Since you are interested in Isaac Stern & Dame Myra Hess (recorded live Edinburgh International Festival, August 1960), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Emanuel Ax (piano) Isaac Stern (violin) Jaime Laredo (viola) [ Sony Music Expanded Edition / CD - released 1/Nov/1992 ] "The playing of Emanuel Ax and his distinguished colleagues does the music proud: it has stature and nobility, but also delicacy and reticence where appropriate" - Gramophone |
MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concertos Isaac Stern (violin) Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy (cond) [ Sony Great Performances / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] Magnificent music for himself; a masterpiece for a friend |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto / Adagio for Strings Isaac Stern (violin) John Browning (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein, George Szell (conds) [ Sony Essential Masterworks / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "Isaac Stern's Barber Concerto with Bernstein was the recording which belatedly gave this warmly expressive masterpiece the international currency it plainly deserved. The superb performance can stand comparison with any version since" (Gramophone) |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Adagio for Strings, Violin Concerto (with Schuman - In Praise of Shahn & Ives - The Unanswered Question) Isaac Stern (violin) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Music Expanded Edition / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide -- Building a Library Mid-Price Choice - January 2002 |