1.

Thais: Meditation (5:40)

Composer Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Conductor Richard Bonynge
Performer Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1894
Ensemble National Philharmonic Orchestra London
Period Romantic
Country France
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is a DDD recording.
2. Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26: 2nd movement, Adagio (8:39)
Composer Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)
Conductor Rudolf Kempe
Performer Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
Genre Concerto / Romantic Period
Date Written 1868
Ensemble Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period Romantic
Country Germany
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording.
3. Concerto for Violin in F minor, Op. 8 no 4/RV 297 "L'inverno": 2nd
movement, Largo (2:20)
Composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Conductor Sir Neville Marriner
Performer Alan Loveday (Violin)
Genre Baroque Period / Concerto
Date Written 1725
Ensemble Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period Baroque
Country Venice, Italy
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording.
4. Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: 2nd movement, Largo ma
non tanto (6:29)
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Conductor Sir Neville Marriner
Performer Henryk Szeryng (Violin)
Maurice Hasson (Violin)
Genre Baroque Period / Concerto
Date Written 1717-1723
Ensemble Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period Baroque
Country Cöthen, Germany
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording.
5. Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K 261 (6:42)
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Conductor Sir Alexander Gibson
Performer Henryk Szeryng (Violin)
Genre Classical Period
Date Written 1776
Ensemble New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period Classical
Country Salzburg, Austria
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording.
6. Songs (14), Op. 34: no 14, Vocalise (5:27)
Composer Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Performer Akiko Suwanai (Violin)
Phillip Moll (Piano)
Genre Romantic Period / Song / Vocalise
Period Romantic
Country Russia
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is a DDD recording. Composition written: Russia (1912 - 1915).
7. Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77: 2nd movement, Adagio (9:10)
Composer Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi
Performer Joshua Bell (Violin)
Genre Concerto / Romantic Period
Date Written 1878
Ensemble Cleveland Orchestra
Period Romantic
Country Austria
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is a DDD recording.
8. Concerto for Violin, Op. 14: 2nd movement, Andante (8:47)
Composer Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
Conductor David Zinman
Performer Joshua Bell (Violin)
Genre 20th Century Period / Concerto
Date Written 1939
Ensemble Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Period 20th Century
Country USA
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is a DDD recording.
9. Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Furies (2:44)
Composer Christoph W. Gluck (1714 - 1787)
Performer Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)
Istvan Hajdu (Piano)
Genre Ballet / Classical Period / Dance / Opera
Date Written 1762/1774
Period Classical
Country Vienna, Austria
Recording Studio
Notes Arranged: Fritz Kreisler This selection is an ADD recording.
10. Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring": 2nd
movement, Adagio molto espressivo (6:26)
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Performer Itzhak Perlman (Violin)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Genre Classical Period / Sonata
Date Written 1800-1801
Period Classical
Country Vienna, Austria
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording.
11. Concerto for Violin in D, Op. 35: 2nd movement, Canzonetta (6:57)
Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Conductor Sir Neville Marriner
Performer Leila Josefowicz (Violin)
Genre Canzonetta / Concerto / Romantic Period
Date Written 1878
Ensemble Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period Romantic
Country Russia
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is a DDD recording.
12. Zigeunermelodien (7), Op. 55: no 4, Als die alte Mutter (2:08)
Composer Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
Performer Istvan Hajdu (Piano)
Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)
Genre Romantic Period / Song / Song Cycle
Date Written 1880
Period Romantic
Country Bohemia
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording.
13. Songs (6), Op. 6: no 6, None but the lonely heart (3:24)
Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Performer Josef Sakonov (Violin)
Genre Romantic Period / Song
Date Written 1869
Ensemble London Festival Orchestra
Period Romantic
Country Russia
Recording Studio
Notes Arranged: Sax This selection is an ADD recording.
14. Gadfly, Op. 97: Romance (3:50)
Composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
Conductor Riccardo Chailly
Performer Alexander Kerr (Violin)
Genre 20th Century Period / Film Score / Romance
Date Written 1955
Ensemble Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period 20th Century
Country USSR
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is a DDD recording.

