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Gil Shaham
Bach's Instrumental Works

Contents

Recordings of Solo Instrumental Music
Recordings of Chamber Works
Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings from Aspen Music Festival
Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions
Recordings of Vocal Works

Gil Shaham - Short Biography

Discography

Recordings of Solo Instrumental Music


S-1

J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas

Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV 1001-1006 [13:28, 24:28, 19:14, 23:53, 19:02, 16:49]

Gil Shaham (Violin) [Antonio Stradivarius Violin "Countess Polignac", 1699 (Cremona, Italy); bridge by Adam Crane bow by Marcus Laine]

Canary Classics CC-14

Jun-Jul 2014

2-CD / TT: 141:31

Recorded at Studio 2, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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Recordings of Orchestral Works


O-1

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 60th Anniversary Gala Concert

 
 

Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [16:34]

Zubin Mehta

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Isaac Stern (Violin); Gil Shaham (Violin)

EuroArts 2012744
RCA Victor Red Seal 09026-68768-2

Dec. 26, 1996

Blu-ray Disc / TT: 94 min
2-CD / TT: 98:15

Recorded at the Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel.
A&R [Direction]: Rick Hoffenberg; Art Direction [For RCA Victor]: J.J. Stelmach; Directed by [Director]: Bob Coles; Engineer: Toine Mertens; Producer [Audio]: Stan Taal; Producer [Video]: Paul Smaczny.
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O-2

Swinging Bach

 

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air, Gigue []
Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043: Vivace, Allegro []

BWV 1068: Bobby McFerrin
BWV 1043: Christian Gansch
Directed by Helga Dubnyicsek

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

BWV 1068: Gil Shaham & Adele Anthony (Violins); Jiři Stivin (Flute); Bobby McFerrin (Vocal)
BWV 1043: Gil Shaham & Adele Anthony (Violins)

EuroArts 2050406
TDK

Jul 28, 2000

DVD / TT: 124 min / 132 min

Recorded & filmed live at Marktplatz, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
Buy this album at:
DVD: Amazon.com


O-3

Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100: Live from Lincoln Center

 

Concerto barocco excerpt:
Music by J.S. Bach (Largo from Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043)
Choreography: George Balanchine

Hugo Firato (Conductor)
Kirk Browning (Director)

New York City Ballet Orchestra
New York City Ballet

Performed by: Gil Shaham & Adele Anthony (Violins)
Danced by Maria Kowroski, Rachel Rutherford, James Fayette, and corps de ballet

Lincoln Center

May 5, 2004

DVD / TT: 117 min

Recorded & filmed at the New York State Theater, New York City, New York, USA, and broadcast live on WNET-13.
Source: TCM - Turner Classic Movies


Recordings from Aspen Music Festival


RA-1

Archive Recordings: Season of 1984

 

Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 (16:36)

Barry Jekowsky

Aspen Theater Orchestra

Gil Shaham, Chee-yun Kim (Violins)

Aspen Music Festival

July 16, 1984

2-CD / TT: 80:14

Recorded at the Tent, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 781638589)


RA-2

Archive Recordings: Season of 2005 (Aspen Chamber Symphony)

 

Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [14:57]

Nicholas McGegan

Aspen Chamber Symphony

Gil Shaham, Adele Anthony (Violins)

Aspen Music Festival

Jun 24, 2005

CD / TT: 70:08

Recorded at the Benedict Music Tent, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 61503196)


RA-3

Archive Recordings: Season of 2009 (Special Event: Bach Brandenburg concertos II)

 

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 [22:10]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 [16:38]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 [11:54]

Nicholas McGegan

Accompanying instrumentalists

BWV 1050: Mark Sparks (Flute); David Halen (Violin); Kenneth Cooper (Harpsichord)
BWV 1051: Sabina Thatcher, James Dunham (Violas); Nicholas McGegan (Harpsichord)
BWV 1047: Nadine Asin (Flute); Ariana Ghez (Oboe); Kevin Cobb (Trumpet); Gil Shaham (Violin); Kenneth Cooper (Harpsichord)

Aspen Music Festival

Jul 15, 2009

CD / TT: 50:42

Recorded at Harris Concert Hall, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 609447511)


RA-4

Archive Recordings: Season of 2011 (Aspen Concert Orchestra)

 

Bach-Elgar: Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, arranged for orchestra, Op. 86 [7:52]

Christopher Seaman

Aspen Concert Orchestra

Gil Shaham (Violin)

Aspen Music Festival

Jul 6, 2011

CD / TT: 52:17

Recorded at the Benedict Music Tent, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 752224165)


RA-5

Archive Recordings: Season of 2013 (Special Event: Baroque Evening with Nicholas McGegan)

 

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 []

Nicholas McGegan (Harpsichord & Conductor)

Aspen Festival Orchestra (?)

