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Early recordings, dated 1949-1963, by the great violinist Ivry Gitlis, including works by Bloch, Hindemith, Bartok, Tchaikovsky Bach, Tartini and Brahms.\r
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Yitzhak-Meir (Isaac) Gitlis was born in Haifa, Palestine Mandate to Jewish parents, who emigrated in 1921 from Kamianets-Podilskyi, Russia, now Ukraine. In 1951, as suggested by his teacher Alice Pashkus, Gitlis participated in the Long-Thibaud Competition in Paris, where he took fifth place (CD1). During the preliminary stages of the competition, a rumour circulated that he had stolen a Stradivarius violin during the war, which caused a scandal on the day of the final. Six years after the fall of Hitler, being a Jew in France was still causing debate. In 1963, he was the first Israeli violinist to play in the Soviet Union. He gave a series of concerts under the cultural exchange program of the Soviet Union and Israel, starting in Vilnius (23 October 1963). His other concerts were given in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev and Odessa. In the same year, invited by Giancarlo Menotti, he played in Italy at Spoleto's '6th Festival dei Due Mondi'.

Hindemith: Violin Sonata (No.3) in E major, IPH 175 - 1. Ruhig bewegt

Hindemith: Violin Sonata (No.3) in E major, IPH 175 - 2. Langsam \u2013 Sehr lebhaft

Tartini: Sonata in G minor, B.g5 \u201cThe Devil\u2019s Trill\u201d - 2. Tempo giusto della scuola tartinista (Allegro moderato)

Szymanowski: Mythes, 3 Pieces for violin and piano, Op.30, M29 - No.1 La Fontaine d\u2019Arethuse

Tartini: Sonata in G minor, B.g5 \u201cThe Devil\u2019s Trill\u201d - 3. Andante\u2013Allegroassai\u2013Adagio\u2013Allegroassai\u2013Cadenza\u2013Andante

Bloch: Baal Shem, Suite for violin and piano (1923) - No.2 Nigun (Improvisation). Adagio non troppo

Wieniawski: Capriccio-Valse, in E major, Op.7 (1852/53)

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Wieniawski: Polonaise de concert No.1 in D major, Op.4 (1852)

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 (1878) - 2. Canzonetta. Andante

J S Bach: Violin solo Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004 - 5. Chaconne

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 (1878) - 3. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo -fades away at letter C

Brahms: Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108 - 1. Allegro

Bartok: Violin Solo Sonata, Sz.117, BB 124 (1944) - 1. Tempo di ciaccona

Brahms: Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108 - 2. Adagio

Bartok: Violin Solo Sonata, Sz.117, BB 124 (1944) - 2. Fuga. Risoluto, non troppo vivo

Brahms: Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108 - 3. Un poco presto e con sentimento

Bartok: Violin Solo Sonata, Sz.117, BB 124 (1944) - 3. Melodia. Adagio

Brahms: Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108 - 4. Presto agitato

Bartok: Violin Solo Sonata, Sz.117, BB 124 (1944) - 4. Presto -abridged

Bartok: Violin Solo Sonata, Sz.117, BB 124 - 1. Tempo di ciaccona

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Bartok: Violin Solo Sonata, Sz.117, BB 124 - 2. Fuga. Risoluto, non troppo vivo

Chausson: Poeme for violin and piano, Op.25 (1896) - Lento e misterioso \u2013 Animato \u2013 Poco Lento \u2013 Allegro \u2013 Tempo I\xb0

Bartok: Violin Solo Sonata, Sz.117, BB 124 - 3. Melodia. Adagio

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Bartok: Violin Solo Sonata, Sz.117, BB 124 - 4. Presto

Moszkowski: Guitarre, Op.45 No.2

Achron: Hebrew Melody, Op.33

Bloch: Baal Shem, Suite for violin and piano - No.2 Nigun (Improvisation). Adagio non troppo 1. Tartini: Sonata in G minor, B.g5 \u201cThe Devil\u2019s Trill\u201d - 1. Largo affettuoso