約夏‧貝爾極致精選 / 約夏‧貝爾 (14CD)

約夏‧貝爾Joshua Bell (小提琴)

●小提琴家約夏‧貝爾邁入五十歲之際之紀念套裝專輯。


●專輯錄音使用史特拉底瓦里名琴─湯姆泰勒、胡伯曼。


●14張CD完整收錄約夏‧貝爾演奏經典之作，當中更包含與作曲家柯瑞格里亞諾合作的《紅色小提琴》協奏曲。






 

今年小提琴王子約夏‧貝爾即將邁入五十歲，在此索尼特別將他過去所灌錄的經典曲目收集成套發行，以作為紀念。近年來約夏‧貝爾逐漸將他的演出重心從提琴轉向指揮，這和他的前輩小提琴家帕爾曼（Itzhak Perlman）一樣，也因他從小就熟悉樂團運作、演出、曲目，便成為現今樂團搶手、炙手可熱的指揮家。

約夏‧貝爾是目前樂壇少數依然活躍的浪漫派小提琴大師金戈爾（Josef Gingold）的高徒，金戈爾師承比利時小提琴大師易沙耶（Eugène Ysaÿe），其門下另一位高材生是夏漢（Gil Shaham），他們都是以琴聲優美和諧聞名的法比樂派小提琴技法的傳人。在金戈爾的指導下，約夏‧貝爾以不追求演奏生涯的心態練習小提琴，過著正常小朋友打球、打電玩的生活，還曾經是美國洲際網球賽的小選手。雖然沒有壓力，但在正確的指導下，讓他十四歲就能夠與費城管弦樂團在大師慕提（Riccardo Muti）的指揮下演出，也因為這樣讓他決定要從事音樂演奏，日後即在印地安那大學音樂系畢業。但其實早在畢業之前，約夏‧貝爾就已經成為當時樂壇的明日之星，和許多知名樂團有過合作，也上遍知名的音樂聽。

約夏‧貝爾演奏生涯中擁有兩把史特拉底瓦里名琴，第一把是「湯姆泰勒」（Tom Taylor），這把琴在當年他轉手時大約價值兩百萬美金，之後他相中另一把史特第瓦里名琴，那是有著三百年歷史的名琴「胡伯曼」（Gibson ex Huberman），這把琴造於一七一三年，是製琴師史特拉底瓦里製琴事業黃金時期的傑作，之前由知名小提琴家胡伯曼使用（Bronislaw Huberman），而這把琴在約夏‧貝爾當年入手時大約是四百萬美金。約夏‧貝爾深愛這把小提琴，當年聽說此琴要落入一名德國買家手中，為此賣掉他原本的湯姆泰勒名琴，並再湊足另外兩百萬才獲得。在這套錄音中，我們可以分別聽到貝爾持這兩把琴所作的不同錄音，基本上在二零零三年貝爾灌錄《小提琴浪漫曲》專輯之前的錄音，都是使用湯姆泰勒演奏，在這張專輯以後，則都是使用胡伯曼演奏。

約夏‧貝爾於一九九九年以後才和索尼唱片簽約，這之前他灌錄的主要都是浪漫派的曲目，在簽入索尼以後，他擁有更大的曲目選擇權力，因此在錄音作品中加入了很多和現代作曲家合作的首演曲目，另也不乏像柴可夫斯基之類的錄音，但最讓約夏‧貝爾自豪的還是一些他親自參與合作的曲目，像是與作曲家柯瑞格里亞諾合作的《紅色小提琴》協奏曲。

DISC 1Gershwin Fantasy

GEORGE GERSHWIN 

 

Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra on Porgy and Bess (excerpts)

3 Preludes

I Got Rhythm 

Embraceable You 

Nice Work If You Can Get It 

Liza (All The Clouds’ll Roll Away) 

But Not for Me 

Sweet and Low-Down 

Love Is Here to Stay 

 

Joshua Bell violin

London Symphony Orchestra 

John Williams conductor / piano 

 

 

DISC 2Maw: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

NICHOLAS MAW 

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

 

Joshua Bell violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Roger Norrington conductor

 

 

DISC 3Sibelius/ Goldmark: Violin Concertos

JEAN SIBELIUS 

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor op. 47

 

KARL GOLDMARK 

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor op. 28

 

Joshua Bell violin

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor

 

 

DISC 4Bernstein: West Side Story Suite

LEONARD BERNSTEIN 

 

West Side Story – Suite 

Lonely Town 

Make Our Garden Grow 

Serenade after Plato’s Symposium

New York, New York 

 

Joshua Bell violin

Philharmonia Orchestra

David Zinman conductor

 

