Notes and Editorial Reviews
The Moravian Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst is a dazzling example of the nineteenth-century violinist-composer, of whom the greatest was Ernst’s sometime rival, Paganini. Indeed it was the Italian who persuaded Ernst to follow the life of a touring virtuoso, in which role he was to perform with the greatest musicians in Europe, earning the admiration of men such as Chopin and Mendelssohn. The Elégie sur la mort d’un objet chéri, mentioned by Tolstoy in The Kreutzer Sonata, was one of the best-known violin works of the century, and the Polyphonic Studies offer a compendium of violin technique on a par with the works of Paganini himself.
The Moravian Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst is a dazzling example of the nineteenth-century violinist-composer, of whom the greatest was Ernst’s sometime rival, Paganini. Indeed it was the Italian who persuaded Ernst to follow the life of a touring virtuoso, in which role he was to perform with the greatest musicians in Europe, earning the admiration of men such as Chopin and Mendelssohn. The Elégie sur la mort d’un objet chéri, mentioned by Tolstoy in The Kreutzer Sonata, was one of the best-known violin works of the century, and the Polyphonic Studies offer a compendium of violin technique on a par with the works of Paganini himself. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Variations brillantes sur un thème de Rossini, Op. 4 by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Performer:
Josef Spacek (Violin),
Gordon Back (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829-1830
2.
Polyphonic Studies (6) for Violin solo by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Performer:
Josef Spacek (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Moravia, Czech Repub
3.
Le roi des aulnes, Op. 26 "Der Erlkönig" by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Performer:
Josef Spacek (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1854; Moravia, Czech Repub
4.
Elégie for Violin in C minor, Op. 10 "Sur la mort d'un objet chéri" by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Performer:
Josef Spacek (Violin),
Gordon Back (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1840; Moravia, Czech Repub
5.
L'art de phraser, Op. 16: no 14 in D flat major by Stephen Heller
Performer:
Josef Spacek (Violin),
Gordon Back (Piano)
Notes: Arrangement: Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
6.
Trio pour un violin by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Performer:
Josef Spacek (Violin)
7.
Variations on "Le Carnaval de Venise", Op. 18 by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Performer:
Josef Spacek (Violin),
Gordon Back (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Sound Samples
Le roi des aulnes, Op. 26 (after Schubert's Erlkonig)
Variations brilliantes sur un Theme de Rossini, Op. 4
6 Mehrstimmige Studien (6 Polyphonic Studies): Etude No. 1 in F major: Rondino scherzo
6 Mehrstimmige Studien (6 Polyphonic Studies): Etude No. 2 in A major: Allegretto
6 Mehrstimmige Studien (6 Polyphonic Studies): Etude No. 3 in E major: Terzetto
6 Mehrstimmige Studien (6 Polyphonic Studies): Etude No. 4 in C major: Allegro risoluto
6 Mehrstimmige Studien (6 Polyphonic Studies): Etude No. 5 in E flat major: Air de Ballet
6 Mehrstimmige Studien (6 Polyphonic Studies): Etude No. 6 in G major, "Die letze Rose" (The Last Rose of Summer): Moderato
L'art de phraser, Op. 16 (arr. H.W. Ernst for violin and piano): L'art de phraser, Op. 16: No. 14 in D flat major (arr. H.W. Ernst for violin and piano)
Elegie sur la mort d'un objet cheri (with Introduction by L. Spohr)
Le Carnaval de Venise, Op. 18, "Variations burlesques sur la canzonetta Cara mia mamma"
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Gift May 8, 2013
By Robert Michonski (Cypress, TX) See All My Reviews
"This was purchased as a gift and I have not listened to this CD. My friend is an audio file with a collection that must easily exceed 10,000 records and CDs. The game is to find something he probably doesn't have. I chose this recording for two reasons: 1) Its by someone I had never heard of despite the fact that he had been a favorite performer of Chopin and Mendelssohn. 2) In his prime, Ernst was very popular and ranked with Paganini as a virtuoso."
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