David Oistrakh - Sibelius Violin Concerto: Monday YouTube Fix

Monday YouTube Fix
Written By Andrew Hitz

The Sibelius Violin Concerto is one of the most intense concertos ever written for the violin.  I personally love how it wastes absolutely no time whatsoever getting down to business.  The soloist is thrust into incredibly technical passages in the first two minutes of the piece! I'm not sure I've ever heard it performed better than by David Oistrakh. Some consider Oistrakh to be the greatest violinist of all time and I don't see how you could have that conversation and not at the very least include him in it.  His playing speaks for itself.

This is a studio recording from 1959 with Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra and it is magical.

Enjoy!

Jean Sibelius Violin concerto op.47 I. Allegro moderato - Molto moderato e tranquillo - Allegro molto - Moderato assai - Allegro moderato 0:00 II. Adagio di molto 14:57 III. Allegro ma non tanto 23:20 David Oistrakh The Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Studio recording, Philadelphia 26.XII.1959


Andrew Hitz

I am a professional musician who has performed in over 35 countries around the world. I am the creator of The Entrepreneurial Musician, a consulting service, podcast and blog preparing today’s musician for tomorrow’s reality. I am also the owner of Pedal Note Media, a digital media company. And I’ve seen the band Phish 205 times. No, really.

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