Tracklist
| || 1CD: Vivaldi and the Italian Baroque | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | The Four Seasons. Concerto no. 1 in E (Spring): I. Allegro
| Antonio Vivaldi | 3:45 | |
| 2 | The Four Seasons. Concerto no. 1 in E (Spring): II. Largo
| Antonio Vivaldi | 2:39 | |
| 3 | The Four Seasons. Concerto no. 1 in E (Spring): III. Allegro
| Antonio Vivaldi | 4:29 | |
| 4 | The Four Seasons. Concerto no. 2 in G minor (Summer): I. Allegro
| Antonio Vivaldi | 5:10 | |
| 5 | The Four Seasons. Concerto no. 2 in G minor (Summer): II. Adagio
| Antonio Vivaldi | 2:06 | |
| 6 | The Four Seasons. Concerto no. 2 in G minor (Summer): III. Presto
| Antonio Vivaldi | 2:27 | |
| 7 | The Four Seasons. Concerto no. 3 in F (Autumn): I. Allegro
| Antonio Vivaldi | 5:36 | |
| 8 | The Four Seasons. Concerto no. 3 in F (Autumn): II. Adagio molto
| Antonio Vivaldi | 2:12 | |
| 9 | The Four Seasons. Concerto no. 3 in F (Autumn): III. Allegro
| Antonio Vivaldi | 3:26 | |
| 10 | The Four Seasons. Concerto no. 4 in F minor (Winter): I. Allegro non molto
| Antonio Vivaldi | 3:30 | |
| 11 | The Four Seasons. Concerto no. 4 in F minor (Winter): II. Largo
| Antonio Vivaldi | 2:02 | |
| 12 | The Four Seasons. Concerto no. 4 in F minor (Winter): III. Allegro
| Antonio Vivaldi | 3:15 | |
| 13 | Violin Sonata no. 2 in A, op. 2: I. Preludio a capriccio Presto - Adagio - Presto
| Antonio Vivaldi / Ferdinand David | 1:04 | |
| 14 | Violin Sonata no. 2 in A, op. 2: II. Corrente Allegro
| Antonio Vivaldi / Ferdinand David | 1:46 | |
| 15 | Violin Sonata no. 2 in A, op. 2: III. Adagio
| Antonio Vivaldi / Ferdinand David | 1:14 | |
| 16 | Violin Sonata no. 2 in A, op. 2: IV. Giga Allegro
| Antonio Vivaldi / Ferdinand David | 2:17 | |
| 17 | Violin Sonata in G minor, ’The Devil’s Trill’: III. Grave - IV. Allegro assai
| Giuseppe Tartini / Fritz Kreisler | 7:45 | |
| 18 | String Quintet in E, op. 13 no. 5: III. Minuetto
| Luigi Boccherini | 3:41 | |
| 19 | Chaconne in G minor
| Tomaso Antonio Vitali | 10:08 | |
| 20 | Violin Sonata no. 12 in D minor: La follia
| Arcangelo Corelli / Hubert Léonard | 9:21 | |
| 2CD: Bach and Mozart | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D, BWV 1050: III. Allegro
| Johann Sebastian Bach | 5:10 | |
| 2 | Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto
| Johann Sebastian Bach | 7:45 | |
| 3 | Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041: I. Allegro
| Johann Sebastian Bach | 4:12 | |
| 4 | Concerto for Violin and oboe in D minor, BWV 1060: II. Adagio
| Johann Sebastian Bach | 6:01 | |
| 5 | Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042: III. Allegro assai
| Johann Sebastian Bach | 3:01 | |
| 6 | Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne
| Johann Sebastian Bach | 12:55 | |
| 7 | Solo Sonata no. 3 In C, BWV 1005: IV. Allegro assai
| Johann Sebastian Bach | 4:54 | |
| 8 | Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006: I. Preludio
| Johann Sebastian Bach | 3:56 | |
| 9 | Violin Sonata in B flat, K 378: III. Rondo: Allegro
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 4:11 | |
| 10 | Violin Concerto no. 3 in G, K 216: I. Allegro (conclusion)
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 3:59 | |
| 11 | Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K 364: II. Andante
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 11:57 | |
| 12 | Violin Concerto no. 5 In A, 'Turkish', K 219: 3. Rondeau: Tempo di Menuetto - Allegro
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 8:35 | |
| 4CD: The 19th Century Violin | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Concert Fantasy on 'Carmen', op. 25 (opening)
| Pablo de Sarasate | 3:00 | |
| 2 | Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64: II. Andante
| Felix Mendelssohn | 7:59 | |
| 3 | Auf Flügeln des Geanges
| Felix Mendelssohn | 2:25 | |
| 4 | Symphonie espagnole op. 21: III. Intermezzo: Allegretto non troppo
| Édouard Lalo | 5:48 | |
