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.

Rationales for Editing

• Release Title will list composers and works.
• Release Artist should be Isaac Stern, in keeping with Classical Release Artist Style.
  • I'm going by the "mixed recital" exception. Even though a particular volume might feature only one composer, over all the series focuses on the performer.
  • see also: the Series/Glenn_Gould_Complete.
• In keeping with VolumeNumberStyle, the Release Titles should reflect:
  1. The name of the series, "A Life in Music"
  2. The VolumeNumber, usually found on the back cover of the release in this case, often viewable on Amazon.
  3. The VolumeTitle, usually the composers and works found in this volume.
  4. The disc number in the case of a multi-disc release.
• No information will be lost. I'll add AR's for composer, conductor and performers.

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
   • ASIN
3. Mozart: Violin concertos Nos. 1-5; Sinfonia concertante, K. 364; Concertone, K. 190
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
19. Schubert, Haydn: Piano Trios; Mozart: Piano Quartet, K. 493
    • 2 discs
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
25. Schubert/Haydn Sonatas
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)
31. Isaac Stern Presents Encores (for violin and piano)
    • (review here gives volume number.

Unidentified Releases

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

• Vivaldi - might be volume 1 disc 1?
• Birthday