Recorded Highlights
Highlights from the concert, recorded at The Barbican Hall, 2 December 1987, in aid of the Royal Academy of Music Appeal.
THE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Leader - Jose - Luis Garcia
Conductor - Sir Yehudi Menuhin
* The Gala Stradivarius Concert was sponsored by Shearson Lehman Brothers International. This concert commemorated the 250th anniversary of the death of Antonio Stradivari and was in aid of the Royal Academy of Music Appeal. All the soloists appearing and many of the string players of the English Chamber Orchestra used instruments made by Stradivari, the greatest violin-maker the world has ever known.
* The cover shows a 1736 Stradivari violin currently belonging to Mr. Peter Biddulph, the London violin dealer. The idea for this Concert was originally suggested by Mr. Biddulph as a member of the Appeal Events Committee of the Royal Academy of Music Foundation, and the Academy would like to take this opportunity to thank him for the considerable par he has played in its realisation.
VIVALDI - THE FOUR SEASONS
J.S BACH....(Concerto for two violins in D minor)
SCHUBERT (Adagio and Rondo in A major)
C.P.E BACH (Cello Concerto in A major - 2nd Movement)
HAYDN.........(Cello Concerto in C major - Finale)
The English Chamber Orchestra
Soloists:
Jose-Louis Garcia
Toshiya Eto
Franco Gulli
Zara Nelsova
Robert Cohen
Manoug Parikian
Maurice Hasson
Daniel Phillips
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Record One
SIDE ONE
* Johann Sebastian Bach
* Concerto for two violins in D minor
Toshiya Eto - Violin
Franco Gulli - Violin
* Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
* Cello Concerto in A major
* 2nd movement - Largo mesto
Zara Nelsova - cello
SIDE TWO
* Franz Schubert
* Adagio and Rondo in A major
Jose-Luis Garcia - violin
* Joseph Haydn
* Cello Concerto in C major
* Finale - Allegro molto
Robert Cohen - cello
RECORD TWO
SIDE ONE
* Antonio Vivaldi
* The Four Seasons
* Spring
Manough Parikian - violin
* Summer
Maurice Hasson - violin
SIDE TWO
* Autumn
Jose-Luis Garcia - violin
* Winter
Daneil Phillips - violin