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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.

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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

  1. Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 Bach
  2. Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 Bach
  3. Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 Bach
  4. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major Bach
  5. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major Bach
  6. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major Bach
  7. Concerto in A minor for two violins, op.3 No.5 Vivaldi
  8. Concerto in A minor for two violins, op.3 No.5 Vivaldi
  9. Concerto in A minor for two violins, op.3 No.5 Vivaldi
  10. Concerto in F major for three violins, RV 551 Vivaldi
  11. Concerto in F major for three violins, RV 551 Vivaldi
  12. Concerto in F major for three violins, RV 551 Vivaldi
  13. Concerto in B minor for four violins, RV 580 Vivaldi
  14. Concerto in B minor for four violins, RV 580 Vivaldi
  15. Concerto in B minor for four violins, RV 580 Vivaldi

CD2

  1. Violin concerto in D major, op.61 Beethoven
  2. Violin concerto in D major, op.61 Beethoven
  3. Violin concerto in D major, op.61 Beethoven
  4. Violin concerto in D major, op.35 Tchaikovsky
  5. Violin concerto in D major, op.35 Tchaikovsky
  6. Violin concerto in D major, op.35 Tchaikovsky

CD3

  1. Violin concerto in E minor, op.64 Mendelssohn
  2. Violin concerto in E minor, op.64 Mendelssohn
  3. Violin concerto in E minor, op.64 Mendelssohn
  4. Violin concerto in B minor, op.61 Elgar
  5. Violin concerto in B minor, op.61 Elgar
  6. Violin concerto in B minor, op.61 Elgar

CD4

  1. Violin concerto in D minor, op.47 Sibelius
  2. Violin concerto in D minor, op.47 Sibelius
  3. Violin concerto in D minor, op.47 Sibelius
  4. Violin concerto No.2 in B, Sz 112 Bartók
  5. Violin concerto No.2 in B, Sz 112 Bartók
  6. Violin concerto No.2 in B, Sz 112 Bartók

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