Gil Shaham (Violin)

Aspen Music Festival

Jul 3, 2013

CD / TT:

Recorded at Harris Concert Hall, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 861237595)


RA-6

Archive recordings : season of 2013 (Aspen Chamber Symphony)

 

Gavotte en rondo from Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 [3:17]

Gil Shaham (Violin)

Aspen Music Festival

Jul 19, 2013

CD / TT: 73:49

Recorded at the Benedict Music Tent, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 867736543)


RA-7

Archive Recordings: Season of 2013 (A Recital by Gil Shaham, violin)

 

Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 [23:13]
Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 [17:58]
Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 [16:30]

Gil Shaham (Violin)

Aspen Music Festival

Jul 24, 2013

CD / TT: 57:41

Recorded at Harris Concert Hall, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado, USA
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 869392950)


Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions


T-1

1930s Violin Concertos, Vol. 1: Barber, Hartmann, Berg, Stravinsky, Britten [T-1]

 

CD-1 [70:59]:
4-7. A. Berg: Violin Concerto ("To the memory of an angel") [27:29]

David Robertson

Staatskapelle Dresden

Gil Shaham (Violin)
SSKD: Violins 1: Roland Straumer [1st concertmaster], Michael Frenzel, Christian Uhlig, Brigitte Gabsch, Johanna Mittag, Jörg Kettmann, Susanne Branny, Birgit Jahn, Anja Krauß, Anett Baumann, Annika Thiel, Roland Knauth, Anselm Telle, Sae Shimabara, Renate Hecker, Noriko Takenaka; Violins 2: Heinz-Dieter Richter [concertmaster], Conrad Muck, Frank Other, Matthias Meißner, Annette Thiem, Wolfgang Roth, Jens Metzner, Olaf-Torsten Spies, Beate Prasse, Alexander Ernst, Emanuel Held, Kay Mitzscherling, Martin Fraustadt, Nicole Amal Reich; Violas: Andreas Willwohl [principal], Norbert Tunze, Jürgen Knauer, Uwe Jahn, Ulrich Milatz, Ralf Dietze, Zsuzsanna Schmidt-Antal, Claudia Briesenick, Susanne Neuhaus, Irena Krause, Milan Líka, Reinald Ross; Cellos: Isang Enders [concertmaster], Friedwart Christian Dittmann [principal], Tom Höhnerbach, Martin Jungnickel, Uwe Kroggel, Andreas Priebst, Bernward Gruner, Johann-Christoph Schulze, Sven Faulian, Dorothée Pluta; Double-basses: Andreas Wylezol [principal], Martin Knauer, Torsten Hoppe, Helmut Branny, Christoph Bechstein, Fred Weiche, Johannes Nalepa, Annett Will; Flutes: Sabine Kittel [principal], Cordula Bräuer, Jens-Jörg Becker; Oboes: Bernd Schober [principal], Andreas Lorenz; Clarinets: Wolfram Große [principal], Egbert Esterl, Rolf Schindler, Friedemann Seidlitz; Bassoons: Erik Reike [principal], Thomas Berndt, Andreas Börtitz; Horns: Robert Langbein [principal], Harald Heim, Miklós Takács, Eberhard Kaiser; Trumpets: Sebastian Zech [principal], Volker Stegmann, Sven Barnkoth; Trombones: Nicolas Naudot [principal], Guido Ulfig, Lars Zobel, Frank van Nooy; Tuba: Hans-Werner Liemen [principal]; Timpani: Thomas Käppler [principal]; Percussions: Christian Langer, Jürgen May, Dirk Reinhold, Stefan Seidl; Harp: Astrid von Brück [principal]

Canary Classics CC-12
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Jun 13-15, 2010

2-CD / TT: 125:22
MP3 / TT: 125:00

Recorded live in concert at Staatsoper Dresden, Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
Producer for MDR: Thomas Baust; Director of Recording: Bernhard Steffler; Sound Engineers: Matthias Sachers, Mathias Metzner, Martin Hertel; Editing & Mixing: Andrew Walton, K&A Productions; Original recording format: 48kHz/24 bit.
Listen on YouTube:
2-CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 18 Tracks; TT: 125:18]
1st recording of A. Berg's Violin Concerto by G. Shaham.
Buy this album at:
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Music Download (2014): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


T-2

Berg: Violin Concerto, Seven Early Songs, Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 [T-3]

 
 

A. Berg: Violin Concerto ("To the memory of an angel") [29:09]

Michael Tilson Thomas

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Gil Shaham (Violin)

SFS Media SFS-0080
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Mar 2018

SACD / TT: 67:09
MP3 / TT: 67:03

Recorded live at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
Producer: Jack Vad; Engineering Support: Jason O’Connell, Gus Pollek, Greg Moore, Dann Thompson, Denise Woodward; Post-Production: Mark Willsher; Mastering: Gus Skinas.
2nd recording of A. Berg's Violin Concerto by G. Shaham.
Buy this album at:
SACD (2021): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download (2021): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


TV-1

Gil Shaham - Berg: Violin Concerto - Paavo Järvi/NHK Symphony Orchestra [TV-2]

A. Berg: Violin Concerto ("To the memory of an angel") [27:22]:
00:30-11:33: 1. Andante (Prelude) - Allegretto (Scherzo)
11:33-27:52: 2. Allegro (Cadenza) - Adagio (Chorale Variations)
27:52: Encore: J.S. Bach: Gavotte en Rondeau from Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006

Paavo Järvi

NHK Symphony Orchestra

Gil Shaham (Violin)

YouTube

Jun 14, 2020

Video / TT: 31:04

Recorded & filmed live at NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
3rd recording of A. Berg's Violin Concerto by G. Shaham.
Watch on YouTube:
Complete Concert [31:04]


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2015 - April 2021)

Gil Shaham: Short Biography | Bach Discography: Recordings of Instrumental Works


Instrumental Works: Recordings, Reviews & Discussions - Main Page | Order of Discussion
Recording Reviews of Instrumental Works: Main Page | Organ | Keyboard | Solo Instrumental | Chamber | Orchestral, MO, AOF
Performers of Instrumental Works: Main Page | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z




 

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