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Mischa Lefkowitz


Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
 

Music of German Composers
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Partita No. 1 in b minor, BWV 1002 for Violin Solo
1. Allemanda (6:56)
2. Double (1:34)
3. Corrente (1:33)
4. Double (Presto) (2:07)
5. Sarabanda (1:55)
6. Double (1:01)
7. Tempo di Borea (2:18)
8. Double (1:58)

L.V. Beethoven (1770-1827) Sonata No.5 in F Major for Violin and Piano, Op.24
9. Allegro (7:23)
10. Adagio molto espressivo (6:24)
11. Scherzo Allegro molto (1:13)
12. Rondo allegro ma non troppo (6:50)
Armen Guzelimian, piano

Max Bruch (1838-1897) In Memoriam, Op. 65

13. Adagio (13:03)
with Festival Players

Johaness Brahms Sonata No. 3 in d minor for Violin and Piano
14. Scherzo Un Poco Presto e con sentiment (2:49)
David Syme, piano


 

SERENITY Music For Your Dreams
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin

1. Haydn - Serenade (3:23)
2. Haydn – Adagio (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra) (5:26)
3. Bach/Wilhelmi – Air on the G-String (6:00)
4. Bialosky – Lento teneramento (Sonata for Solo Violin) (3:49)
5. Copland – Lento (Sonata for Solo Violin) (4:35)
6. Vaughn Williams – Adagio (Concerto Academico for Violin and Orchestra) (7:16)
with Masterpiece Virtousi
7. Beethoven – Adagio molto espressivo (Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major, Op.24) (6:13)
8. Giardini – Adagio (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra) (6:18)
9. Prokofieff – Andante (Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op.94 A) (3:27)
10. Sulzer - Sarabande on the G-String, Op. 8
11. Bloch – Melody (3:19)
Kevin Garnica, piano
12. Bach – Largo (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra)
with American Chamber Symphony – Nelson Nirenberg, conductor
13. Beethoven – Andante con moto (Sonata No. 1 in D Major Op. 12, No. 1) (7:29)
Louise Thomas, piano
14. Brahms – Adagio (Sonata No. 3 in D minor) (4:12)
David Syme, piano
15. Bolling – Valse Lente (Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio) (3:29)
Vera Breheda, piano : and The San Francisco Players


 

Mischa Lefkowitz Interpretation DVD

1. Beethoven Sonata No. 5
2. Sibelius Concerto (2nd Movement)
3. Debussy Sonata
4. Wieniawski Scherzo Tarantella
5. Wieniawski Legende
6. Sarasate Gipsy Aire
7. Kreisler Shon Rosemarin
8. Gardener From The Canebrake
9. Bloch Contrition
10. Williams Theme from “Shindler’s List”
11. Mozart Sonata K-525
12. Mozart Concerto No. 5 (1st Movement)
13. Korngold Much Ado About Nothing


 

Art of Mischa Lefkowitz, Violin DVD

1.Saint-Saiens Ysaye Caprice in the form of a Waltz
2.Dvorak Romance
3.Sarasate Introduction & Tarantella
4.Franck Sonata for Violin & Piano
5.Faure Concerto for Violin & Orchestra Piano Arrangement
6.Ysaye Sonata N6 for solo Violin
7.Brahms Sonata in d-minor N3
8. Sibelius Concerto for Violin and Orch. (First Movement)

 

 

 

Mischa Lefkowitz Violinist – Live in Concert DVD

1. Mozart Concerto No. 5 (1st Movement)
2. Sibelius Concerto #3
3. Saransate Introduction & Tarantella
4. Bloch Nigun
5. Wieniawaski Masurka
6. Bach Grave
7. Corligliano Sonata 1st Movement
8. Shostakovich 3 Fantastic Dances
9. Mozart Concerto #5 2nd Movement
10. Mozart Concerto #5 3rd Movement
11. Tchedrin in Style of Albeniz
12. Rochberg Caprice Variations
13. Bolling Gavotte & Ragtime
14. Saint-Saiens Ysaye Caprice in the form of a Waltz

 

 

Music of American Composers
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin

Sonata for Violin and Piano (1941-42) - Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

