Label: LIVE CLASSICS 102
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Sonatas for Piano and Violin KV 376, KV 378 & KV 379; Sviatoslav Richter, piano; Oleg Kagan, violin.

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 103
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Partita for Violin Solo No. 3 BWV 1006; Violin Concerto No. 2 BWV 1042; Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 BWV 1050*. Oleg Kagan, violin; *Sviatoslav Richter, piano; *Marina Vorothtsova, flute; Chamber Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatoire/ Yuri Nikolaevsky. (Moscow *1978 & 1979, ADD, TT 61:17)

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 104
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Duo for Viola and Cello in E Flat Major, WoO 32, "Mit zwei obligaten Augenglasern"; Septet for Strings & Winds in E Flat, Op. 20; Oleg Kagan, violin; Gennadu Freidin, viola; Natalia Gutman, cello; Sergei Akopov, double bass; Eduard Brunner, clarinet; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Valery Popov, bassoon. - "The E-flat Duo for violin and cello is something very special. From the opening bars you can sense the love and devotion invested in the piece, beyond suave, beyond sensuous, just, well - caressing. Like curling up with a favourite book, or conversation with a trusted friend, Kagan (viola) and Gutman (violoncello) give a performance that I shall turn to many times. The same can be said of the Septet for strings and winds, though it could not be a more different reading from my previous favourite on Teldec with the Berlin Soloists. This is again a very smooth, completely devotional reading that is a refreshing surprise - we don’t often hear Beethoven played in this manner, more like Schubert. Schubertian this music may be in many ways, but Beethoven is still Beethoven, and even the early works have a certain aggressiveness that few performers are inclined to avoid. This bunch does, and the results revolutionise what I have always considered to be a not-too-well-put-together work. If you like the classics played with a big warm bear-hug feeling and lots of sentiment, I urge you to try this. " - American Record Guide 4/01

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 105
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PIOTR TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto op. 35; DIMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1 op. 99*. Oleg Kagan, Violin; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Diansug Kachidze; *UDSSR State Symphony Orchestra/*Alexander Lazarev

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 106
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QUINTET IN C FOR 2 VIOLINS, VIOLA AND 2 VIOLONCELLI, OP. 163; Oleg Kagan, Violin; Gerard Korsten, Violin; Diemut Poppen, Viola; Natalia Gutman, Cello; Richard Lester, Cello. Concert recording, January 18, 1989, Martinkirsche, Basel. - "The CD of Schubert's String Quintet, Oleg Kagan Edition Nr. XXVII, was recorded live at a concert in St. Martin's Church in Basel just one and a half years before the death of the great Russian violinist Oleg Kagan. This Schubert interpretation enables not only a wonderful appreciation of the highly sensitive playing of Kagan and his fellow musicians but also brings a seldom encountered insight into the complexity of Schubert to be found in the legacy of his chamber music. The five instrumentalists approach Schubert with great self-confidence and an intensity bordering on self-exhaustion. This gives an overwhelming forcefulness to each precisely formulated movement. Already in the exposition of the opening Allegro ma non troppo a compelling nervous restlessness, which pervades the entire work, creates moments which seem to bring the very order of the music into jeopardy. Then suddenly at the beginning of the development (9'39) out of this questioning a "yes" breaks through, which is the characteristic feature of Schubert's music. In the following Adagio Kagan plays with such human empathy and simplicity that one is moved to call it heavenly. The middle part reveals in a touchingly painful way that here one is touching upon a chimera, a forbidden happiness. Out of great lamentation comes resignation which then falls into an intense death-like silence Here we can trace the quiet tones of Morton Feldman's music back to their roots in Schubert's music. The aggressive energy of the Scherzo with its radical intensity can only be compared to the legendary 1952 recording with Isaac Stern and Pablo Casals. In the Trio strength is absent as if the music had already burned itself out. In the Finale it becomes clear that the music has led the listener up to the very rim of an abyss to an end of composed classical music of reason and to its farewell which Schubert was only capable of composing despite great reluctance. This interpretation does not attempt at all to smooth over the inner contradictions of this work, they are simply worked out to the end in a way that moves us very deeply. Should you hunt for a shortcoming in this superb recording you might find it perhaps in the somewhat resonating recording site (a church) but certainly not in the quality of the recording. The instruments have a distinctly natural tone, the sound is transparent and compact, and most important of all, you can reach out and touch its living presence." Robert Spoula, Klassik Heute , Recommendation November 2001

