Joseph Achron

(1886-1943)

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Joseph Achron: Complete Suites for Violin & Piano

Joseph Achron: Complete Suites for Violin & Piano


Achron, J:

Hebrew Melody, Op. 33

Hebrew Pieces (2), Op. 35

Eli Zion

Prelude, Op. 13

Souvenir de Varsovie, Op. 14

Coquetterie, Op. 15

Serenade, Op. 17

Les sylphides, Op. 18

Berceuse, Op. 20

Dance Improvisation, Op. 37

Scher, Op. 42

Marchen, Op. 46

Liebeswidmung, Op. 51

Canzonetta , Op. 52 No. 2

Stimmungen (2), Op. 32

Stimmungen (2), Op. 36

Pastels (2), Op. 44

Stempenyu Suite

Suite No. 1 'en style ancien', Op. 21

Suite No. 2, Op. 22

Tableaux fantastiques (4) 'Suite No. 3', Op. 23

Suite bizarre 'Cycles des rythmes, Suite No. 4', Op. 41

Children's Suite, Op. 57

arr. Jascha Heifetz

Pensée de Leopold Auer

La romanesca


Hagai Shaham (violin) & Arnon Erez (piano)

Admired by Schoenberg (who described him as ‘one of the most underestimated of modern composers’), Joseph Achron was a boundary defying violinist-composer of extraordinary gifts. He drew on his Jewish faith to profound effect, from the early influence of his cantor father to his enthusiastic championing of the Society for Jewish Folk Music (which did for Jewish music what Bartók did for Eastern European folk culture). It’s hardly surprising that much of Achron’s music is for violin—he was a consummate player himself and a prolific recitalist. But what’s striking is how varied and exploratory his output is, delighting in experimentation, as the wonderfully named Suite bizarre demonstrates, just as much as the direct emotionalism of his transcriptions of Hebraic melodies. Who better to present this music than two artists steeped in similar traditions to Achron: Hagai Shaham and Arnon Erez.

“Shaham and Erez deliver outstandingly committed performances, revelling in the music's virtuosity, fantasy and heightened intensity of expression.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2012 *****

“Arnon Erez's highly expressive, colourful playing brings out all their harmonic and textural subtleties. I'm sure this experienced team's sensitive collaboration would have delighted the composer. If you know Achron's music, you'll want to acquire this set; if he's new to you, I can assure you he's well worth investigating.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2012

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Itzhak Perlman - Violin Encores

Itzhak Perlman - Violin Encores


Achron, J:

Hebrew Melody, Op. 33

Albéniz:

Sevilla (from Suite Española, Op. 47)

Arensky:

Serenade for Violin & Piano, Op. 30 No. 2

Bazzini:

La Ronde des lutins, Op. 25

Castelnuovo-Tedesco:

Tango

Debussy:

La plus que lente

Petite Suite: Menuet

Golliwog's Cakewalk (from Children's Corner)

Petite Suite: En bateau

Drigo:

Valse Bluette for Viola & Piano

Elgar:

Salut d'amour, Op. 12

Fauré:

Berceuse, Op. 16

Foster, S:

I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair

Gershwin:

It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)

Preludes (3)

Godowsky:

Triakontameron No. 11 'Alt Wien'

Grasse, E:

Wellenspiel (Waves at Play)

Halffter, E:

Danza de la gitana

Mendelssohn:

Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 1 in E major 'Sweet Remembrance'

Paganini:

Sonata for violin & guitar in E minor, Op. 3 No. 6

Rachmaninov:

Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor

Melody, Op. 21 No. 9

How fair this spot, Op. 21 No. 7

Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14

Rameau:

Rigaudon

Ravel:

Valses nobles et sentimentales No. 6 in C major

Valses nobles et sentimentales No. 7 in A minor

Rimsky Korsakov:

Flight of the Bumble Bee

Sarasate:

Danza Española No. 4: Jota Navarra, Op. 22, No. 2

Danza Española No. 2: Habanera, Op. 21, No. 2

Danza Española No. 5: Playera Op. 23 No. 1

Schumann:

The Prophet Bird Op. 82 No. 7

Stravinsky:

Chanson Russe

Suk:

Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 17: Nos. 3 & 4

Taeye:

Humoresque

Tchaikovsky:

Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: Mélodie in E flat major

trad.:

Deep River

Vale, F:

Prelude No. 15 'Ao pé da fogueira'

Wieniawski:

Polonaise brilliante No. 2 in A major, Op. 21

Mazurka in G major, Op. 19 No. 1 'Obertas'

Polonaise brilliante No. 1 in D major, Op. 4

Scherzo-Tarantelle in G minor, Op. 16


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Nigunim: Hebrew Melodies

Nigunim: Hebrew Melodies


Achron, J:

