Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern (1920-2001) was an American violinist, one of the most prominent instrumentalists of the twentieth century. He was admired as soloist, chamber musician, teacher and public advocate for music.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Prokofiev, Bartók, Viotti and related concerto repertory with Dimitri Mitropoulos and Pierre Monteux.
Stern’s playing was muscular, warm and communicative, with a strong sense of phrase an...
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
Live & studio recordings, 1955 & 1956
Total duration: 69:57
Isaac Stern, violin
New York Philharmonic
conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2
BARTÓK Rhapsody No. 1
VIOTTI Violin Concerto No. 22
Live stereo recordings, 1961
Total duration: 69:31
Pierre Monteux, conductor
Gary Graffman, piano
Isaac Stern, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
HAYDN Violin Concerto No. 1
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Live recordings, 1945-50
Total duration: 79:51
Isaac Stern, violin
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Pierre Monteux
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
conducted by Serge Koussevitzky