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Zino Francescatti
vn, 1902-1991 FR, Marseille
Musician of Classical
René-Charles "Zino" Francescatti (August 9, 1902 - September 17, 1991) was a French virtuoso violinist.Zino Francescatti was born in Marseilles, to a musical family. Both parents were violinists. His father, who also played the cello, had studied with Camillo Sivori. Zino studied violin from age three and was quickly recognized as a child prodigy. He began performing at the age of five and made his debut at age 10, playing Beethoven's Violin Concerto.[citation needed]He died in La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, aged 89.
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Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28: Andante (malinconico) - Allegro ma non troppo - Piu Allegro on Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 44 & Introduction et Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 - Debussy: Rhapsodies - Fauré: Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 19 by Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Robert Casadesus & Zino Francescatti Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BWV 1041: I. (Allegro moderato) on Bach: Violin Concerto No.1 Bwv 1041 & No.2 Bwv 1042 & No.3 Bwv 1043 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Régis Pasquier, Zino Francescatti, Lucerne Festival Strings & Rudolf Baumgartner Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BWV 1041: II. Andante on Bach: Violin Concerto No.1 Bwv 1041 & No.2 Bwv 1042 & No.3 Bwv 1043 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Régis Pasquier, Zino Francescatti, Lucerne Festival Strings & Rudolf Baumgartner Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace on Bach: Violin Concerto No.1 Bwv 1041 & No.2 Bwv 1042 & No.3 Bwv 1043 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Régis Pasquier, Zino Francescatti, Lucerne Festival Strings & Rudolf Baumgartner Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: III. Allegro on Bach: Violin Concerto No.1 Bwv 1041 & No.2 Bwv 1042 & No.3 Bwv 1043 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Régis Pasquier, Zino Francescatti, Lucerne Festival Strings & Rudolf Baumgartner Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto on Bach: Violin Concerto No.1 Bwv 1041 & No.2 Bwv 1042 & No.3 Bwv 1043 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Régis Pasquier, Zino Francescatti, Lucerne Festival Strings & Rudolf Baumgartner Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: I. Vorspiel - Allegro moderato on Bernstein Sibelius - The Symphonies by Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BWV 1041: III. Allegro assai on Bach: Violin Concerto No.1 Bwv 1041 & No.2 Bwv 1042 & No.3 Bwv 1043 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Régis Pasquier, Zino Francescatti, Lucerne Festival Strings & Rudolf Baumgartner Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: I. Allegro moderato - 2015 Remastered Version on Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82, Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 & Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 by Jean Sibelius, Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro - Instrumental on The Essential Beethoven by Ludwig van Beethoven & Philippe EntremontTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Complete Sonatas For Piano And Violin | Johannes Brahms, Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus | 2019 | Album |
| Beethoven: Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Opus 30 No. 2 & 3 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Casadesus, Zino Francescatti | 2017 | Album |
| Sibelius Violin Concerto / Bruch Violin Concerto | Zino Francescatti Plays Jean Sibelius With Leonard Bernstein - Max Bruch With Thomas Schippers / The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | 2015 | Album |
| Franck: Symphonie, Sonate Pour Violon Et Piano, Variations Symphoniques | Pierre Monteux - Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus - Leon Fleisher, George Szell | 2015 | Compil. |
| Bruno Walter Conducts Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 2011 | Album |
| Sonatas For Violin And Piano | Gabriel Fauré, Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus | 2005 | Album |
| Essential Beethoven | Leon Fleisher • Zino Francescatti • George Szell | 2002 | Compil. |
| An Evening Of Paganini | Niccolò Paganini - Zino Francescatti With Arthur Balsam | 2002 | Album |
| Concert En Ré Majeur Pour Piano, Violin Et Quatuor À Cordes, Op. 21 | Ernest Chausson, Robert Casadesus, Zino Francescatti, Guilet String Quartet | 2000 | Album |
| Complete Piano Music Of Ravel | Robert Casadesus, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Gaby Casadesus, Zino Francescatti, Maurice Ravel | 1998 | Compil. |
| Partita n 2 in D minor & Partita n 3 in E major for violin unaccompanied | Johann Sebastian Bach, Zino Francescatti | 1998 | Album |
