Joseph Szigeti Plays Mussorgsky, Dvorak, Hubay, Kodaly, Brahms, Debussy, Schubert & Stravinsky (Mono Remastered) Joseph Szigeti

• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881): Sorochintsy Fair, Act III:
• 1 Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair, Act III: No. 5, Gopak (Remastered) 01:57
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904):
• 2 Dvorák: Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op. 46, No. 2 (Arr. in G Minor) (Remastered) 03:11
• 3 Dvorák: Slavonic Dance No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 46, No. 3 (Arr. in E Minor) (Remastered) 03:25
• Jenö Hubay (1858 - 1937):
• 4 Hubay: Scènes de la Csárda No.4, Op. 32, "Hejre Kati", I. Lento ma non troppo. Allegro moderato (Remastered) 03:57
• 5 Hubay: Scènes de la Csárda No.4, Op. 32, "Hejre Kati", II. Allegro molto (Remastered) 02:48
• Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967): Háry János Suite, IZK 26:
• 6 Kodály: Háry János Suite, IZK 26: V. Intermezzo (Remastered) 04:23
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): 21 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra, WoO 1:
• 7 Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra, WoO 1: No 5 in G Minor (Remastered) 02:16
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Violin Sonata No.3 in G Minor, L. 140:
• 8 Debussy: Violin Sonata No.3 in G Minor, L. 140: I. Allegro vivo 04:17
• 9 Debussy: Violin Sonata No.3 in G Minor, L. 140: II. Intermède. Fantasque et léger 03:51
• 10 Debussy: Violin Sonata No.3 in G Minor, L. 140: III. Finale. Tres anime 03:51
• Jenö Hubay:
• 11 Hubay: The Zephyr, Op. 30, No. 5 (Remastered) 03:17
• Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski (1840 - 1893): 6 Pieces, Op. 51:
• 12 Tchaikovsky: 6 Pieces, Op. 51: No. 6, Valse sentimentale (Remastered) 01:57
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828):
• 13 Schubert: Bagatelle Op. 13, No. 9, "Die Biene" (Remastered) 01:10
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971):
• 14 Stravinsky: Pastorale, Song without Words for Violin & Piano 01:17
• Duo Concertant for Violin and Piano:
• 15 Stravinsky: Duo Concertant for Violin and Piano: I. Cantilene 02:55
• 16 Stravinsky: Duo Concertant for Violin and Piano: II. Eclogue I 02:07
• 17 Stravinsky: Duo Concertant for Violin and Piano: III. Eclogue II 02:59
• 18 Stravinsky: Duo Concertant for Violin and Piano: IV. Gigue 04:18
• 19 Stravinsky: Duo Concertant for Violin and Piano: V. Dithyrambe 03:01
• Igor Stravinsky:
• 20 Stravinsky: Pastorale, Song without Words for Violin & Woodwind Quartet (Remastered) 02:49
• 21 Stravinsky: Russian Maiden's Song (Remastered) 04:29
• Total Runtime 01:04:15

Info for Joseph Szigeti Plays Mussorgsky, Dvorak, Hubay, Kodaly, Brahms, Debussy, Schubert & Stravinsky (Mono Remastered)

Der in Ungarn geborene Joseph Szigeti gehört zweifelsohne zu den großen Geigern des letzten Jahrhunderts. Ausgebildet vom legendären Jenö Hubay, wurde er bewundert von Joseph Joachim, begeisterte die Sowjetunion mit Prokofieffs Erstem Violinkonzert, debütierte 1925 unter Leopold Stokowski mit triumphalem Erfolg in der Carnegie Hall, ließ sich in den 1940er Jahren in den USA nieder und wurde ein enger Freund seines Landsmannes Béla Bartók.

Auf 12 einzelnen ausgewählten Alben finden sich Einspielungen für Columbia aus den Jahren 1940 bis 1956. Neben den klassisch gewordenen Einspielungen der Konzerte von Brahms (mit Eugene Ormandy), Beethoven (mit Bruno Walter), wie auch der Rhapsodie Nr. 1 von Bartók oder dem frühen Violinkonzert von Busoni sind hier vor allem Kammermusikwerke zu hören. So von Bach, Händel, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms bis Ravel, Strawinsky und Hindemith.

"Er galt als Intellektueller unter den Violin-Virtuosen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Von Neugier getrieben, erweiterte Joseph Szigeti den Ausdrucksradius seines Instrumentes um neue Dimensionen.", hieß es über ihn im Deutschlandfunk. Zu seinen hochkarätigen musikalischen Mitstreitern gehören hier u. a. Pablo Casals, George Szell, Fritz Stiedry, Benny Goodman, das New York Philharmonic und das Philadelphia Orchestra.

Joseph Szigeti

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Joseph Szigeti
was a Hungarian virtuoso violinist.

Born into a musical family, he spent his early childhood in a small town in Transylvania. He quickly proved himself to be a child prodigy on the violin, and moved to Budapest with his father to study with renowned pedagogue Jen? Hubay. After completing his studies with Hubay in his early teens, Szigeti began his international concert career. His concertizing at that time was primarily limited to salon-style recitals and the more overtly virtuosic repertoire; however, after making the acquaintance of pianist Ferruccio Busoni, he began to develop a much more thoughtful and intellectual approach to music that eventually earned him the nickname "The Scholarly Virtuoso".

Following a bout of tuberculosis which necessitated a stay in a sanatorium in Switzerland, Szigeti settled in Geneva where he became Professor of Violin at the local conservatory in 1917. It was in Geneva that he met his wife, Wanda Ostrowska, and at roughly the same time he became friends with the great composer Béla Bartók. Both relationships were to be lifelong.

From the 1920s until 1960, Szigeti performed regularly around the world and recorded extensively. He also distinguished himself as a strong advocate of new music, and was the dedicatee of many new works by contemporary composers. Among the more notable pieces written for him are Ernest Bloch's Violin Concerto, Bartók's Rhapsody No. 1, and Eugène Ysaÿe's Solo Sonata No. 1. He retired from the concert stage in 1960 and occupied himself with teaching and writing until his death in 1973, at the age of 80.

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