Leonid Kogan

Leonid Kogan

Leonid Kogan

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The Art of Leonid Kogan: Chamber Music album art
  • The Art of Leonid Kogan: Chamber Music
  • December 2024
  • 24 Songs

Top Songs

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Ysaÿe: Sonata for Two Violins in A Minor: III. Allegro vivo e con fuoco - Moderato amabile
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Ysaÿe: Sonata for Two Violins in A Minor: II. Allegretto poco lento
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Ysaÿe: Sonata for Two Violins in A Minor: I. Poco lento maestoso - Quasi moderato
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Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100: III. Allegretto grazioso, quasi andante
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Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100: II. Andante tranquillo - Vivace

Albums

  • The Art of Leonid Kogan: Violin Concertos

    Dec 2024 • 38 songs

  • Leonid Kogan. Grand Collection. Vol. 11–15
  • Leonid Kogan. Grand Collection. Vol. 16–20

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Leonid Kogan

Biography

One of the 20th century's greatest violinists, Leonid Kogan was less widely known than his somewhat older contemporary David Oistrakh, but no less a first-tier artist. More concentrated in tonal focus and with a quicker vibrato than Oistrakh and others of the Russian school, Kogan was avowedly a man of his time. His espousal of the four-octave scale for exercises assured the infallibility of his technique by strengthening his fingering hand in the upper positions. Although he died at age 58, he had amassed a discography that remains as a commanding legacy. Although his were no...
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