This week The Violin Channel explores the recordings of American violin virtuoso Aaron Rosand.
A student of Leon Sametini and Efrem Zimbalist, Mr Rosand has enjoyed a prolific recording and performance career spanning more than 7 decades - particularly noted for his insightful and passionate performance of the romantic repertoire and his legendary and beautiful 'Rosand tone'.
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AARON ROSAND & ROBERT KOENIG | SARASATE | ZIGEUNERWEISEN | 2003
He has been described by The New York Times as 'one of the great living exponents of Romantic violin music' - with Gramophone Magazine suggesting he has made 'some of the greatest recordings of the (20th) Century'.
Now 88 years old, Mr Rosand has served a distinguished teaching position at the Curtis Institute of Music since 1981 - his famed students including Alex Kerr, Benjamin Schmid and Stephanie Jeong and VC 'Artists' Ray Chen, Yu-Chien Benny Tseng, Stephen Waarts, Richard Lin, Dami Kim and Zeyu Victor Li.
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AARON ROSAND | WIENIAWSKI | SOUVENIR DE MOSCOW
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AARON ROSAND | SARASATE | CARMEN FANTASY | CBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA | 1969
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AARON ROSAND & GEIR HENNING | MENDELSSOHN VIOLIN SONATA IN F MAJOR | 1984
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AARON ROSAND | SARASATE | ZIGEUNERWEISEN | REINHARDT | SOUTHWEST GERMAN RADIO ORCHESTRA
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AARON ROSAND & EILEEN FLISSLER | TARTINI | SONATA IN G MINOR 'DEVIL'S TRILL' | 1964
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AARON ROSAND & JOHN COVELLI | SARASATE | MALAGUENA OP.21 NO. 1
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AARON ROSAND | BACH | SOLO PARTITA NO. 2 IN D MINOR | CHACONNE | 1997
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AARON ROSAND & ROBERT KOENIG | TCHAIKOVSKY | VALSE SENTIMENTALE | 2003
