This week The Violin Channel explores the recordings of Italian violin virtuoso, Salvatore Accardo.
Now 74 years old, Maestro Accardo is a former 1st prize winner at the Geneva and Paganini International Violin Competitions - and is widely respected as one of the greatest exponents of the 20th Century Italian School.
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SALVATORE ACCARDO | MILSTEIN | PAGANINIANA
He has produced an extensive recording discography, premiered a number of important new works - including compositions by Salvatore Sciarrino, Franco Donatoni, Ástor Piazzolla and Iannis Xenakis - and holds the distinguished honour of being the first person in history to record all 6 Paganini Violin Concerti.
For much of his performance career, Maestro Accardo has concertized on the 1727 'Hart ex Francescatti' Stradivarius.
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SALVATORE ACCARDO | VARIATIONS ON 'NEL COR PIU NON MI SENTO' FOR SOLO VIOLIN | 1972
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SALVATORE ACCARDO | TCHAIKOVKSY VIOLIN CONCERTO | 2ND MVT | DIADIURA | UKRAINE PHILHARMONIC
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SALVATORE ACCARDO | DEBUSSY | MINSTRELS | 19 YEARS OLD |1960
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SALVATORE ACCARDO & BRUNO CANINO | MOZART SONATA FOR VIOLIN & PIANO IN B FLAT MAJOR KV 372
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SALVATORE ACCARDO | PAGANINI | SOLO CAPRICE NO. 24
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SALVATORE ACCARDO | PAGANINI VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 6 | 3RD MVT | CHARLES DUTOIT | LONDON PHILHARMONIC
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SALVATORE ACCARDO | PAGANINI | LA CAMPANELLA
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SALVATORE ACCARDO | MENDELSSOHN | VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR
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SALVATORE ACCARDO | PAGANINI | VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 | 1ST MVT | CHARLES DUTOIT | LONDON PHILHARMONIC
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SALVATORE ACCARDO | BACH | VIOLIN PARTITA NO. 2 IN D MINOR BWV 1004 | CHACONNE
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SALVATORE ACCARDO | TARTINI | DEVIL'S TRILL SONATA