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 107
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918): Sonata for Violin & Piano (1916/17)
KAROL SZYMANOVSKY (1882 – 1937): Myths for Violin & Piano, Op. 30 (1915); Three Paganini-Caprices for Violin & Piano, Op. 40* (1918)
EDISON DENISOV (1929 – 1996): Five Paganini-Caprices for Violin & Orchestra** (1985)

Oleg Kagan, violin

Vassily Lobanov, Vladimir Skanavi* & Sviatoslav Richert***, pianos

Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet**
Recordings: Tchaikovsky Concervatory Moscom, February 3, 1988 & January 1981*; Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, July 30, 1988**; Brest, October 26, 1982***

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 108
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Sonata for Violin and Orchestra (1978); Concerto No. 3 for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (1968); Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano (1968). Oleg Kagan, violin; Moscow Soloists/ Yuri Bashmet; Chamber Orchestra of the Conservatory/ Yuri Nikolaevsky (Concerto); Vassily Lobanov, piano.

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 109
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FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828): Rondo for Violin & Piano, “Rondo Brillant” D 895; Fantasy for Violin & Piano D 934*
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856): Fantasy for Violin & Piano, Op. 131**
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874 – 1951): Fantasy for Violin & Piano, Op. 47*

Oleg Kagan, violin

Edward Auer, Vassily Lobanov*, Vladimir Skanavi**, piano

Live recordings: July 28, 1984; March 30, 1988*; January 9, 1982**
Oleg Kagan (1946 - 1990) was a Russian violinist, known for his chamber partnerships with the likes of pianist Sviatoslav Richter and cellist Natalia Gutman. He was also a significant proponent of modern music, in particular Berg's Violin Concerto. Several recently released concert recordings have added to his posthumous reputation.
Born in Sakhalin, Kagan was brought up in Riga, Latvia. He began studying at the E. Darzina Music School at age eight under Joachim Braun; five years later, he was taken to Moscow by Boris Kuznetsov. During the 1960s, he won the Sibelius and Bach Competitions, while also placing in the top-five of the Enescu and Tchaikovsky Competitions. Upon Kuznetsov's death, Kagan began studying with David Oistrakh, and in 1969, he began playing chamber music with Richter. Along with Richter and Gutman, Kagan also appeared frequently with pianist Vasily Lobanov, who would later dedicate a piece to him.

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 110
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8; String Quartet No. 15, Op. 144 - Oleg Kagan, violin; Grigory Zhislin, violin; Yuri Bashmet, viola; Natalia Gutman, cello; Elisso Wirssaladze, piano

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 111
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SOFIA GUBAIDULINA
Rejoice! – Sonata for Violin & Violoncello
Offertorium – Concerto for Violin & Orchestra (First Performance)

Oleg Kagan, violin

Natalia Gutman, cello

Ministry of Culture Orchestra (USSR)/Gennadij Rozhdestvensky

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 112
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JOSEPH HAYDN (1732 – 1809): Violin Concerto in C major Hob.VIIa:1
Academic Symphony Orchestra of the State Philharmony Moscow/Vassily Sinaisky - Recorded: March 20, 1980
ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678 – 1741): Violin Concerto in E minor RV 278
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra/Tovy Lifshitz - Recorded: May 15, 1980
IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882 – 1971): Violin Concerto in D major (1931)
USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov - Recorded: June 18, 1979

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 122
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Sonatas for Piano & Violin KV 304, 305, 306. Sviatoslav Richter, Piano; Oleg Kagan, Violin.

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 123
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Sonatas for Piano & Violin KV 380, 403, 454, 373, 404. Sviatoslav Richter, Piano; Oleg Kagan, Violin.

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 145
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Sonatas for Piano & Violin op. 12/2, op. 23 & op. 24. Sviatoslav Richter, Piano; Oleg Kagan, Violin.

Label: LIVE CLASSICS 161
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PAUL HINDEMITH: Sonatas for Violin & Piano op. 11/1 & 2, Sonatas in E & in C. Oleg Kagan, Violin; Sviatoslav Richter, Piano.