

The Huberman Week Festival 30th Anniversary
The 20th-century produced a wealth of talented Jewish violinists. Although the list includes such luminaries as Heifetz and Perlman, the most extraordinary may be the Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman. Huberman posessed superb technique, but his legacy goes far beyond that. In the early 1930s, Huberman saw the situation for Jews deteriorating in Europe. So he recruited the finest Jewish musicians to form an orchestra, the Palestine Symphony, later renamed the Israel Philharmonic. This set makes available for the first time recordings from a 1982 festival honoring the centenary of Huberman’s birth. It features a literal who’s-who of the finest violinists of the time.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The HUBERMAN WEEK FESTIVAL 30TH Anniversary
CD1
Johann Sebastian Bach
1-3 Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
Isaac Stern / Shlomo Mintz
4-6 Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major, BWV 1051
Pinchas Zukerman / Daniel Benyamini
Antonio Vivaldi
7-9 Concerto in A minor for two violins, op.3 No.5, RV 522
Henryk Szeryng / Chaim Taub
10-12 Concerto in F major for three violins, RV 551
Isaac Stern / Roy Shiloah / Shira Ravin
13-15 Concerto in B minor for four violins, RV 580
Isaac Stern / Shlomo Mintz
Ida Haendel / Ivry Gitlis
CD2
Ludwig van Beethoven
1-3 Violin concerto in D major, op.61
Itzhak Perlman
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
4-6 Violin concerto in D major, op.35
Henryk Szeryng
CD 3
Felix Mendelssohn
1-3 Violin concerto in E minor, op.64
Shlomo Mintz
Edward Elgar
4-6 Violin concerto in B minor, op.61
Pinchas Zukerman
CD4
Jean Sibelius
1-3 Violin concerto in D minor, op.47
Ida Haendel
Béla Bartók
4-6 Violin concerto No.2 in B, Sz 112
Ivry Gitlis
THE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
DANIEL BENYAMINI • IVRY GITLIS • IDA HAENDEL • SHLOMO MINTZ • ITZHAK PERLMAN • SHIRA RAVIN • ROY SHILOH • ISAAC STERN • HENRYK SZERYNG • CHAIM TAUB • PINCHAS ZUKERMAN
TRACKLISTING
The HUBERMAN WEEK FESTIVAL 30TH Anniversary
CD1
Johann Sebastian Bach
1-3 Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
Isaac Stern / Shlomo Mintz
4-6 Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major, BWV 1051
Pinchas Zukerman / Daniel Benyamini
Antonio Vivaldi
7-9 Concerto in A minor for two violins, op.3 No.5, RV 522
Henryk Szeryng / Chaim Taub
10-12 Concerto in F major for three violins, RV 551
Isaac Stern / Roy Shiloah / Shira Ravin
13-15 Concerto in B minor for four violins, RV 580
Isaac Stern / Shlomo Mintz
Ida Haendel / Ivry Gitlis
CD2
Ludwig van Beethoven
1-3 Violin concerto in D major, op.61
Itzhak Perlman
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
4-6 Violin concerto in D major, op.35
Henryk Szeryng
CD 3
Felix Mendelssohn
1-3 Violin concerto in E minor, op.64
Shlomo Mintz
Edward Elgar
4-6 Violin concerto in B minor, op.61
Pinchas Zukerman
CD4
Jean Sibelius
1-3 Violin concerto in D minor, op.47
Ida Haendel
Béla Bartók
4-6 Violin concerto No.2 in B, Sz 112
Ivry Gitlis
THE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
DANIEL BENYAMINI • IVRY GITLIS • IDA HAENDEL • SHLOMO MINTZ • ITZHAK PERLMAN • SHIRA RAVIN • ROY SHILOH • ISAAC STERN • HENRYK SZERYNG • CHAIM TAUB • PINCHAS ZUKERMAN
ALBUM AUDIO SAMPLES
CD1
- Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 Bach
- Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 Bach
- Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 Bach
- Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major Bach
- Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major Bach
- Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major Bach
- Concerto in A minor for two violins, op.3 No.5 Vivaldi
- Concerto in A minor for two violins, op.3 No.5 Vivaldi
- Concerto in A minor for two violins, op.3 No.5 Vivaldi
- Concerto in F major for three violins, RV 551 Vivaldi
- Concerto in F major for three violins, RV 551 Vivaldi
- Concerto in F major for three violins, RV 551 Vivaldi
- Concerto in B minor for four violins, RV 580 Vivaldi
- Concerto in B minor for four violins, RV 580 Vivaldi
- Concerto in B minor for four violins, RV 580 Vivaldi
CD2
- Violin concerto in D major, op.61 Beethoven
- Violin concerto in D major, op.61 Beethoven
- Violin concerto in D major, op.61 Beethoven
- Violin concerto in D major, op.35 Tchaikovsky
- Violin concerto in D major, op.35 Tchaikovsky
- Violin concerto in D major, op.35 Tchaikovsky
CD3
- Violin concerto in E minor, op.64 Mendelssohn
- Violin concerto in E minor, op.64 Mendelssohn
- Violin concerto in E minor, op.64 Mendelssohn
- Violin concerto in B minor, op.61 Elgar
- Violin concerto in B minor, op.61 Elgar
- Violin concerto in B minor, op.61 Elgar
CD4
- Violin concerto in D minor, op.47 Sibelius
- Violin concerto in D minor, op.47 Sibelius
- Violin concerto in D minor, op.47 Sibelius
- Violin concerto No.2 in B, Sz 112 Bartók
- Violin concerto No.2 in B, Sz 112 Bartók
- Violin concerto No.2 in B, Sz 112 Bartók