Dvorak Sonatina - Itzhak Perlman, Violin

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Essential Perlman here, when he is on it's like heaven opens up and god comes out. For me the essential Perlman list includes this recording, concertos by Mendelssohn, Dvorak, and Saint Saens (3), solo Bach, the Bits and Pieces CD, the Concertos from my Childhood CD, and any DVDs you can find especially Perlman in Russia. In The Art of Violin documentary, he said he never fell out of love with Oistrakh's sound and you can hear the beauty of Oistrakh in his playing I think. Although no one can play everything well, personally I have never fallen out of love with the sound of Oistrakh nor Perlman and have always bought anything I could find by either of them.

This serves as a really good alternate recording as I can not recommend enough James Ehnes recording of this, among my top 5 favorite violin sonata recordings of all time:

Oliveira Lekeu Sonata
Chung Strauss / Respighi
Chung Braahms Sonata 1
Chung Brahms Sonata 3
Ehnes / Perlman Dvorak Sonatina

Josef Suk was the great grandson so get every recording you can of him especially playing Dvorak, Smetana, or Janacek.

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This is a continuation of my old account from 6 years ago (rareviolintreasures), I started running out of things to upload that were out of print or rare and was just too tired to continue because I was working in excess of 100 hour weeks. My intention was to get the majority of recordings I had that were difficult to find, once I felt I had accomplished this goal, I decided it was time to stop.

A few months later I somehow got locked out of my account so 6 years later I am ready to resume. It was my hope that many collectors would continue where I left off and I'm amazed and delighted to see how many recordings have been made public in my absence.

I have always encouraged sharing out of print recordings but it is upsetting to see recordings made public of recordings that are still commercially available. Alot has changed in my 6 year absence as some things that were in print no longer are and vice versa, so keep in mind I no longer have access to my old account and can not modify or delete anything I put up before, it has always been my intention to not share recordings that still are in print as this would reduce support for the artist. It is my intention to only share music that is no longer commercially in print as I am as respectful as I can be to artists and record companies that continue to make their art available to fans like me. My intention is to share recordings to make recordings available so they do not get lost or forgotten. It is also my wish to share recordings for fans like me but also for the purpose of those who study the violin and encourage all who listen to acquire their own personal copy of these recordings in the used cd/lp market, in other words even though you hear it here on you tube for free, get your own legitimate copy if you hear something you like. I also would like to encourage others to fill in the gaps and pick up where I let off with recordings I don't have or may have missed, but only if the recordings have gone out of print. I want to re-emphasize I discourage anyone to upload a recording if it is still being sold commercially.

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