1. Andante semplice (8:18)
2. Lento (4:35)
3. Allegretto Glusto (7:09)

David Syme, Piano

Sonata for Violin Solo - Marshal Bialosky (1924-)
4. Allegretto Spiritoso (3:07)
5. Lento teneramento (3:49)
6. Vivace Giocoso (0:49)
7. Allegro (4:01)

"Down East Suite" for Violin and Piano - Douglas Moore (1893-1969)

8. Allegro con brio (3:15)
9. Motto Andante (4:31)
10. Allegro Moderato (3:42)

11. Caprice Variations fro Violin Solo - George Rochberg (1918-) (11:39)

12. "From the Canebrake" - Samuel Gardner (1891-1984) (1:26)


Albert Dominguez, piano

 

 

MUSIC OF RUSSIAN COMPOSERS
MISCHA LEFKOWITZ, VIOLIN

1. MEDITATION- TCHAIKOWSKY (1891-1953) 9:48
LOUISETHOMAS, PIANO

SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO IN D, OP. 94A – PROKOFIEFF (1891-1953)

2. MODERATO 5:51
3. SCHERZO PRESTO 4:37
4. ADANTE 3:27
5. ALLEGRO CON BRIO 6:35
VERA BREHEDA, PIANO

SONATA FOR VIOLIN SOLO, OP.115 – PROKOFIEFF (1891-1953)

6. MODERATO 4:47
7. ANDANTE DOLCE 3:15
8. CON BRIO 3:50
(STUDIO RECORDING)

9. FANTASIA CONCERTANTE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO –
NICOLAI LOPATNIKOV (1903-1976) 10:47

NANNETTE SOLOMON, PIANO
(STUDIO RECORDING)

THREE DANCES FROM L’HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT (1918) – STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
10. TANGO 2:08
11. VALSE 1:58
12. RAGTIME 2:10

WITH AMERCAN CHAMBER PLAYERS
NELSON NIRENBERG, CONDUCTOR


 

String Masterpieces by Masterpiece Virtuosi
Mischa Lefkowitz, violinist/ conductor

-Franz Joseph Haydn (1731-1809) -

Concerto No. 2 in G major for Violin and orchestra, H-Vlla;4.
1. Allegro moderato (8:31)
2. Adagio (5:26)
3. Allegro (3:32)
(with Masterpiece Vituosi)
4. Serenade (3:23)

- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) -


Divertimento in Bb for String Quartet, K. 138/125b (1772
)
5. Allegro (3:44)
6. Andante (4:43)
7. Presto (2:16)

Divertimento in Bb for String Quartet, K. 136/125a (1772)
8. Andante (7:36)
9. Allegro di molto (2:24)
10. Allegro assai (2:32)

Divertimento in D for string Quartet, K. 136/125a (1772)
11. Presto (2:32)

“Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” in G for Strings, K. 525 (1787)

12. Allegro(5:33)
13. Romance (5:42)
14. Menuetto (1:50)
15. Rondo (2:40)

(Masterpiece Virtuosi String Ensemble)

 

 

From Baroque To Contemporary
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin, and Friends

1. Grave (fromSonata No. 2 for violin solo) – J. S. Bach (2685 – 1750)
Live performance
2. Air on the G-string – J. S. Bach/Wilhelmi (1685-1750)(6:00)
Ralph Albertstrom, piano – live performance
3. Melody (from Orfeo and Euridice) – C. W. Gluch (1714-1787) (2:37)
Irina Lefkovitz, piano – Live performance
String Quartet “Lark”, Op. 64, No. 5 – Franz Haydn (1732 -1809)
4. Allegro monderato (5:38)
5. Adagio cantabile (4:45)
6. Minuetto, Allegretto (3:08)
7. Finale, Vivace (2:23)

with Robin Olsen, violin; Thomas Hall, violin; Richard Treat, cello
8. Lullaby for string Quartet – George Gershwin (1898 – 1937) (7:21)
With Robin Olsen, violin; Thomas Hall, viola; Richard Treat, cello
9. String Quartet in C minor, Op. 110 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 -1975) (20:49)
With Robin Olsen, violin; Thomas Hall, viola; Richard Treat, cello
10. Torse Meditation for violin solo (1981) – Marcel Mihalovici (1898 – 1985) (7:04)
Live performance

