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On this three-disc Best of Joshua Bell collection, the Decca label basically delivers what it promises, and is even generous about it. True, nothing actually tells you that the "Decca years" were from the first part of Bell's career, but the various boyish photos of Bell should get the point across. Bell started out like most young violinists, recording standard concerto repertory with a pure tone that did not foreclose strong forward momentum. Of his various forbears among violinists of the twentieth century, Henryk Szeryng is perhaps underestimated for his importance. The third disc in the set shows Bell developing the style that has made him famous, applying his high-flying playing to Fritz Kreisler and the other composers of violin encore pieces that were forgotten during the era of high modernism. It's been a potent combination, and one that was by no means obvious when Bell was young. In fact, the third CD, "Favorites," may appeal even to owners of Bell's later discs covering the same territory; there's a snap in, say, his reading of Kreisler's Caprice viennois (CD 3, track 8), that comes from the consciousness he was rediscovering all this delightful stuff that was consigned to the dustbin by tight-lipped modernism. Check out also the thoroughly corny and thoroughly enjoyable Waves at Play (Wellenspiel) of Edwin Grasse (CD 3, track 10). In between the standards and the favorites comes a disc of chamber performances that, if they don't exactly qualify as rarities, may at least be missing from many Bell collections. The set as a whole collects recordings that made Bell's reputation, and fans and collectors will welcome the chance to have a wide variety of them in one place.
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Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 "Turkish" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Eadon, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Maag, Conductor, MainArtist - Ray Minshull, Producer
℗ 1992 Decca Music Group Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Eadon, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Maag, Conductor, MainArtist - Ray Minshull, Producer
℗ 1992 Decca Music Group Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Eadon, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Maag, Conductor, MainArtist - Ray Minshull, Producer
℗ 1992 Decca Music Group Limited
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Paul Myers, Producer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor, MainArtist - The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Paul Myers, Producer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor, MainArtist - The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Paul Myers, Producer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor, MainArtist - The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited
DISC 2
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in A, Op. 13 (Gabriel Fauré)
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 Decca Music Group Limited
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 Decca Music Group Limited
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 Decca Music Group Limited
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 Decca Music Group Limited
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D, Op. 94b (Sergei Prokofiev)
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Hutchinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer - Olli Mustonen, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Decca Music Group Limited
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Hutchinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer - Olli Mustonen, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Decca Music Group Limited
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Hutchinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer - Olli Mustonen, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Decca Music Group Limited
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Hutchinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cornall, Producer - Olli Mustonen, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Decca Music Group Limited
Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67 (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Steven Isserlis, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer - Olli Mustonen, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Moorfoot, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Groves, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Steven Isserlis, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer - Olli Mustonen, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Moorfoot, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Groves, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Steven Isserlis, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer - Olli Mustonen, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Moorfoot, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Groves, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Steven Isserlis, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cornall, Producer - Olli Mustonen, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Moorfoot, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Groves, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
DISC 3
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - Paul Myers, Producer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Decca Music Group Limited
Thaïs / Act 2 (Jules Massenet)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jules Massenet, Composer - Paul Myers, Producer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anatole France, Author, Original Text Author - Louis Marie Alexandre Gallet, Author
℗ 1991 Decca Music Group Limited
Paul Myers, Producer - Samuel Sanders, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Wieniawski, Composer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stanley Goodall, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Decca Music Group Limited
Jean Sibelius, Composer - Paul Myers, Producer - Samuel Sanders, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stanley Goodall, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Decca Music Group Limited
Paul Myers, Producer - Samuel Sanders, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Otakar Novacek, Composer - Stanley Goodall, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Decca Music Group Limited
Fritz Kreisler, Composer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Paul Coker, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited
Fritz Kreisler, Composer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Paul Coker, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited
Fritz Kreisler, Composer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Morten Winding, Producer - Marc-Olivier Dupin, Arranger, Orchestrator - Paul Coker, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Paul Myers, Producer - Samuel Sanders, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Joachim, Contributor, Transcription - Stanley Goodall, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Decca Music Group Limited
Paul Myers, Producer - Samuel Sanders, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edwin Grasse, Composer - Stanley Goodall, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Decca Music Group Limited
Paul Myers, Producer - Samuel Sanders, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henryk Wieniawski, Composer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stanley Goodall, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Decca Music Group Limited
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Myers, Producer - Joshua Bell, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pablo de Sarasate, Composer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Decca Music Group Limited
Albumbeschreibung
On this three-disc Best of Joshua Bell collection, the Decca label basically delivers what it promises, and is even generous about it. True, nothing actually tells you that the "Decca years" were from the first part of Bell's career, but the various boyish photos of Bell should get the point across. Bell started out like most young violinists, recording standard concerto repertory with a pure tone that did not foreclose strong forward momentum. Of his various forbears among violinists of the twentieth century, Henryk Szeryng is perhaps underestimated for his importance. The third disc in the set shows Bell developing the style that has made him famous, applying his high-flying playing to Fritz Kreisler and the other composers of violin encore pieces that were forgotten during the era of high modernism. It's been a potent combination, and one that was by no means obvious when Bell was young. In fact, the third CD, "Favorites," may appeal even to owners of Bell's later discs covering the same territory; there's a snap in, say, his reading of Kreisler's Caprice viennois (CD 3, track 8), that comes from the consciousness he was rediscovering all this delightful stuff that was consigned to the dustbin by tight-lipped modernism. Check out also the thoroughly corny and thoroughly enjoyable Waves at Play (Wellenspiel) of Edwin Grasse (CD 3, track 10). In between the standards and the favorites comes a disc of chamber performances that, if they don't exactly qualify as rarities, may at least be missing from many Bell collections. The set as a whole collects recordings that made Bell's reputation, and fans and collectors will welcome the chance to have a wide variety of them in one place.
© TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 03:27:25
- Main artists: Joshua Bell
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2009 Decca Music Group Limited This Compilation ℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
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