In a long, illustrious career, violinist Ivry Gitlis performed with the world’s best orchestras and released dozens of records. We embark on a two-week exploration of the virtuoso; this week, we hear works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Édouard Lalo, Carl Nielsen, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The Art of Violinist Ivry Gitlis (1)

Ivry Gitlis (Photo: Tamar Moshinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Playlist
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
Nielsen: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Violin Sonata in G, K. 301