Series/Isaac Stern Life

Series - Isaac Stern: A Life in Music

A 44 CD set spanning the career of violinist Isaac Stern, put out by Sony Classical in 1995, available both as individual volumes and as four separate box-sets.

Volumes

For now these are notes to help me track down all the volumes

1. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Double Concertos
   • 2 disc set
   • also includes Stamitz: Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola & orchestra in D
2. Bach: Violin Concertos; Double Concerto; Concerto for Violin & Oboe
   1. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041
   2. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042
   3. Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043
   4. Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen, chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 4), BWV 1093 (BC K164)
4. Beethoven, Brahms: Violin Concertos
   • 2 disc set
5. Mendelssohn, Dvorak: Violin Concertos
   1. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
   2. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in A minor (2 versions), B. 96/B. 108 (Op. 53)
   3. Dvorak: Romance for violin & orchestra in F minor (arr. from Andante of Str Qrt No. 5), B. 39 (Op. 11)
6. Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos
7. Wienawski, Bruch: Violin Concertos
   • Wieniawski, Giovanni Battista Buonamente , Tchaikovsky,
8. Ernest Chausson, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure, Edouard Lalo, Maurice Ravel,
   • 2 disc set
9. Bartok Violin Concertos 1 and 2
10. Bela Bartok, Sergey Prokofiev
11. Isaac Stern: A Life in Music, Volume 11 (violin: Isaac Stern)
12. Stravinsky: Violin Concerto / Rochberg: Violin Concerto / Stern / Previn
13. Violin Concertos:Samuel Barber, Peter Maxwell Davies
    • 6 tracks
14. Hindemith, Penderecki: Violin Concertos
15. Bernstein: Serenade; Dutilleux: Violin Concerto "L'Arbre Des Songes
16. Trio Sonatas of Telemann and the Bach Family
17. Beethoven: Piano Trios, Op. 1; Piano Trio, WoO 38; 14 Variations, Op. 44
18. Beethoven: Piano Trios Op. 70 No. 1 "Ghost" & No. 2 "Archduke"; Variations Op. 121a
    • 2 disc set
20. Mendelssohn: Piano Trios Op. 49 & Op. 66
21. Brahms: Piano Trios Nos. 1, 2 & 3; Piano Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 3
22. Isaac Stern Presents Encores with Orchestra
23. A Life in Music, Volume 23: Bach / Handel / Tartini: Violin Sonatas (violin: Isaac Stern, piano: Alexander Zakin)
24. Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas
    • (3 discs)
    • with Eugene Istomin
26. Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3
27. Franck, Debussy, Enesco: Violin Sonatas
28. Hindemith, Copland: Violin Sonatas; Bloch: Violin Sonata; Baal shem
29. Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
30. Isaac Stern: A Life in Music, Volume 30 (Béla Bartók: Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Op. 21 / Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano / Anton Webern: Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7)

Unidentified Releases

These are entries in MB that I haven't placed in the Series yet:

• Bach
• Vivaldi - might be volume 1 disc 1?
• Birthday
• Schubert, Haydn: Piano Trios; Mozart: Piano Quartet, K. 493
  • 2 disc set
• Isaac Stern Presents Encores (for violin and piano)