 

 

Evening of Romantic Pleasure – part 2
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin

1. Mazurek: Dvorak (5:25)
Brent McMunn, piano
2. Mazurka ‘Obertazz’: Wieniawski (1:52)
Irina Lefkowitz, piano
3. Caprice in the Form of a Waltz: Saint-Saens – Ysaye (8:04)
Irina Lefkowitz, piano
4. Sonata No. 6: Ysaye (7:13)
5. Andante from Concerto No. 2: Vieuxtemps (3:38)
Brent McMunn, piano
6. Allegro vivace from Concert: Mendelsohn (5:19)
Julius Chayes, piano
7. Kol Nidrei: Bruch (10:02)
Kevin Garnica, piano
Concertstuck: Bruch (19:06)
8. Allegro appassionato (9:49)
Adagio (9:16)

(with Festival Orchestra)

 

 

Mischa Lefkowitz Plays Bach
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin

Sonata No. 1 in G Minor. BWV 1001:

1. Adagio (4:24)
2. Fuga (5:44)
3. Siciliana (3:33)
4. Presto (3:43)

Partita No. 1 in B Minor. BWV 1002:
5. Allemanda (6:56)
6. Double (3:21)
7. Corrente (4:06)
8. Double (Presto) (3:43)
9. Sarabanda (2:38)
10. Double (2:09)
11. Tempo di Borea (2:29)
12. Double (2:33)

13. Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor. BWV 1004 (12:41)

Concerto For violin and Orchestra in G Minor. BWV 1056:
14. Allegro (3:25)
15. Largo (2:51)
16. Presto (3:33)

with The American Chamber Symphony. Nelson N irenberg. conductor

 

 

Claude Bolling and John Corigliano
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin

Claude Bolling:
Suite for violin and Jazz Piano Trio
1. Romance (6:27)
2. Caprice (6:28)
3. Gavotte (2:19)
4. Slavonic Dance (8:19)
5. Ragtime (4:38)
6. Valse Lente (3:29)
7. Hora (5:31)
Vera Breheda, piano, with The San Francisco Players

John Corigliano:
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1963)
8. Allegro (2:32)
9. Andantino (6:31)
10. Lento (5:01)
11. Allegro (7:36)

Brent McMunn, piano

 

 

Beethoven and Brahms Sonatas
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin

Disc 1:

Sonata No 1, Op. 12, No. 1
1. Allegro con brio (5:55)
2. Andante con moto (7:29)
3. Rondo Allegro (4:41)
Louise Thomas, piano

Sonata No 5, Op. 24
4. Allegro (7:28)
5. Adagio molto espressivo (6:13)
6. Scherzo Allegro molto(1:21)
7. Rondo Allegroma non troppo (6:54)
Valery Morgovskaya, piano

Sonata No 7, Op. 12, No. 1
8. Allegro con brio (7:59)
9. Adagio cantabile (8:45)
10. Scherzo (3:23)
11. Finale Allegro(5:25)
Brent McMunn, piano

Disc 2:
Sonata No 2, Op. 12, No. 2
1. Allegro vivace (4:54)
2. Andante, piu tosto Allegretto (4:52)
3. Allegro piacevole (4:23)
Albert Dominguez, piano

Sonata No 9, Op. 47 (Kreutzer)
4. Adagio sostenuto, Presto (11:24)
5. Andante con variazione (10:43)
6. Finale, Presto (6:33)
Albert Dominguez, piano

Johaness Brahms - Sonata No 3
7. Allegro (8:03)
8. Adagio (4:12)
9. Un poco presto e con sentimento (2:48)
10. Presto agitato (5:47)
David Syme, piano


 

Music of Italian Composers
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin

Track List:
Sonata for Violin and Piano - Vivaldi - Respighi
1. Moderato (a Fantasia) (2:23)
2. Allegro moderato (2:31)
3. Largo (1:47)
4. Vivace (1:50)
Tanya Klemptner, piano - live performance

Sonata for Violin and Piano - Tartini
"Didone Abbandonata"

5. Adagio (4:28)
6. Non troppo Presto (1:49)
7. Largo (2:15)
8. Allegro commodo (1:34)
Irina Lefkowitz, piano - live performance