| Chaconne | Zino Francescatti, Edmond De Stoutz, Zürcher Kammerorchester, Leonard Bernstein, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter | 1998 | Compil. |
| Oeuvres Et Transcriptions | Zino Francescatti - Gaëtane Prouvost And Noël Lee With Philharmonie De Lorraine, Jacques Houtmann | 1997 | Album |
| Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 2 / Finlandia / Violin Concerto / Valse Triste / Karelia Suite | Jean Sibelius, Leopold Stokowski, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Schippers, Zino Francescatti, Leonard Bernstein, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy | 1997 | Compil. |
| Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 "Italian" ; Violin Concerto | Zino Francescatti, Eugene Ormandy, George Szell | 1997 | Compil. |
| Great Violin Concertos | Zino Francescatti, Dmitri Mitropoulos / Eugene Ormandy, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra / The Philadelphia Orchestra | 1996 | Compil. |
| Double Concerto / Triple Concerto | Johannes Brahms / Ludwig van Beethoven - Bruno Walter, Zino Francescatti, Pierre Fournier, John Corigliano, Leonard Rose, Walter Hendl | 1995 | Album |
| Symphony No.3 "Organ"/Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No.4/Introduction Et Rondo Capriccioso | Camille Saint-Saëns, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Casadesus, Zino Francescatti | 1993 | Compil. |
| Violin Concerto / Violin Concerto | Leonard Bernstein, Johannes Brahms, Jean Sibelius, Zino Francescatti, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | 1992 | Compil. |
| Violin Concertos | Ludwig van Beethoven, Jean Sibelius, Zino Francescatti, David Oistrach, Bruno Walter, Eugene Ormandy | 1991 | Compil. |
| Sonate No.9 Pour Violon Et Piano | Ludwig Van Beethoven / Zino Francescatti / Robert Casadesus | 1990 | Album |
| Violin Sonatas | Ludwig Van Beethoven | 1990 | Compil. |
| The Great Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 | Isaac Stern, Zino Francescatti, The Philadelphia Orchestra Conducted By Eugene Ormandy, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Thomas Schippers | 1988 | Compil. |
| Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 | Zino Francescatti, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman, Sir Charles Mackerras, The London Symphony Orchestra - Henri Vieuxtemps | 1984 | Album |
| Symphonie Espagnole / Violin Concerto No 1 | Édouard Lalo / Max Bruch / Zino Francescatti / The New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Dimitri Mitropoulos / Thomas Schippers | 1983 | Album |
| Documenti Sonori: Schubert E La Musica Da Camera: Sinfonia N. 8 "Incompiuta" / Sonata Per Violino E Pianoforte N. 5 "La Primavera" | Franz Schubert / The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Diretta Da Leonard Bernstein / Ludwig van Beethoven Violino Zino Francescatti Pianoforte Robert Casadesus | 1983 | Compil. |
| Violinkonzert KV 216 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zino Francescatti | 1983 | Album |
| Concerto Per Violino | Johannes Brahms - Zino Francescatti, Dimitri Mitropoulos | 1982 | Album |
| The Sonatas For Violin & Piano / Les Sonates Pour Violon & Piano / Die Sonaten Für Violine & Klavier / I Sonate Per Violino E Pianoforte | Ludwig van Beethoven, Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus | 1982 | Album |
| Symphony No.3 / Violin Concerto | Jean Sibelius, Leonard Bernstein · Zino Francescatti, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | 1977 | Album |
| Viola Concerto,Violin Concerto | Sir William Walton, Paul Doktor, Zino Francescatti | 1974 | Compil. |
| Double Concerto | Johannes Brahms - Bruno Walter, Zino Francescatti, Pierre Fournier, Mildred Miller | 1973 | Album |
| In Concert Bruno Walter | Bruno Walter, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Antonín Dvořák, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zino Francescatti | 1973 | Album |
| Die Violinkonzerte • The Violin Concertos | Johann Sebastian Bach - Zino Francescatti • Régis Pasquier • Festival Strings Lucerne • Rudolf Baumgartner | 1972 | Album |
| Sonates Pour Piano Et Violon No.5 N°5 En Fa, Op.24, "Printemps" - N°9 En La, Op.47, "A Kreutzer" | Ludwig van Beethoven - Robert Casadesus, Zino Francescatti | 1972 | Album |
| Organ Symphony / Serenade For Violin And Orchestra | Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland - E. Power Biggs, Zino Francescatti, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | 1968 | Album |
| Francescatti Plays Violin Spectaculars | Zino Francescatti, Edmond De Stoutz, Zürcher Kammerorchester, Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Niccolò Paganini, Giuseppe Tartini | 1967 | Album |
| Sonatas for Violin and Piano No. 7 In C Minor, No. 10 In G Major | Ludwig van Beethoven . Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus | 1965 | Album |
| Zino Francescatti Plays Violin Music of Schubert, Grand Fantasy, Opus 159, Sonatinas Nos. 1 And 3, Opus 187 | Franz Schubert, Zino Francescatti, Eugenio Bagnoli | 1965 | Album |
