Various Composers - Violin Showpieces [Perlman/Martinon-Orchestre De Paris]This disc is an early EMI issue from Perlman, bringing together four works of Violin Concertante music, i believe it must have been originally on LP vinyl, with only 46 minutes of music, it nicely fits onto an LP, for the CD re-release they could have issued some more music, but quality certainly makes up for any loss in quantity, this is quite a rare disc, and i'm glad i was able to procure a copy, well sought after, Perlman later recorded these four works again for CD, this time for DG in 1986 with Zubin Mehta [31st January 2011], adding a fifth work, that disc is one of my all time favourites, truly wonderful, so well done.
Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli Violinist, now 66 years old, he recorded this disc in 1974, the front cover shows a painting by Alphonse Mucha, a study of a woman, within foliage, very nicely done, usually i don't like artwork, much preferring photographs, but this is a nice cover.