9. Siciliana and Rondo - Giardini (8:22)
Brent, piano - live performance

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra - Giardini
10. Allegro moderator (10:24)
11. Adagio (6:18)
12. Rondo (5:15)
English Chamber Orchestra - Boris Brott, conductor


Caprices, Op. 1, for Violin Solo - Paganini
13. No. 14 (1:13)
14. No. 20 (2:39)
15. No. 24 (4:29)
live performance


 

Haydn, Schubert and Vaughan Williams
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin

Track List:
Franz Joseph Haydn - Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Major, H-Vlla;4
1. Allegro Moderato (7:45)
2. Adagio (5:40)
3. Allegro (4:06)
(with Masterpiece Virtuosi)

Franz Schubert
4. Rondo in A Major (12:18)
(with Masterpiece Virtuosi)

Ralph Vaughn Williams - Concerto Accademico
5. Allegro Pesante(5:53)
6. Adagio (7:16)
7. Presto (4:39)

(with Masterpiece Virtuosi)


 

A Journey In Time
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin
Jonathan Feldman, piano

Track List:

1. J.S. Bach - Chaconne for Solo Violin (13:05)
from Partita No. 2 in d minor

2. John Corigliano - Sonata for Violin and Piano (7:55)
4th movement

3. Bela Bartok - Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Piano (9:45)

4. George Rochberg - Caprice Variation (16:12)
for Solo Violin

5., 6., & 7. Douglas Moore - Down East Suite (12:03)
for Violin and Piano


 

Hollywood Composers Go Classical
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin
Brent McMunn, piano

Disc 1:

1. Michel Michelet: Concerto for Violin
Miklos Rozsa: Sonata per Violino Solo, Op. 40
2. Allegro moderato
3. Canzoni con variazioni
4. Finale, vivace

Disc 2:
1. Michelet: Sonata #3 for Violin Solo
2. - 5. Michelet: Sonata for Violin and Piano
6. Moderato
7. Andante dolce
8. Con Brio


 

French Delight
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin

Track List:
Sonata: Debussy
1. Allegro vivo (4:35)
2. Intermede (4:12)
3. Finale (4:11)

Three French Tangos
4. As De Copas: M. Feijoo (2:51)
5. C'est Bon d'aimer: R. Dchonein (2:32)
6. Le Tango Select: C. Corchia - R. Grolier (2:10)

Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Claude Bolling
7. Romance (7:01)
8. Gavotte (2:37)
9. Ragtime (4:57)

Sonata for Violin and Piano: Cesar Franck
10. Allegretto ben moderato (6:20)
11. Allegro (8:38)
12. Recitativo - Fantasia Ben Moderato (7:27)
13. Allegretto poco mosso (6:12)


 

Evening of Romantic Pleasure
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin

Track List:

1. Romance: Dvorak(12:12)
2. Scherzo-tarantella (4:30)
3. Legende: Wienawski (7:34)
4. Gipsy Airs (Zigeunerweisen): Sarasate (8:53)
5. Meditation: Tchaikowsky (9:47)
6. Introduction and Rondo capriccioso: Saint-Saens (9:18)
7. Schon Rosemarin: Kreisler (1:58)
8. Introduction and Tarantella: Sarasate (4:58)
(with The London Philharmonic Orchestra)

 

 

Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2
Béla Bartók:
Violin Concerto No.2
with Redwood Symphony, Eric Kujawsky, conductor

Sonatina, Burlesque
The Hungarian Folksongs
Romanian Folkdances
with pianist Brent McMunn


Track List:
Violin Concerto No. 2
1. 1st Movement (16:31)
2. 2nd Movement (10:08)
3. 3rd Movement (version 1) (12:47)
4. 3rd Movement (version 2) (12:40)
    with Redwood Symphony, Eric Kujawsky, conducting

5. Sonatina (4:18)
6. The Hungarian Folksongs (7:35)
7. Romanian Folkdances (5:18)
8. Burlesque (5:18)
    with pianist Brent McMunn


 

Classic Vintage in A-major
Mozart: Violin Concerto N5 in A Major K-219
Giardini: Violin Concerto in A Major
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin
English Chamber Orchestra - Boris Brott, Conductor


