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Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon & Decca

8/29/2025, 182 Tracks, 20:59:02

Featuring

  • Itzhak Perlman
  • Seiji Ozawa
  • Daniel Barenboim
  • James Levine
  • Pinchas Zukerman
  • Zubin Mehta
  • Myor Rosen
  • Isaac Stern
  • Shlomo Mintz
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Barry Tuckwell
  • Lynn Harrell
  • Ilya Gringolts
  • Kathleen Battle
  • John Nelson
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Orchestre de Paris
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Alban Berg
  • Igor Stravinsky
  • Edward Elgar
  • Édouard Lalo
  • Hector Berlioz
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Henryk Wieniawski
  • Pablo de Sarasate
  • Ernest Chausson
  • Maurice Ravel
  • Antonio Vivaldi
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • César Franck
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Claude Debussy
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

Did you know?

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Performer Biography

Perlman's 1965 return to Israel for eight concerts resulted in a 15-minute ovation after playing Sibelius and Tchaikovsky concertos.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Perlman made his American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1958 and his Carnegie Hall debut in 1963.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Perlman is a champion for the improvement of attitudes towards the disabled and for their equal rights.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Perlman believes Mozart and Haydn would have enjoyed 'blood-and-guts' performances of their music, citing Mozart's letters about wanting more warmth and 'real stuff'.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Itzhak Perlman, born in Tel Aviv in 1945, was inspired by Jascha Heifetz's violin playing on the radio at age three.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Perlman contracted polio at age four, which led to the loss of use of his legs, but he retained his naturally sunny temperament.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

Perlman's first recording for Deutsche Grammophon was the Berg/Stravinsky concertos, a dream project for him.

Source: Booklet

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