Lydia Mordkovitch
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Lydia Mordkovitch, born Lydia Shtimerman in 1944 in Saratov, Russian Federation, was a violinist. She began playing the violin at age seven and studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow under David Oistrakh. In 1967, she won the National Young Musicians Competition in Kiev. Mordkovitch emigrated to Israel in 1974, teaching at the Israeli Academy of Music in Jerusalem before making her first appearance in the UK with the Hallé Orchestra in 1979 and settling permanently in the UK in 1980. She signed with Chandos Records in 1980, releasing over 60 recordings. Her Chandos recording of the violin concertos of Shostakovich won a Gramophone Award in 1990. Mordkovitch became a professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London as a specialist in Russian music. She passed away in 2014.
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- The Lark Ascending
- Violin Sonata No. 2 ('Poème mystique')
- Nuit Exotique
- Baal Shem: Nigun
- Violin Sonata No. 1: III. Moderato
- Violin Sonata No. 1: I. Agitato
- Violin Sonata No. 1: II. Molto quieto
- Six Studies In English Folk Song: III. Larghetto, "Van Diemen's Land"
- Six Studies In English Folk Song: II. Andante Sostenuto, "Spurn Point"
- Six Studies In English Folk Song: I. Adagio, "Lovely On The Water"
- Sonata For Violin And Piano In A Minor: I. Allegro Giusto, "Fantasia"
- Six Studies in English Folk Music (Adagio) Lovely On The Water
- Six Studies In English Folk Song: VI. Allegro Vivace, "As I Walked Over London Bridge"
- Six Studies In English Folk Song: V. Andante Tranquillo, "The Lady And The Dragoon"
- Six Studies In English Folk Song: IV. Lento, "She Borrowed Some Of Her Mother's Gold"
- Two Pieces For Violin And Piano: Andante Con Moto, "Pastorale"
- Two Pieces For Violin And Piano: Andantino, "Romance"
- Sonata For Violin And Piano In A Minor: III. Andante/Allegro, "Tema Con Variazioni"
- Sonata For Violin And Piano In A Minor: II, Allegro Furioso Ma Non Troppo, "Scherzo"
- Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