| 5 | Violin Concerto no. 1 in D, op. 6: III. Rondo: Allegro spiritoso
| Niccolò Paganini | 6:45 | |
| 6 | Introduction and Rondo capricioso in A minor, op. 28
| Camille Saint‐Saëns | 8:58 | |
| 7 | Meditation (from Thaïs)
| Jules Massenet | 5:29 | |
| 8 | Russian Dance (from Swan Lake, Act III)
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 4:30 | |
| 9 | Violin Concerto in D, op. 35: III. Allegro vivacissimo
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 9:42 | |
| 10 | Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op.26: II. Adagio
| Max Bruch | 8:45 | |
| 11 | Violin Concerto no. 5 in A minor, op. 37: III. Adagio - IV. Allegro non fuoco
| Henri Vieuxtemps | 5:23 | |
| 12 | Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, op 6: III. Rondo ('La campanella')
| Niccolò Paganini | 7:01 | |
| 5CD: The 20th Century Violin | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Violin Concerto no. 1 In D major, op. 19: II. Scherzo (Vivacissimo)
| Sergei Prokofiev | 3:54 | |
| 2 | Masques (from Romeo and Juliet)
| Sergei Prokofiev | 2:07 | |
| 3 | Violin Concerto In B minor op. 61: III. Cadenza (Accompagnata Lento) - Allegro Molto
| Edward Elgar | 8:54 | |
| 4 | Salut d’amour, op. 12
| Edward Elgar | 3:21 | |
| 5 | Violin Concerto In D minor, op. 47 III. Allegro ma non tanto
| Jean Sibelius | 7:40 | |
| 6 | Pièce en Forme d'Habanera
| Maurice Ravel | 3:04 | |
| 7 | Berceuse, op. 16
| Gabriel Fauré | 3:26 | |
| 8 | Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 99: IV. Burlesque: Allegro con brio
| Dmitri Shostakovich | 5:04 | |
| 9 | Romance (from The Gadfly)
| Dmitri Shostakovich | 3:16 | |
| 10 | Violin Concerto in D: I. Toccata
| Igor Stravinsky | 5:49 | |
| 11 | Notturno & Tarantella op. 28: Tarantella
| Karol Szymanowski | 5:16 | |
| 12 | Serenade (from Hassan)
| Frederick Delius / Lionel Tertis | 2:35 | |
| 13 | Violin Concerto: II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana & Trio (Canzonetta)
| Sir William Walton | 6:51 | |
| 14 | Spiegel im Spiegel (extract)
| Arvo Pärt | 4:05 | |
| 15 | Serenade after Plato's Symposium: III. Eryximachus: Presto
| Leonard Bernstein | 1:32 | |
| 16 | Schindler’s List Main Theme
| John Williams | 5:06 | |
| 17 | Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 63: III. Allegro, ben marcato
| Sergei Prokofiev | 6:21 | |
| 6CD: Encores and Showpieces | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | La Ronde des lutins (Scherzo Fantastique)
| Antonio Bazzini | 5:30 | |
| 2 | Humoreske
| Antonín Dvořák / August Wilhelmj | 3:09 | |
| 3 | Caprice no. 24 in A minor, op. 1
| Niccolò Paganini | 4:31 | |
| 4 | Andante and Variations for Violin and Piano
| Gioachino Rossini | 3:21 | |
| 5 | La Gitana (Zigeunerlied)
| Fritz Kreisler | 3:04 | |
| 6 | Sabre Dance (Gayaneh)
| Aram Khachaturian | 2:20 | |
| 7 | Flight of the Bumble-Bee
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Jascha Heifetz | 1:20 | |
| 8 | Polonaise Brillante, no. 1 in D, op. 4
| Henryk Wieniawski | 5:58 | |
| 9 | Liebesfreud
| Fritz Kreisler | 3:17 | |
| 10 | Hungarian Dance no. 5 in G minor
| Johannes Brahms / Joseph Joachim | 2:31 | |
| 11 | Valse-Scherzo, op. 34
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 5:30 | |
| 12 | Zapateado
| Pablo de Sarasate | 3:34 | |
| 13 | Schön Rosmarin
| Fritz Kreisler | 1:59 | |
| 14 | Burleska
| Josef Suk | 2:56 | |
| 15 | Danse Espagnole (La vida breve)
| Manuel de Falla | 3:27 | |
| 16 | Balalaika
| Rodion Schedrin | 2:42 | |
| 17 | Ave Maria
| Franz Schubert / August Wilhelmj & Jascha Heifetz | 5:09 | |
| 18 | Introduction and Tarantella, op. 43
| Pablo de Sarasate | 5:22 | |
| 19 | Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani
| Fritz Kreisler | 4:58 | |
| 20 | Czárdás
| Vittorio Monti / Tasmin Little, John Lenehan | 3:00 | |
| 21 | Moto perpetuo, op. 11
| Niccolò Paganini / Fritz Kreisler | 3:16 | |
| 22 | Hora Staccato
| Grigoraș Dinicu / Jascha Heifetz | 1:54 | |
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