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Reviewed at Ravinia Festival Pavilion, Chicago on 9 September 2015
Mozart, Violin Sonata in C major, K296
Fauré, Violin sonata no. 1 in A major, Op.13
Strauss R., Sonata for violin and piano in E flat major, Op.18
Schumann, Fantasiestücke, Op.73 (No. 1)
Kreisler, Three Old Viennese Dances: Liebesleid
Kreisler, Three Old Viennese Dances: Liebesfreud
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
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