A simply gorgeous recording of the most popular Violin romances. The recording had long been deleted from the catalogue and is now reissued with the added ‘bonus’ of the Schubert Rondo.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Romance No. 1 in G major, Op. 40
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
HECTOR BERLIOZ: Rêverie et Caprice, Op. 8
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI: Romance (Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22)
HENRYKWIENIAWSKI: Légende, Op. 17
JOHAN SVENDSEN: Romance in G major, Op. 26
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Rondo in A major for violin & string orchestra, D. 348*
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Edo de Waart
Raymond Leppard*