselet au fond du jardin 2.38
4 L’oiseau en cage et le coucou au mur 2.18
5 Berceuse 1.44
6 Grillon 0.22
7 Lune à travers les vitres 2.38
8 Vent dans la cheminée 0.32
9 Tempête au-dehors dans la nuit 2.15
10 Lever de soleil 5.50

Ervín Schulhoff 1894-1942
Sonata for violin and piano [No. 2] (1927)
11 Allegro impetuoso 6.28
12 Andante 4.03
13 Burlesca: Allegretto 2.13
14 Finale: Allegro risoluto 3.32

Béla Bartók 1881-1945
Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, Sz. 76 (1922)
15 Molto moderato 8.51
16 Allegretto 11.50

Pēteris Plakidis 1947-2017
Two Grasshopper Dances for violin solo (1978)
17 Sad Dance 1.13
18 Happy Dance 0.51

Gidon Kremer violin
Oleg Maisenberg piano

Recorded: I &V.1996, Teldec Studio, Berlin
Producer: Friedemann Engelbrecht
Balance Engineer: Eberhard Sengpiel
Assistant Engineer: Peter Weinsheimer
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 1997 Warner Music UK Limited

CD 14 76.10
Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971
1 Pastorale for violin and wind quartet (1933) 3.10
David Theodore oboe · Jane Marshall cor anglais · Michael Collins clarinet · Meyrick Alexander bassoon

Alfred Schnittke 1934-1998
Concerto No. 4 for violin & orchestra (1984)
2 I Andante 5.01
3 II Vivo (Cadenza visuale)* 6.56
4 III Adagio 9.36
5 IV Lento (Cadenza visuale)* 12.12

Arthur Vincent Lourié 1892-1966
The Blackamoor of Peter the Great - Symphonic Prose (1961)
Orchestral suite based on original instrumental and vocal passages adapted from the opera
6 Introduzione: Lento 1.15
7 Game of dice: Allegro 1.25
8 Introduction to the ballets: Lento 0.27
9 Ballet No. 1: The dance of the night and the wind 2.11
10 Ballet No. 2: The appearance of the silver egg 3.05
11 Ballet No. 3: Hymn to Eros (instrumentation by Alfred Schnittke) 1.46
12 Ballet No. 4: Amor's aria 3.32
13 Toccatina 0.49
14 Dance of the Skomorokhs (Harlequins) 2.18
15 Les adieux: Prélude de concert 4.03
16 Coda 1.59

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893
The Sleeping Beauty
Instrumentation Igor Stravinsky (1921)
17 Variations de la Fée de lilas: Allegro Con Moto 1.09
18 Entr'acte: Andante Sostenuto 5.08

Arthur Vincent Lourié
19 Funeral Games in Honor of Chronos (1964) 10.08
For 3 flutes, piano and cymbals
Christoph Eschenbach piano · Keith Bragg piccolo · Daniel Pailthorpe flute · June Scott alto flute · David Corkhill percussion

Gidon Kremer violin
Philharmonia Orchestra · Christoph Eschenbach

*“Cadenza visuale” is the term used by Schnittke to describe certain passages in which the sound of the solo violin grows increasingly dematerialised breaking down and finally becoming nothing more than a desperate visual gesture. For the purposes of the present recording, where the emphasis lies on the collaboration between the world and the soloist and that of the orchestra, it was agreed with the composer that the soloist would attempt to realise an acoustic equivalent of the dramatic visual gesture.

Recorded: IV.1996, Walsthamstow Assembly Hall, London
Producer: Friedemann Engelbrecht
Balance Engineer: Ulrich Ruscher
Assistant Engineer: Wolfram Thorau, Tobias Lehmann
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 1997 Warner Music UK Limited

CD 15 48.42

Astor Piazzolla 1921-1992
María de Buenos Aires (beginning)
Tango Operita
Libretto by Horacio Ferrer · Arrangement: Leonid Desyatnikov
1 Cuadro 1: Alevare (El Duende) 6.12
2 Cuadro 2: Tema de María (instrumental) 5.42
3 Cuadro 3a: Balada renga para un organito loco (El Duende, Payador, chorus) 8.17
4 Cuadro 3b: Yo soy María (María) 3.21
5 Cuadro 4: Milonga carrieguera por María la Niña (Gorrión, María) 5.54
6 Cuadro 5: Fuga y misterio (instrumental) 3.26
7 Cuadro 6: Poema valseado (María) 3.00
8 Cuadro 7: Tocata rea (El Duende) 5.05
9 Cuadro 8: Miserere canyengue de los ladrones antiguos en las alcantarillas 7.45
(Ladrón, María, Coro)

