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 Joseph Szigeti - Violin
Release Date: 10/02/2001 
Label:  Andante   Catalog #: 2990   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Johann Sebastian BachGiuseppe TartiniPeter WarlockAntonín DvorákJenö Hubay
Zoltán KodályJohannes BrahmsDarius MilhaudManuel de Falla
Ludwig van BeethovenFelix MendelssohnNiccolň PaganiniSergei Prokofiev
Ernest BlochBéla BartókGeorge Frideric HandelIgor Stravinsky

Performer:  Joseph SzigetiNikita MagaloffAndor FoldesAnton FarkasBenny Goodman
Béla BartókEgon PetriKurt RuhrseitzIgor Stravinsky
Robert McGinnisSol SchoenbachMitchell MillerBert Gassman

Conductor:  Fritz StiedryBruno WalterSir Thomas BeechamWillem MengelbergIgor Stravinsky

Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Friends of Music OrchestraOrchestraBritish Symphony OrchestraLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Number of Discs: 4 
Recorded in: Mono 
Length: 4 Hours 57 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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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
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052 by Johann Sebastian Bach
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. 
Notes: Arranged: Robert Reitz 
2.  Concerto for Violin in D minor, D 45 by Giuseppe Tartini
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. 
Notes: Arranged: Pente, then Joseph Szigeti 
3.  Concerto for Violin in G minor, BWV 1056: 2nd movement, Largo by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Joseph Szigeti (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Date of Recording: 12/06/1937 
Venue:  London, England 
Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Joseph Szigeti 
4.  Capriol Suite: 1st movement, Basse danse by Peter Warlock
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. 
Notes: Arranged: Joseph Szigeti 
5.  Capriol Suite: 2nd movement, Pavane by Peter Warlock
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. 
Notes: Arranged: Joseph Szigeti 
6.  Capriol Suite: 6th movement, Mattachins by Peter Warlock
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. 
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
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. 
Notes: Arranged: Fritz Kreisler 
8.  Slavonic Dances (8) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 72/B 145: no 2 in E minor by Antonín Dvorák
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. 
Notes: Arranged: Fritz Kreisler 
9.  Scčnes de la Csárda no 3, Op. 18 "Maros vize" by Jenö Hubay
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. 
10.  Háry János, Op. 15: Suite - no 5, Intermezzo by Zoltán Kodály
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. 
Notes: Arranged: Joseph Szigeti 
11.  Hungarian Dances (21) for Orchestra, WoO 1: no 5 in G minor by Johannes Brahms
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. 
Notes: Arranged: Joseph Joachim 
12.  Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: no 9, Sumaré by Darius Milhaud
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. 
13.  El sombrero de tres picos: Miller's Dance "Farruca" by Manuel de Falla
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. 
14.  Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven
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. 
15.  Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn
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. 
16.  Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1: no 9 in E major "La chasse" by Niccolň Paganini
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. 
17.  Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 19 by Sergei Prokofiev
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. 
18.  Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1: no 2 in B minor by Niccolň Paganini
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. 
19.  Concerto for Violin by Ernest Bloch
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. 
20.  Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz 111 by Béla Bartók
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. 
21.  Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major, HWV 371/Op. 1 no 13 by George Frideric Handel
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. 
22.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108 by Johannes Brahms
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. 
23.  Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: no 7, Corcovado by Darius Milhaud
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. 
Notes: Arranged: Claude Levy 
24.  Baal shem by Ernest Bloch
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. 
25.  Duo concertant for Violin and Piano by Igor Stravinsky
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. 
26.  Pastorale for Violin, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon by Igor Stravinsky
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. 
27.  Chanson russe for Violin and Piano by Igor Stravinsky
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. 
28.  Le printemps for Violin and Piano, Op. 18 by Darius Milhaud
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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