Concerto pour violon et Souvenir de Florence

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Choosing between Oïstrakh and Kogan in Tchaikovsky? For the former, the concerto recorded in Philadelphia, and for the latter, a fascinating string sextet featuring outstanding Moscow soloists. It was under the spell of Lalo's Spanish Symphony (and perhaps the violinist Josef Kotek) that Tchaikovsky composed his Opus 35 in 1878. Declared unplayable by its first dedicatee, Leopold Auer, this concerto has since won over all violinists and all hearts. In selecting a version for your Essential collection, Jean-Michel Molkhou, Nicolas Derny, Christophe Huss, Rémy Louis, Hugues Mousseau, and Loïc Chahine have highlighted a dozen, featuring prestigious soloists: Nathan Milstein, Jascha Heifetz, Leonid Kogan, Henryk Szeryng, Christian Ferras, Isaac Stern, Zino Francescatti…