Horacio Ferrer El Duende
Julia Zenko María / La sombra de María
Jairo La voz de un payador / Porteño gorrión con sueño / Ladrón antiguo mayor / Analista primero / Una voz de ese domingo

Gidon Kremer violin
Per Arne Glorvigen bandoneon
Vadim Sakharov piano
Alois Posch double bass
Maria Fedotova flute
Ula Zebriunaite viola
Marta Sudraba violoncello
Peter Sadlo percussion
Coral lírico Buenos Aires chorus

Recorded: Autumn 1997, Wels & Spring 1998, Buenos Aires
Executive Producer: Wolfgang Mohr
Recording Producer: Helmut Mühle
Recording Engineer: Tobias Lehmann
Assistant Engineers: Joachim Goßmann (Wels) & Sebastian Losicer (Buenos Aires)
Digital Editing: Gudrun Maurer
Production Assistant: Martina Gottschau
Original cover artwork; photo by Peter Lindbergh
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 1998 Warner Music UK

CD 16 45.45
Astor Piazzolla 1921-1992
María de Buenos Aires (end)
Tango Operita
Libretto by Horacio Ferrer · Arrangement: Leonid Desyatnikov

1 Cuadro 9: Contramilonga a la funerala por la primera muerte de María (El Duende) 5.42
2 Cuadro 10: Tangata del alba (instrumental) 5.21
3 Cuadro 11: Carta a los árboles y a las chimeneas (Sombra de María) 2.56
4 Cuadro 12: Aria de los analistas (Coro, Analista, Sombra de María) 8.54
5 Cuadro 13: Romanza del Duende poeta y curda (El Duende, chorus) 6.31
6 Cuadro 14: Allegro tangabile (instrumental) 2.56
7 Cuadro 15: Milonga de la Anunciación (Sombra de María) 3.16
8 Cuadro 16: Tangus Dei (Voz de ese domingo, El Duende, Sombra de María, chorus) 10.10

Horacio Ferrer El Duende
Julia Zenko María / La sombra de María
Jairo La voz de un payador / Porteño gorrión con sueño / Ladrón antiguo mayor / Analista primero / Una voz de ese domingo

Gidon Kremer violin
Per Arne Glorvigen bandoneon
Vadim Sakharov piano
Alois Posch double bass
Maria Fedotova flute
Ula Zebriunaite viola
Marta Sudraba violoncello
Peter Sadlo percussion
Coral lírico Buenos Aires chorus

Recorded: Autumn 1997, Wels & Spring 1998, Buenos Aires
Executive Producer: Wolfgang Mohr
Recording Producer: Helmut Mühle
Recording Engineer: Tobias Lehmann
Assistant Engineers: Joachim Goßmann (Wels) & Sebastian Losicer (Buenos Aires)
Digital Editing: Gudrun Maurer
Production Assistant: Martina Gottschau
Original cover artwork; photo by Peter Lindbergh
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 1998 Warner Music UK

CD 17 56.21
Pēteris Vasks 1946

1 Distant Light (Tālā Gaisma: Concerto for violin and string orchestra) 29.02

Voices (Balsis: Symphony for strings)
2 Voices of Silence (Klusuma Balsis) 6.00
3 Voices of Life (Dzīvības Balsis) 13.41
4 Voice of Conscience (Sirdsapzinas Balsis) 7.38

Gidon Kremer violin
Kremerata Baltica

Recorded: Casino Zögernitz
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 1999 Warner Music UK

CD 18 53.52

Astor Piazzolla 1921-1992

Tango Ballet for violin and string orchestra (Transcription Leonid Desyatnikov)
1 Titulos 1.11
2 La calle 1.28
3 Encuentro – Olvido 4.46
4 Cabaret 1.29
5 Soledad 2.38
6 La calle 1.31

Concierto del Angel
for violin, bandoneon, double bass, piano and string orchestra (Transcription: Rolf Gupta)
7 lntroducción al Angel 6.45
8 Milonga del Angel 7.31
9 La muerte del Angel 3.25
10 Resurrección del Angel 6.38
Tres piezas para orquesta de camara for piano and string orchestra (Transcription: José Bragato)
11 Preludio: Lento 7.05
12 Fuga: Allegro 2.57
13 Divertimento: Allegro molto 6.10

