Mischa Elman Plays Vivaldi, Beethoven & Mendelssohn (CD)

In this remarkable archival collection from Pristine Audio, experience rare recordings by Mischa Elman in new Obert-Thorn transfers including the first digital releases for Elman’s recordings of Vivaldi and Beethoven, as well as the first-ever CD release of his elaborate arrangement of Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 in A Minor. Elman appears with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn’s brooding Violin Concerto under the baton of Désiré Defauw.

Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 12, No. 1
New Symphony Orchestra
Lawrance Collingwood conductor
September 1931, Kingsway Hall, London

Beethoven Romance No. 1 in G Major, Op. 40
New Symphony Orchestra
Lawrance Collingwood conductor
November 1932, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven Romance No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50
New Symphony Orchestra
Lawrance Collingwood conductor
November 1932, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Désiré Defauw conductor
March 1947, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Paganini Caprice in A Minor, Op. 1, No. 24
Wolfgang Rosé piano
April 1951, RCA Studio No. 2, New York City

Discs: 1
Record Label: Pristine Audio
Release Year: 2012