| Poème, Tzigane, Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso | Ernest Chausson, Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns, Zino Francescatti, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein | 1965 | Album |
| Violin Concertos | Jean Sibelius / Sir William Walton / Zino Francescatti / The New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy | 1965 | Album |
| Sonatas For Violin And Piano No. 2 In A Major ‧ No. 6 In A Major ‧ No. 8 In G Major | Zino Francescatti ‧ Robert Casadesus - Ludwig van Beethoven | 1964 | Album |
| Vioolconcert KV 218 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Bruno Walter, Zino Francescatti | 1964 | Album |
| Sonatas For Violin And Piano No. 3 In E Flat ‧ No. 4 In A Minor ‧ No. 5 In F Major ("Spring") | Zino Francescatti ‧ Robert Casadesus - Ludwig van Beethoven | 1963 | Album |
| Sonatas For Violin And Piano No. 3 In E Flat ‧ No. 4 In A Minor | Zino Francescatti ‧ Robert Casadesus - Ludwig van Beethoven | 1963 | Album |
| Violin Concerto | Zino Francescatti ‧ Bruno Walter / Ludwig van Beethoven / Columbia Symphony Orchestra | 1961 | Album |
| Violin Concerto D major Op. 61 | Zino Francescatti ‧ Bruno Walter / Ludwig van Beethoven / Columbia Symphony Orchestra | 1961 | Album |
| Double Concerto - Haydn Variations | Johannes Brahms - Zino Francescatti, Pierre Fournier, Bruno Walter Conduction The Columbia Symphony Orchestra | 1960 | Album |
| Concerto For Violin & Cello - Tragic Overture | Johannes Brahms - Zino Francescatti, Pierre Fournier, Bruno Walter Conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra | 1960 | Album |
| Walton: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra: Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole | Zino Francescatti Performs Sir William Walton 's Concerto For Violin And Orchestra With The Philadelphia Orchestra Conducted By Eugene Ormandy And Édouard Lalo 's Symphonie Espagnole With The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Dimitri Mitropoulos | 1960 | Album |
| Sonates pour Violon Et Piano No. 2 Et !0 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus | 1960 | Album |
| Violin Concerto No. 3 In G Major, K. 216 / Violin Concerto No. 4 In D Major, K. 218 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Zino Francescatti, Bruno Walter | 1959 | Album |
| Concerto Pour Violon Et Orchestre - Romances N° 1 Et 2 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Zino Francescatti, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy | 1959 | Album |
| Francescatti | Zino Francescatti / Eugene Ormandy Conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra / Pablo de Sarasate, Camille Saint-Saëns, Ernest Chausson | 1958 | Album |
| Francescatti Plays Kreisler | Zino Francescatti / Arthur Balsam / Fritz Kreisler | 1958 | Album |
| Sonata No. 9 ("Kreutzer") / Sonata No. 1 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus | 1958 | Album |
| Bach: Sonata No. 2 In A Major For Violin And Piano | Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus | 1957 | Album |
| Concerto In D Major For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 77 | Johannes Brahms / Zino Francescatti, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy | 1956 | Album |
| Concerto In D Major For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 61 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Zino Francescatti, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra | 1951 | Album |
| Sonata No.9 In A Major For Violin And Piano Op.47 "Kreutzer") | Ludwig Van Beethoven / Zino Francescatti / Robert Casadesus | 1950 | Album |
| Paganini: Concerto No.1 In D Major, Op. 6 + Saint Saëns: Concerto No. 3 In B Minor, Op. 61 | Niccolò Paganini, Camille Saint-Saëns, Zino Francescatti | 1950 | Album |
| Sonata In A Major / Sonata No. 3 | César Franck / Claude Debussy - Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus | 1949 | Album |
| Chausson: Poème For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 25 • Saint-Saëns: Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 28 | Ernest Chausson, Camille Saint-Saëns With Zino Francescatti, The Philadelphia Orchestra | 1948 | Album |
| Sonata In A Major For Violin And Piano | Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus - César Franck | 1947 | Album |
| Sonata No. 3 For Violin And Piano | Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus - Claude Debussy | 1947 | Album |
| Tzigane - Rapsodie De Concert | Zino Francescatti, Maurice Faure - Maurice Ravel | 1931 | Album |
| Liebeslied / Serenade | Zino Francescatti, Maurice Faure / The Celebrity Trio | Album | |
| World's Favorite Violin Pieces | Yoshio Unno, Pinchas Zukerman, Zino Francescatti | Compil. | |
| Violin Concerto / Violin Concerto No.1 | Zino Francescatti, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Max Bruch | Album | |
| Violin Concerto No. 1 D-dur op.6 | Niccolò Paganini - Eugene Ormandy / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Zino Francescatti | Album | |