 

DISC 5Beethoven and Mendelsohn Violin Concertos

FELIX MENDELSSOHN 

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor op. 64

 

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 61

 

Joshua Bell violin

Camerata Salzburg

Sir Roger Norrington conductor

 

 

DISC 6Romance of the Violin

GIACOMO PUCCINI 

“O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi

 

CLAUDE DEBUSSY 

La Fille aux cheveux de lin 

 

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 

Nocturne in C-sharp minor op. posth. 4:08

 

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 

Le Cygne

 

FRANZ SCHUBERT 

Ständchen D 957/4

 

VINCENZO BELLINI 

“Casta Diva” 

 

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21 in C major K 467 -  II Andante

 

CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK 

Melodie

 

ALEXANDER BORODIN 

String Quartet No. 2 in D major III Notturno. Andante 

 

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK 

Songs My Mother Taught Me op. 55/4 

 

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI 

Pur ti miro 

 

JULES MASSENET

Élégie: O doux printemps d’autrefois 

 

ROBERT SCHUMANN 

Träumerei op. 15/7 

  

Joshua Bell violin

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Michael Stern conductor

 

 

DISC 7Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Op. 35; 

Mélodie; 

Danse russe from Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Act III); Serenade melancolique

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 

 

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 35

Méditation in D minor op. 42/1 

Danse russe op. 20/20a 

Sérénade mélancolique in B-flat minor op. 26

 

Joshua Bell violin

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Michael Tilson Thomas conductor

 

 

DISC 8Voice of the Violin

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF 

Vocalise op. 34/14 

 

FRANZ SCHUBERT 

Ave Maria

 

JULES MASSENET 

« Pourquoi me réveiller » 

 

GABRIEL FAURÉ 

Après un rêve op. 7/1 

 

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK 

Song to the Moon 

 

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Laudate Dominum omnes gentes 

 

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 

None but the Lonely Heart 

 

GAETANO DONIZETTI 

“Una furtiva lagrima” 

 

CARL ORFF 

In trutina 

 

FELIX MENDELSSOHN 

Song without Words No. 25 in G major “May Breezes” op. 62/1

 

CLAUDE DEBUSSY 

Beau Soir 

 

MANUEL MARÍA PONCE 

Estrellita 

 

MANUEL DE FALLA

Nana (Berceuse) 

 

GEORGES BIZET 

« Je crois entendre encore » 

 

RICHARD STRAUSS 

Morgen op. 27/4 

 

GABRIEL FAURÉ 

Après un rêve op. 7/1 

 

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Laudate Dominum omnes gentes 

 

Joshua Bell violin

Orchestra of St. Luke’s 

Michael Stern conductor 

 

 

DISC 9The Red Violin Concerto

JOHN CORIGLIANO 

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra “The Red Violin”

 

Sonata for Violin and Piano

 

Joshua Bell violin

Jeremy Denk piano 

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 

Marin Alsop conductor 

 

 

DISC 10Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

ANTONIO VIVALDI 

Le quattro stagioni

La primavera – Concerto No. 1 in E major RV 269 (op. 8/1)

L’estate – Concerto No. 2 in G minor RV 315 (op. 8/2)

L’autunno – Concerto No. 3 in F major RV 293 (op. 8/3)

L’inverno – Concerto No. 4 in F minor RV 297 (op. 8/4)

 

GIUSEPPE TARTINI 

Sonata for Violin and Basso continuo in G minor

 

John Constable harpsichord 

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Joshua Bell conductor • violin

 

 

DISC 11French Impressions

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 

Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D minor op. 75

 

CÉSAR FRANCK 

Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major

 

MAURICE RAVEL 

Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G major

 

GABRIEL FAURÉ 

Berceuse op. 16

 

Joshua Bell violin

Jeremy Denk piano 

 

 

DISC 12Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 7

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 

 

Symphony No. 4 in B flat major op. 60

Symphony No. 7 in A major op. 92

 

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Joshua Bell conductor

 

 

DISC 13Bach

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 

 

Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in A minor BWV 1041

Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in E major BWV 1042

Chaconne BWV 1004/5 

Air on the G String BWV 1068/2 

Gavotte en Rondeau BWV 1006/3 

 

John Constable harpsichord 

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Joshua Bell conductor • violin

 

 

DISC 14For the Love of Brahms

JOHANNES BRAHMS 

Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor op. 102

 

ROBERT SCHUMANN 

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor WoO 23  II Langsam 6:21

 

JOHANNES BRAHMS 

Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello No. 1 in B major op. 8

 

Steven Isserlis cello

Jeremy Denk piano 

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Joshua Bell conductor • violin