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Notes and Editorial Reviews
Some violinists strike sparks; Arturo Delmoni gives off warmth. This is one of our most beloved recordings and great favorite with listeners of all backgrounds. It reaches out to people who may not know much about classical music, they just know that they want beauty in their lives. What distinguishes Songs My Mother Taught Me are the things that distinguish all Delmoni’s recordings: emotional resonance, a very inward looking, sensitive musical approach, simply gorgeous tone, and technique so good that it need not call attention to itself. -- John Marks
"Some of these pieces can be found on recordings by Perlman, Zukerman, Gingold, and others, but no one plays them any more beautifully or convincingly. It is the sort of
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infectiously attractive disc that brings knowing listeners in from the next room to ask, "Who is that wonderful violinist?" He's Arturo Delmoni, and you should hear him!" -- Alan Heatherington, American Record Guide
"...the prize goes to Arturo Delmoni, whose warmly-played selections include, besides a well-chosen set of Kreisler arrangements, Smetana’s From the Home Country, which, although lasting a bit under five minutes, is a minor masterpiece." -- Paul Turok, Ovation
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Works on This Recording
1.
Tempo di Menuetto in the style of Pugnani by Fritz Kreisler
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: Austria
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 4 Minutes 8 Secs.
2.
Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 1 in G minor by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Austria
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs.
3.
Gypsy Serenade by Charles Robert Valdez
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 4 Minutes 10 Secs.
4.
Sicilienne in E flat major by Maria Theresia Paradis
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: Austria
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 2 Minutes 56 Secs.
5.
Spanish Dances (2) for Violin and Piano, Op. 22: no 1, Romanza andaluza by Pablo de Sarasate
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 4 Minutes 36 Secs.
6.
Thaïs: Meditation by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894; France
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 4 Minutes 40 Secs.
7.
Variations (38) on a Gavotte from Corelli's Op. 5, B F11 "L'arte del arco": Excerpt(s) by Giuseppe Tartini
Performer:
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano),
Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1758; Italy
Date of Recording: 05/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 3 Minutes 39 Secs.
Notes: Arranger: Kreisler
8.
Pieces (2) for Violin and Piano, T 128 "From my homeland": Excerpt(s) by Bedrich Smetana
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 4 Minutes 50 Secs.
9.
Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Furies by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1762/1774; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Fritz Kreisler
10.
Romances sans paroles (3) for Violin and Piano, Op. 7: no 2 in C minor, Désespoir by Henri Vieuxtemps
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs.
11.
Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877; France
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs.
12.
Canzonetta for Violin and Piano, Op. 6 by Alfredo D'Ambrosio
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 2 Minutes 33 Secs.
13.
Song without words for Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 109 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Written: 1845
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 3 Minutes 5 Secs.
Notes: Transcribed: Fritz Kreisler
14.
Sicilienne and Rigaudon in the style of Francoeur by Fritz Kreisler
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: Austria
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
15.
Zigeunermelodien (7), Op. 55: no 4, Als die alte Mutter by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin),
Meg Bachman Vas (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Bohemia
Date of Recording: 5/1982
Venue: Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Length: 2 Minutes 57 Secs.
Notes: Transcribed: Fritz Kreisler
Featured Sound Samples
Tempo di menuetto in the style of Pugnani (Kreisler)
L'arte del arco: 38 Variations on a Gavotte from Corelli's op 5 (Tartini)
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Thanks for the memories! February 27, 2013
By P. Miller (Falls Church, VA) See All My Reviews
"We had this on casette tape and often would take it along on road trips. I came across the tape some weeks ago and regretfully decided it probably had to go as we no longer have a player. I was delighted to find it in the Arkiv catalog. The download was easy, the price was right and the music just as I remembered it ... wonderful!"
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