| Twilight Concert No. 2 | Zino Francescatti, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy | Album | |
| Paganini Concerto No. 1 In D Major For Violin And Orchestra, Op.6 | Zino Francescatti Violin - Eugene Ormandy Conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra / Dimitri Mitropoulos Conducts The New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Niccolò Paganini, Camille Saint-Saëns | Album | |
| Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto / Mendelssohn Violin Concerto | Zino Francescatti ; Thomas Schippers, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra / George Szell, Members of the Cleveland Orchestra | Album | |
| Concerto For Violin And Orchestra In D Major, Op. 77 | Johannes Brahms, Zino Francescatti, Leonard Bernstein & The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | Album | |
| Violin Concerto No. 3 In G Major, K. 216 / Violin Concerto No. 4 In D Major, K. 218 / "Eine Kleine Nacht Musik" | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zino Francescatti, Bruno Walter | Album | |
| Lalo / Vieuxtemps | Zino Francescatti | Album | |
| Heart Of The Violin Concerto | Zino Francescatti ; Dimitri Mitropoulos, Eugene Ormandy, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra | Compil. | |
| Tchaikowsky: Concerto In D Major For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 35 | Zino Francescatti, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | Album | |
| Prokofiev Concerto No. 2 In G Minor & Bach Concerto No. 2 In E Major | Zino Francescatti / Dimitri Mitropoulos Conducting The New York Philharmonic Orchestra / George Szell Conducting Columbia Symphony Orchestra | Album | |
| Zigeunerweisen | Zino Francescatti | Compil. | |
| Meditation from Thais / Minstrels / Tango / Allegretto / Caprice in A Minor | Zino Francescatti, Arthur Balsam | Single | |
| Petits Classiques Pour Tous | Zino Francescatti | Single | |
| I Palpiti, Op. 13 | Niccolò Paganini, Zino Francescatti, Arthur Balsam | Album | |
| Sonata For Violin And Piano, Tzigane (Rapsodie De Concert), Kaddisch (Prayer For The Dead), Pièce En Forme De Habenera, Berceuse | Zino Francescatti, Arthur Balsam, Maurice Ravel | Album | |
| Kreisler Favourites, Paganini Caprices | Fritz Kreisler, Niccolò Paganini, Zino Francescatti, Arthur Balsam | Album | |
| Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 1 In G Minor Op. 26 | Max Bruch : Zino Francescatti, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos | Album | |
| Sonate Für Violine Und Klavier Nr. 8 G-dur Op. 30 Nr. 3 | Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus, Ludwig van Beethoven | Single | |
| Violin Concerto No. 3 & "Eine Kleine" & Figaro Overture | Zino Francescatti, Bruno Walter / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Compil. | |
| Symphonie Espagnole // Nuits Dans Les Jardins D'Espagne | Édouard Lalo, Manuel De Falla, Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus, Dimitri Mitropoulos | Album | |
| Violin Recital | Zino Francescatti | Album | |
| Concerto For Violin And Orchestra In D Major Op. 35 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Zino Francescatti | Album | |
| Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester Nr. 1 G-moll op. 26 | Max Bruch, Zino Francescatti, Thomas Schippers, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | Album | |
| Violin Concerto No. 2 In D Major, Violin Concerto No. 5 In A Major ("Turkish") | Zino Francescatti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zürcher Kammerorchester, Edmond De Stoutz | Album | |
| Caprice Viennois / Tambourin Chinois | Fritz Kreisler / Zino Francescatti | Album | |
| Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21 / Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 In D Major | Zino Francescatti | Album | |
| Romance No. 1 In G Major Op. 40 / Romance No. 2 In F Major Op. 50 | Zino Francescatti, The Symphony Orchestra, Jean Morel | Single | |
| Beethoven - Sonates N°1 & N°9 | Robert Casadesus & Zino Francescatti | Album | |
| Violin Concerto In D Major Op. 77 / Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor | Johannes Brahms / Max Bruch, Zino Francescatti | Album | |
| Variaciones Sobre Um Tema De Corelli / El Pajaro Profeta | Zino Francescatti | Album | |
| Russian Airs / Caprice In A Minor / Tango / I Palpiti | Zino Francescatti | Album | |
| Kreisler Favourites | Zino Francescatti, Arthur Balsam | Single | |
| Sonate Für Violine Und Klavier Nr. 6 A-Dur | Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus, Ludwig van Beethoven | Single | |
| Concerto In E Minor For Violin And Orchestra / Concerto In D Major For Violin And Orchestra | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Zino Francescatti With The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos | Album | |
| Four Great Violin Concertos / Gold Disc | Zino Francescatti | Compil. | |
| Concert Pour Piano, Violon Et Quatuor À Cordes, Op. 21 / Poème, Op. 25 | Ernest Chausson, Zino Francescatti, Robert Casadesus, Guilet String Quartet | Compil. |
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