Leonid Kogan - Beethoven Violin Concertos - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Constantin Silvestri - Tower definition Series TDSA-56/7 (2017)
2x SACD rips via PS3 to 2x iso (5.5GB) | 2ch hybrid | Originally Warner WQGC-69/70 | DR13&12 | Classical

What is so special about Kogan & this performance & recording? He's considered 1 of the 20th century's violin greats along with Heifetz, Milstein, Oistrakh & some others, but regardless of lists & placement within such lists, his playing here is dramatic, forceful & intense, yet crystalline-silky. 

I don't feel all that comfortable writing about soloists or comparing this performance to others I've heard live & on record because I'm really not qualified, so I'll leave that to others. Let's just say it's a performance that you can listen to repeatedly & be thrilled every play. As for the recording, well it is an old stereo recording that's somewhat distant, with left-right separation that's strictly old school, but it leaves the centre for Kogan's violin, which is richly recorded tonally & texturally. This new Tower remaster gets the most possible out of these old tapes.

    httpv://youtu.be/UhhC-LNs4xk

For the Beethoven part only, some might want to seek out the version from HDTT: https://www.highdeftapetransfers.com/products/beethoven-violin-concerto-leonid-kogani-violin-constantin-silvestri-conducting-the-paris-conservatoire-orchestra

    Tracks:

Beethoven
01-Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.61 I.Allegro ma non troppo - Cadenza (by joachim) - Tempo I
02-Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.61 II. Largehetto
03-Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.61 III. Rondo (Allegro) - Cadenza(by Joachim) - Tempo I

Mozart
04-Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major, K.216 I. Allegro - Cadenza(by Franko) - Tempo I
05-Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major, K.216 II. Adagio - Cadenza (by Franko) - TempoI
06-Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major, K.216 III.Rondeau (Allegro)

Tchaikovsky
07-Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35 I.Allegro moderato - Cadenza -Allegro moderato
08-Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35 II. Canzonetta (Andante)
09-Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35 III. Finare (Allegro vivacissimo)
10-Meditarion in D Minor - from 'Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op.42

Mendelssohn
11-Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64 I.Allegro molto appassionato
12-Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64 II. Andante
13-Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64 III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace

    Time: disc1: 68:33 disc2: 68:45

    Musicians:

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Constantin Silvestri: conductor
Leonid Kogan: violin

Producer: Norbert Gamsohn

    Recorded:
Disc1: 1959 November16,28 tracks1-3, November traqcks 4-6 at Salle Wagram, Paris
Disc2: 1959 November10,11,28 tracks 1-4, November tracks 5-7 at Salle Wagram, Paris
Balance engineer Roger Ducourtieux


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