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Julius Baker, FluteBoris Barere, PianoSimon Barere, PianoJascha Heifetz, ViolinMindru Katz. PianoDavid Nadien, Violin
Mordecai Shehori, PianoBerl Senofsky, ViolinJascha Silberstein, VioloncelloHenryk Szeryng, ViolinEmanuel Vardi, Viola/Conductor
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Paradis:  Sicilienne

 

CD 106
Berl Senofsky, Violin
Boris Barere, Piano
Julian Martin, Piano
Won Me Cho, Piano

The Art of the Violin
Volume One: Concert Favorites
Works by:  Paradis, Vivaldi, Schubert, Shostakovich, Chopin, Falla, Fauré, Moszkowski, Paganini, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawsky, Gluck, and Godowsky.

 

 

 


"Senofsky has the big, vibrant tone and the big style. In all, an uncommonly musical fiddler."
The New York Times

"A great violinist."
Leopold Stokowski


"There is no question that Senofsky belongs among the best violinists in existence."
William Steinberg


"He is a complete artist: great musicality, beautiful tone, and astounding technique."
Zino Francescatti

"A splendid musician and a marvelous violinist."
David Oistrakh

"Senofsky shows us in the most forceful terms that he belongs to the empyrean of today’s violinists."
American Record Guide


Prokofiev: 
Sonata in D major, op. 94a, Scherzo-Presto


FauréSonata in A major, Op. 13, Allegro quasi presto
 

CD 110
Berl Senofsky, Violin

Boris Barere, Piano
Vanden Eynden, Piano
Sonatas by Fauré, Debussy, and Prokofiev.  Suite Italienne by Stravinsky

 

 

 

 

 

"Berl Senofsky, the greatest living violinist I know."
Elaine Fine
American Record Guide

 


Paganini:  Moto Perpetuo


Elgar:  Salut d'amour
   

CD 111
David Nadien, Violin

Boris Barere, Piano

Romantic and Virtuoso Works from the Golden Age of the Violin by Elgar, Paganini, Massenet, Sarasate, Drdla, Kreisler, Raff, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Kroll, Rubinstein, Vieuxtemps, and Fauré, 

 

 

 

 

“David Nadien has developed into a musical giant. He demonstrated that when he played Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with elegance and grace, a tone pure and silken, and a technique that was a marvel of dizzying leaps and lightening runs. During the long ovation that followed, conductor Leonard Bernstein embraced Nadien.”
Time Magazine 

“Mr. Nadien’s style, tone and technique are perfect.”
The New York Times

Sarasate:  Zigeunerweisen

Kreisler:  Recitative and
Scherzo, Op.6


Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin 



CD 117
David Nadien, Violin
Plays Romantic and Virtuosic Music, Volume 2
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Rudolph von Eltz, Conductor
Boris Barere, Piano (tracks 5-13, 15)
David Hancock, Piano (track 14)
Samuel Sanders, Piano (track 16)
Including Live Performances of works by Bruch, Sarasate and Kreisler.

SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)
BRUCH:  Violin Concerto No. 1
TARTINI:  Variations on a Theme by Corelli

VERACINI: Largo  

KREISLER:  Recitative and Scherzo, Op. 6
PAGANINI-KREISLER:  Caprice No. 20  
BEETHOVEN:  Minuet in G major
SCHUBERT:  Serenade
SCHUMANN:  Träumerei  

BRAHMS:  Waltz in A   
DVORAK:  Humoresque 
RAVEL: Habanera  

WIENIAWSKI:  Scherzo Tarentelle    
KREISLER:  Schön Rosmarin
     

“There has never been a better performance of Kreisler’s Caprice Viennois or Raff’s Cavatina.  This is simply gorgeous playing, of a kind never heard these days.”
Donald R. Vroon
American Record Guide
(From a review for Volume 1)

 



Simon Barere
Plays Liszt Concerto No. 1, Finale: Allegro marziale animato (segment)


Boris Barere Plays Schumann's Symphonic Etudes; Variations 16,17, and 18.




 

Simon Barere-Boris Barere
Father & Son

Cembal d'amour CD/DVD 124*
*A CD and a bonus DVD at a price of a CD alone.


A historically significant release featuring NEVER-BEFORE-AVAILABLE performances by the legendary pianist Simon Barere of the Liszt Concerto No. 1, in E-flat major, recorded live 1948 at the Brooklyn Museum. Plus private home recording playing segments of works by Liszt, Scriabin and Chopin.

NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED performances by his son Boris Barere playing Schumann Symphonic Etudes and four movements from Tchaikovsky’s Nut Cracker Suit.

A BUNUS DVD
named “Reminiscences” where Boris Barere speaks about his father, life in Russia and his meetings with many historical music figures as Petri, Rachmaninoff, Heifetz, and many more.

 

 

J. S. Bach: Allegro from Sonata No. 4
 
Faure: Fantasy


Saint-Saens:
The Birds



 

CD 127
A Flutist's Favorites

Julius Baker, Flute
Boris Barere, Piano
Alec Templeton, Piano/Composer
Albert Goltzer, Oboe
J. S. BACH
1. Largo e dolce from Sonata No. 1 3:50
2. Allegro from Sonata No. 4 2:08
3. Polonaise from the B minor Suite 2:55
4. Badinerie from the B minor Suite

HANDEL: Sonata No. 5 in F Major
5. Larghetto
6. Allegro
7. Siciliana
8. Gigue

QUANTS
9. Allegro from Sonata No. 1

MOZART
10. Andante in C Major, KV 315 (285e)
GLUCK
11. Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo)

FAURE
12. Fantasy

DEBUSSY
13. Syrinx

SAINT SAENS
14. The Swan
15. The Birds
HUE
16. Fantasy

ALEC TEMPLETON: Trio No. 1
for Flute, Oboe and Piano
17. Allegro
18. Shepherd’s Air, Andante
19. Finale-Allegro vivace