Track List:
Mozart: Violin Concerto N5
1. 1st Movement (10:26)
2. 2nd Movement (10:45)
3. 3rd Movement (9:17)

Giardini: Violin Concerto in A Major
4. 1st Movement (10:29)
5. 2nd Movement (6:19)
6. Rondo (5:18)


 

Ernest Bloch - Concerto For Violin and Orchestra
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Freeman, conducting
TRT:
51:46
Track List:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (32:41)
1. a) Andante Deciso (17:30)
2. b) Andante (5:44)
3. c) Deciso (9:54)

4. Suite No. 1 for Violin Solo (9:17)
5. Suite No. 2 for Violin Solo (9:48)

Released through Laurel Records.

 

 

Hebrew Melodies
Track List:

1. Hebrew Folk Song and Dance (Eddy Brown) 5:00
2. Abodah (God's Worship) - A Yom Kippur Melody
(Ernest Bloch) 7:42

Baal Shem (Three Pictures of Chassidle Life)
(Ernest Bloch)
3. Vidui (Contrition) 3:11
4. Nigun (Improvisation) 6:37
5. Simchas Torah (Rejoicing) 4:47

6. Kol Nidre (Max Bruch) 10:05
7. Chassidie (Julius Chajes) 3:59
8. Oyfin Pripetshik (Mark Warshawsky) 4:17
9. Melodie (Ernest Bloch) 3:19
10. Theme from Schindler's List (John Williams) 4:39
11. Sarabande on the G-string, Op. 8 (Joseph Sulzer) 4:56
12. Hebrew Melody (Joseph Achron) 4:39


 

Three Romantic Violin Concerti
Track List:

1. Violin Concerto, for solo violin & orchestra, in D minor (fragment), Op. 14
Allegro (16:56)

Composed by Gabriel Faure
Performed by Polish National Radio Orchestra
with Mischa Lefkowitz
Conducted by David Amos

2. Violin Concerto, for violin & orchestra in D minor, Op. 47
a. Allegro moderato (16:07)
b. Adagio di molto (6:43)
c. Allegro ma non tanto (6:59)

Composed by Jean Sibelius
Performed by Polish National Radio Orchestra
with Mischa Lefkowitz
Conducted by David Amos

3. Concerto for violin & orchestra in D
a. Allegretto (10:23)
b. Andante Cantabile (8:26)
c. Allegro Energetico (9:31)

Composed by Richard Diciedue
Performed by Polish National Radio Orchestra
with Mischa Lefkowitz
Conducted by David Amos


 

Three Romantic Violin Concerti
Track List:

1. Violin Concerto, for solo violin & orchestra, in D minor (fragment), Op. 14
Allegro (16:56)

Composed by Gabriel Faure
Performed by Polish National Radio Orchestra
with Mischa Lefkowitz
Conducted by David Amos

2. Violin Concerto, for violin & orchestra in D minor, Op. 47
a. Allegro moderato (16:07)
b. Adagio di molto (6:43)
c. Allegro ma non tanto (6:59)

Composed by Jean Sibelius
Performed by Polish National Radio Orchestra
with Mischa Lefkowitz
Conducted by David Amos

3. Concerto for violin & orchestra in D
a. Allegretto (10:23)
b. Andante Cantabile (8:26)
c. Allegro Energetico (9:31)

Composed by Richard Diciedue
Performed by Polish National Radio Orchestra
with Mischa Lefkowitz
Conducted by David Amos


 

Mischa Lefkowitz performs
Virtuoso Violin Classics
with Pianist Brent McMunn

Track List:

1. Bartok 1st Rhapsody, Moderato

2. Allegro Moderato

3. Debussy Sonata, Allegro Vivo

4. Intermede

5. Finale

6. Bloch Baal Shem, Vidui

7. Nigun

8. Simchas Torah

9. Prokofiev Serenade

10. Andantino

11. Musical Moment

12. Shchedrin In the Style of Albeniz

13. Shostakovich 3 Fantastic Dances No. 1

14. No. 2

15. No. 3

16. Ysaye Caprice After Saint-Saens
      "Etude en forme de valse"

 

 
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