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15. Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50 (7:51)
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Conductor Bernard Haitink
Performer Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)
Genre Classical Period / Romance
Date Written ?1798
Ensemble Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period Classical
Country Vienna, Austria
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording.
16. Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042: 2nd movement,
Adagio (6:36)
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Conductor Pinchas Zukerman
Performer Midori (Violin)
Genre Baroque Period / Concerto
Date Written 1717-1723
Ensemble St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Period Baroque
Country Cöthen, Germany
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is a DDD recording.
17. Salut d'amour, Op. 12: Andantino (2:57)
Composer Sir Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Performer Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
Phillip Moll (Piano)
Genre Romantic Period
Date Written 1888/1889
Period Romantic
Country England
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is a DDD recording.
18. Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria" (4:14)
Composer Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Performer Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)
Istvan Hajdu (Piano)
Genre Lied / Romantic Period / Song
Date Written 1825
Period Romantic
Country Vienna, Austria
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording.
19. Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor, Op. 3 no 8/RV 522: Largo (4:32)
Composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Conductor Pinchas Zukerman
Performer Midori (Violin)
Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
Genre Baroque Period / Concerto
Date Written 1711
Ensemble St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Period Baroque
Country Venice, Italy
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is a DDD recording.
20. Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major, HWV 371/Op. 1 no 13:
Larghetto (2:32)
Composer George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Performer Iona Brown (Violin)
Genre Baroque Period / Sonata
Date Written circa 1750
Ensemble Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ens.
Period Baroque
Country London, England
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording.
21. Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216: 2nd movement, Adagio (7:36)
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Conductor Sir Colin Davis
Performer Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)
Genre Classical Period / Concerto
Date Written 1775
Ensemble London Symphony Orchestra
Period Classical
Country Salzburg, Austria
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording.
22. Liebesleid (3:42)
Composer Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962)
Performer Joshua Bell (Violin)
Paul Coker (Piano)
Genre Romantic Period
Period Romantic
Country Austria
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is a DDD recording.
23. Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64: 2nd movement, Andante (7:21)
Composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Conductor Charles Dutoit
Performer Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
Genre Concerto / Romantic Period
Date Written 1844
Ensemble Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Period Romantic
Country Germany
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is a DDD recording.
24. Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: no 3, Melodie (3:38)
Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Performer Akiko Suwanai (Violin)
Phillip Moll (Piano)
Genre Melody / Romantic Period / Souvenir
Date Written 1878
Period Romantic
Country Russia
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is a DDD recording.
25. Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47: 2nd movement, Adagio di
molto (8:10)
Composer Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
Conductor Andre Previn
Performer Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
Genre Concerto / Romantic Period
Date Written 1903-1905
Ensemble London Symphony Orchestra
Period Romantic
Country Finland
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording.
26. Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35: Romance (8:55)
Composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957)
Conductor John Mauceri
Performer Chantal Juillet (Violin)
Genre 20th Century Period / Romance
Date Written 1945
Ensemble Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra
Period 20th Century
Country USA
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is a DDD recording.
27. Schwanengesang, D 957: no 4, Standchen (2:39)
Composer Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Performer Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)
 Istvan Hajdu (Piano)
Genre Lied / Romantic Period / Song / Song Cycle
Date Written 1828
Period Romantic
Country Vienna, Austria
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording.
28. Estrellita (3:04)
Composer Manuel Ponce (1882 - 1948)
Performer Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)
Istvan Hajdu (Piano)
Genre 20th Century Period / Song
Date Written 1912
Period 20th Century
Country Mexico
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording. Arranged: Jascha Heifetz
29. Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air (5:13)
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Conductor Sir Neville Marriner
Genre Air / Baroque Period / Overture / Suite
Date Written circa 1729-1731
Ensemble Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period Baroque
Country Leipzig, Germany
Recording Studio
Notes This selection is an ADD recording.