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)

Sony Classical is pleased to announce the release of 12 remastered 24bit albums of the recordings made between 1940 and 1956 for American Columbia by the renowned Hungarian violinist Joseph Szigeti. Szigeti had a remarkable career.

Born in 1892 in Budapest, where he studied with Jeno Hubay, one of most celebrated virtuosos and teachers of that golden era of violin playing, he was praised by the iconic German violinist Joseph Joachim at his Berlin debut in 1905; lived in London for several years following his acclaimed 1907 debut and played chamber music with, among others, Myra Hess and Ferruccio Busoni; was a frequent visitor after the war to the Soviet Union, where he introduced Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto; made his triumphant American debut at Carnegie Hall under Stokowski in 1925; toured the world during the 1930s before finally settling in the US in 1940. It was in that year that Szigeti renewed his friendship with fellow Hungarian émigré Béla Bartók, and in April the two gave a now-legendary recital in Washington which featured Bartók’s First Violin Rhapsody of 1928 - a work dedicated to and premiered by Szigeti in Europe.

In May 1940, Columbia recorded their interpretation of this “vehicle for Szigeti’s biting and wholly magnificent fiddling” (MusicWeb International) in New York. That performance appears here for the first time on album along with another important work by Bartók, the classic first recording of his Contrasts for clarinet, violin and piano, written for and performed with Szigeti and Benny Goodman. The rest of the new collection displays many more treasures of Szigeti’s passionate dedication to chamber music: in Bach, Handel, Tartini, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Dvorák, Debussy, Ravel, Bloch, Busoni, Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Henry Cowell, collaborating with such artists as Andor Foldes - another Hungarian émigré - as well as with Mieczyslaw Horzowski, Myra Hess, Pablo Casals and Igor Stravinsky.

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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