Gidon Kremer violin (1-11)
Ula Zebriunaite viola (3)
Marta Sudraba cello (3-4, 11, 13)
Per Arne Glorvigen bandoneon (7-10)
Alois Posch double bass (7-10)
Vadim Sakharov piano (7-13)
Rolf Gupta conductor (7-10)
Kremerata Baltica

Recorded: II.1998 (11-13), IV.1998 (1-10), Casino Zogernitz, Vienna
Executive producer: Wolfgang Mohr
Recording producer: Friedemann Engelbrecht
Recording engineer: Eberhard Sengpiel (1-10), Tobias Lehmann (11-13)
Recording assistant: Philipp Nedel, Josef Rozsnyai (1-10), Peter Weinsheimer, Josef Rozsnyai (11-13)
Digital editing: Jens Schünemann
Cover photo: Esther Haase
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Teldec release, P 1999 Warner Music UK

CD 19 58.36

Benjamin Britten 1913-1976

Young Apollo, Op. 16 (1939)
for piano, string quartet and string orchestra
1 Moderato – Allegro molto 7.06

Double Concerto in B minor (1932)
for violin, viola and orchestra
2 I Allegro ma non troppo 6.03
3 II Rhapsody. Poco lento 7.25
4 III Allegro scherzando - Allegro non troppo 8.03

Two Portraits* (1930)
5 No. 1 ‘David Layton’ for string orchestra - Poco presto 9.10
6 No. 2 ‘E.B.B.’ for solo viola and string orchestra - Poco lento 5.43

Sinfonietta, Op. 1 (1932)
version for small orchestra*
7 I Poco presto ed agitato 4.16
8 II Variations. Andante lento 6.16
9 III Tarantella. Presto vivace 4.04

Gidon Kremer violin
Yuri Bashmet viola
Nikolai Lugansky piano
Hallé Orchestra ∙ Kent Nagano conductor

*WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS
Yuri Bashmet records exclusively for Sony Classical
Recording made in association with the Britten Estate Limited
Recorded: 6 & 8.II (2-6), 10-11.XI (1, 7-9) 1998, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Producers: Martin Sauer (2-6), Wilhelm Hellweg (1, 7-9)
Sound engineer: Jean Chatauret; assistant: Didier Jean
Editing: Alexia Benoit (2-6), Tim Oldham (1, 7-9)
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, P 1999 Warner Music UK

CD 20 58.01

Robert Schumann 1810-1856
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121
1 I. Ziemlich langsam – Lebhaft 12.38
2 II. Sehr lebhaft 4.38
3 III. Leise, einfach 6.21
4 IV. Bewegt 9.14

Béla Bartók 1881-1945
Sonata for Violin solo, Sz 117
5 I. Tempo di ciaconna 8.52
6 II. Fuga 4.10
7 III. Melodia 7.00
8 IV. Presto 5.05

Gidon Kremer violin
Martha Argerich piano

Recorded live: 11.XII.2006, Philharmonie, Großer Saal, Berlin
Producer: Helmut Mühle · Balance Engineer: Philipp Nedel
Cover photos: Klaus Rudolph
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics release, P 2009 Gidon Kremer under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited

CD 21 58.47

Robert Schumann 1810-1856
Kinderszenen, Op. 15
1 No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen 1.44
2 No. 2: Kuriose Geschichte 1.04
3 No. 3: Hasche-Mann 0.26
4 No. 4: Bittendes Kind 1.00
5 No. 5: Glückes genug 1.01
6 No. 6: Wichtige Begebenheit 0.46
7 No. 7: Träumerei 2.46
8 No. 8: Am Kamin 0.46
9 No. 9: Ritter vom Steckenpferd 0.35
10 No. 10: Fast zu ernst 2.03
11 No. 11: Fürchtenmachen 1.43
12 No. 12: Kind im Einschlummern 2.03
13 No. 13: Der Dichter spricht 2.34

Béla Bartók 1881-1945
Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz 75
14 I Allegro appassionato 13.36
15 II Adagio 10.00
16 III Allegro 9.56

Fritz Kreisler 1875-1962
17 Liebeslied 4.28
18 Schön Rosmarin 2.09

Gidon Kremer violin
Martha Argerich piano

Recorded live: 11.XII.2006, Philharmonie, Großer Saal, Berlin
Producer: Helmut Mühle · Balance Engineer: Philipp Nedel
Cover photos: Klaus Rudolph
0190295116422 ∙ A Warner Classics release, P 2009 Gidon Kremer under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited