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This is the best issue in Andante's first batch of historical CD sets. The performances are uniformly superb, the transfers as good or better than anything available, and the repertoire well chosen to showcase Szigeti's range of musical interests. Among the larger works, the Beethoven concerto with Walter, the Mendelssohn concerto and Prokofiev First concerto with Beecham, Bartók's Contrasts with Benny Goodman and the composer, and the Bloch concerto with Mengelberg remain classics (though I think Szigeti is on even better form in his studio recording of the Bloch with Charles Munch, but then the orchestra is inferior). A lovely collection of chamber works (in addition to the Bartók) shows Szigeti in collaboration with some first rate accompanists: there's Handel's Violin Sonata Op. 1 No. 13 with Nikita Magaloff; Brahms' Third violin sonata with Egon Petri; Bloch's Baal Shem with Andor Foldes; and Stravinsky's Duo Concertante with the composer at the piano. Szigeti plays and conducts his own arrangement of Tartini's D minor concerto (D. 45), and has Fritz Stiedry on hand in the violin restoration of the marvelous Harpsichord Concerto BWV 1052--this latter an especially remarkable performance that sustains an impressive level of drive and passion in the work's outer movements. The shorter works include arrangements of everything from Dvorák's Slavonic Dances to a number from Kodály's Háry János, taking in along the way works by Milhaud, Paganini, Hubay, Stravinsky, Brahms, and even Peter Warlock. Fine notes complement Andante's rather unattractive and awkward book-style packaging. You would spend much more than Andante's $80 price tag to assemble this material from other sources, even assuming you could find it all, making this set something of a bargain given the uniform excellence of performance and transfer quality. If Andante manages more sets like this one, they'll really have something going. --David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com |
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| Works on This Recording | Back to Top | ||||
| 1. |
Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052 by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Conductor: Fritz Stiedry Orchestra/Ensemble: New Friends of Music Orchestra Period: Baroque Written: circa 1738-1739; Leipzig, Germany |
Date of Recording: 04/24/1940 Venue: New York City Length: 23 Minutes 18 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Robert Reitz | |||||
| 2. |
Concerto for Violin in D minor, D 45 by Giuseppe Tartini | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra Period: Baroque Written: 18th Century; Italy |
Date of Recording: 12/06/1937 Venue: London, England Length: 13 Minutes 14 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Pente, then Joseph Szigeti | |||||
| 3. |
Concerto for Violin in G minor, BWV 1056: 2nd movement, Largo by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra Period: Baroque |
Date of Recording: 12/06/1937 Venue: London, England Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Joseph Szigeti | |||||
| 4. |
Capriol Suite: 1st movement, Basse danse by Peter Warlock | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin),
Nikita Magaloff (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1926; England |
Date of Recording: 03/06/1936 Venue: London, England Length: 1 Minutes 32 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Joseph Szigeti | |||||
| 5. |
Capriol Suite: 2nd movement, Pavane by Peter Warlock | ||||
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Performer:
Nikita Magaloff (Piano),
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1926; England |
Date of Recording: 03/06/1936 Venue: London, England Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Joseph Szigeti | |||||
| 6. |
Capriol Suite: 6th movement, Mattachins by Peter Warlock | ||||
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Performer:
Nikita Magaloff (Piano),
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1926; England |
Date of Recording: 03/06/1936 Venue: London, England Length: 0 Minutes 59 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Joseph Szigeti | |||||
| 7. |
Slavonic Dances (8) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 46/B 78: no 1 in C major, Furiant by Antonín Dvorák | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin),
Andor Foldes (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1878; Bohemia |
Date of Recording: 03/21/1941 Venue: New York City Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Fritz Kreisler | |||||
| 8. |
Slavonic Dances (8) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 72/B 145: no 2 in E minor by Antonín Dvorák | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin),
Andor Foldes (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1886; Bohemia |
Date of Recording: 11/24/1941 Venue: New York City Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Fritz Kreisler | |||||
| 9. |
Scčnes de la Csárda no 3, Op. 18 "Maros vize" by Jenö Hubay | ||||
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Performer:
Andor Foldes (Piano),
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Period: Romantic Written: circa 1882-1883; Hungary |
Date of Recording: 11/24/1941 Venue: New York City Length: 6 Minutes 46 Secs. |
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| 10. |
Háry János, Op. 15: Suite - no 5, Intermezzo by Zoltán Kodály | ||||
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Performer:
Andor Foldes (Piano),
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1927; Hungary |
Date of Recording: 11/24/1941 Venue: New York City Length: 4 Minutes 27 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Joseph Szigeti | |||||
| 11. |
Hungarian Dances (21) for Orchestra, WoO 1: no 5 in G minor by Johannes Brahms | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin),
Andor Foldes (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1868-1880; Austria |
Date of Recording: 11/24/1941 Venue: New York City Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Joseph Joachim | |||||
| 12. |
Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: no 9, Sumaré by Darius Milhaud | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin),
Anton Farkas (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1920-1921; France |
Date of Recording: 06/05/1940 Venue: New York City Length: 1 Minutes 49 Secs. |
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| 13. |
El sombrero de tres picos: Miller's Dance "Farruca" by Manuel de Falla | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin),
Anton Farkas (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1919; Spain |
Date of Recording: 06/05/1940 Venue: New York City Length: 2 Minutes 10 Secs. |
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| 14. |
Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Conductor: Bruno Walter Orchestra/Ensemble: British Symphony Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1806; Vienna, Austria |
Date of Recording: 04/18/1932 Venue: Central Hall, Westminster, London Length: 41 Minutes 41 Secs. |
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| 15. |
Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1844; Germany |
Date of Recording: 09/1933 Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London Length: 27 Minutes 0 Secs. |
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| 16. |
Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1: no 9 in E major "La chasse" by Niccolň Paganini | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Period: Romantic Written: circa 1805; Italy |
Date of Recording: 09/28/1933 Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs. |
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| 17. |
Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 19 by Sergei Prokofiev | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1916-1917; Russia |
Date of Recording: 08/23/1935 Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London Length: 20 Minutes 48 Secs. |
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| 18. |
Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1: no 2 in B minor by Niccolň Paganini | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Period: Romantic Written: circa 1805; Italy |
Date of Recording: 08/23/1935 Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs. |
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| 19. |
Concerto for Violin by Ernest Bloch | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Conductor: Willem Mengelberg Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1937-1938; Switzerland |
Date of Recording: 11/09/1939 Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands Length: 36 Minutes 41 Secs. |
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| 20. |
Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz 111 by Béla Bartók | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin),
Benny Goodman (Clarinet),
Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1938; Budapest, Hungary |
Date of Recording: 05/1940 Venue: World Broadcasting Studios, NYC Length: 16 Minutes 58 Secs. |
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| 21. |
Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major, HWV 371/Op. 1 no 13 by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Performer:
Nikita Magaloff (Piano),
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Period: Baroque Written: circa 1750; London, England |
Date of Recording: 03/02/1937 Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London Length: 13 Minutes 13 Secs. |
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| 22. |
Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108 by Johannes Brahms | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin),
Egon Petri (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1886-1888; Austria |
Date of Recording: 12/08/1937 Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London Length: 22 Minutes 58 Secs. |
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| 23. |
Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: no 7, Corcovado by Darius Milhaud | ||||
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Performer:
Kurt Ruhrseitz (Piano),
Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1920-1921; France |
Date of Recording: 07/09/1926 Venue: Petty France Studios, London, England Length: 2 Minutes 10 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Claude Levy | |||||
| 24. |
Baal shem by Ernest Bloch | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin),
Andor Foldes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1923; USA |
Date of Recording: 06/04/1940 Venue: Liederkranz Hall, New York City Length: 13 Minutes 20 Secs. |
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| 25. |
Duo concertant for Violin and Piano by Igor Stravinsky | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin),
Igor Stravinsky (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1931-1932; France |
Date of Recording: 10/1945 Venue: Warner Brothers Studios, Hollywood, CA Length: 15 Minutes 26 Secs. |
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| 26. |
Pastorale for Violin, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon by Igor Stravinsky | ||||
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Performer:
Robert McGinnis (Clarinet),
Sol Schoenbach (Bassoon),
Joseph Szigeti (Violin),
Mitchell Miller (Oboe), Bert Gassman (English Horn) Conductor: Igor Stravinsky Period: 20th Century Written: 1933; France |
Date of Recording: 02/09/1946 Venue: Columbia Studios, New York City Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs. |
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| 27. |
Chanson russe for Violin and Piano by Igor Stravinsky | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin),
Igor Stravinsky (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1937; France |
Date of Recording: 05/09/1946 Venue: Columbia Studios, New York City Length: 4 Minutes 27 Secs. |
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| 28. |
Le printemps for Violin and Piano, Op. 18 by Darius Milhaud | ||||
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Performer:
Joseph Szigeti (Violin),
Kurt Ruhrseitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1914; France |
Date of Recording: 07/01/1927 Venue: Petty France Studios, London, England Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs. |
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