THE MIRACLE MAKERS
ABC records K2-033 (2 CDs)
STRADIVARI * GUARNERI
ELMAR OLIVEIRA
2005
Each piece is played first on a Stradivari and repeated on a 'del Gesł'. 
Track 11 thru 40 contains an excerpt from the Sibelius Concerto in which Oliveira plays the same short passage on all the instruments.
The hardcover album includes 88 pages on illustrations of the violins with a narrative on each instrument's history.

Track Selections

  1. Brahms : Hungarian Dance No.5 - Antonio Stradivari 1690
  2. Kreisler : Liebesleid - Giuseppe Guarneri del Gusu 1739
  3. Bloch : "Simchas Torah" From Baal Shem - Giuseppe Guarneri del Gusu 1735
  4. Paganini : Caprice No.13 - Antonio Stradivari 1715
  5. Bloch : "Vidui" From  Baal Shem - Antonio Stradivari 1707
  6. Brahms : Hungarian Dance No.2 - Antonio Stradivari 1722
  7. Bloch : "Nigun" From Baal Shem - Antonio Stradivari 1679
  8. Kreisler : La Gitana - Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu 1726
  9. J.S. Bach : Sarabande, Partita No.2 - Antonio Stradivari 1709
10. Vitali : Chaconne - Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu 1738
11 - 40.  Sibelius : Violin Concerto - Excerpt, Mvt.1

Bonus CD Sampler

  1. Banjo (from The Sound of Violin)
  2. Baby (from Shirley Blanc)
  3. The Calm Evening (from Bright Teresa Teng)
  4. Cheers, My Friends (from Soul Mates)
  5. Selected Songs from Red Light Story (from Flower.Moon.Night)
  6. Night Chimes (from Moscow Forever)
  7. 1st Mov. Allegro Maestoso Ma Appaionata (from Kodaly Sonata For Cello Solo OP.8)
  8. Moonlight Serenade (from Best of Caiqin)
  9. Antonio Stradivali 1690 'Auer' (from Ten-Hundred-Million Violin <The Miracle Makers>)
10. The Ambush (from Meet with Chris Babida)
11. You are Everything (from Dream to Dream)
12. The Yellow River Charity (from The Yellow River Haozi)