Hebrew Melody, Op. 33

version for violin and piano

Hebrew Pieces (2), Op. 35

arr. for violin and piano

Bloch, E:

Baal Shem

version for violin and piano

Bonime:

Danse Hebraique

Dorman:

Violin Sonata No. 3 'Nigunim'

Williams, John:

Schindler's List: Jewish Town

arr. for violin and piano

Schindler's List - theme

arr. for violin and piano

Schindler's List: Remembrances

arr. for violin and piano

Zeitlin:

Eli Zion - paraphrase on a folk theme and trop of 'Song of Songs'

trans. Joseph Achron)


Gil Shaham (violin) & Orli Shaham (piano)

Siblings Gil and Orli Shahams’ new release 'Nigunim' is a wonderful and thought provoking offering of Hebrew melodies. Jewish folk music has always played an integral part in the Shaham’s life - as a small child, Gil fondly remembers hearing Achron’s Hebrew Melody being sung by his grandparents in Jerusalem. This music, more often than not, vividly evokes troubled origins, the music providing an escape of sorts and the violin the perfect voice which transcends the world from which they sprang. “One very powerful aspect of this music is its soulfulness”, Orli Shaham says; “Regardless of your background, I don’t think you can listen to it without feeling that connection”.

This release includes masterpieces by Ernest Bloch, Joseph Achron and Leo Zeitlin. They all started their musical lives as child prodigy violinists, as their idiomatic writing for the violin might suggest.

The centrepiece of the disc comes from the work sharing the album’s title Nigunim. Commissioned by Gil and Orli from Israeli composer Avner Dorman, it shares the universal appeal of the wordless melodies on which it was named. Unlike Bloch, Achron and Zeitlin, Dorman is a composer/pianist and this can be clearly heard in the equality he gives the piano in this engaging 4 movement violin sonata. “He has created a masterpiece and in my experience everybody who hears the piece falls in love with it – they’re electrified by it”, Gil explains. Indeed, when he performed the work, San Diego Today affirmed that “it was hard to miss [its] visceral excitement and structural elegance”, the Boston Globe admiring the “uncommonly intriguing sounds”.

John Williams is the only composer here who does not share the Shahams’ Jewish heritage, but his mastery in the score Schindler’s List is such that, according to Orli, in this piece “he has absolutely captured the feeling of ghetto life and what that looked like and how people interacted … the pieces included here are so authentic that they are a part of this tradition”.

Orli and Gil’s musical partnership is a lifelong one. The violinist recounts: “Orli and I used to play together at home when we were kids, but we didn’t give concerts together until we were in our 20s”. In addition to countless concert appearances, in the recording studio their collaborations include two previous Canary Classics recordings, The Prokofiev Album (CC02) and Mozart in Paris (CC01) and Dvorák for Two (Deutsche Grammophon).

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Shostakovich & Weinberg: Le Violon de Rothschild

Shostakovich & Weinberg: Le Violon de Rothschild


Achron, J:

Hebrew Melody, Op. 33

Goldfaden:

Raisins et amandes

Perlman:

Ghetto Sketches No. 1: Hebraïsch

Shostakovich:

Violin Sonata, Op. 134

trad.:

Melodie hebraique

Weinberg:

Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 5, Op. 53


Lyonel Schmit (violin) & Julien Guénebaut (piano)

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Of the Hungarian and Jewish Soul

Of the Hungarian and Jewish Soul


Achron, J:

Lullaby, Op. 35 No. 2

arr. Auer

Dance Improvisation, Op. 37

Bloch, E:

Nigun (Baal Shem No. 2)

Brahms:

Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F sharp minor

arr. Kreisler

Hubay:

Scène de la csárda No. 5 'Hullámzó Balaton', Op. 33

Six Pieces Op. 121: Preghiera

Scène de la csárda No. 4 'Hejre Kati', Op. 32

Liszt:

Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor

arr. Windsperger

Perlman:

Israeli Concertino in A minor

Ravel:

Deux mélodies hébraïques


Duo Edan (Edua Zadory - violin, Anastasiia Dombrovska - piano)

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Sounds of Defiance

Sounds of Defiance

Music of Shostakovitch, Schnittke, Pärt & Achron


Achron, J:

Hebrew Melody, Op. 33

Lullaby, Op. 35 No. 2

Pärt:

Spiegel im Spiegel

Schnittke:

Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano

Shostakovich:

Violin Sonata, Op. 134


Yevgeny Kutik (violin) & Timothy Bozarth (piano)

The works on this album by Dmitri Shostakovich, Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt, and Joseph Achron were all written amidst the tremendous social upheavals of the 20th century. However, no matter how turbulent, resigned, even angry some of these scores may seem, they each convey a sense of searching for faith – faith in God, faith in the human spirit, faith in art. The featured artists are the outstanding young Russian violinist Yevgeny Kutik, and the pianist Timothy Bazarth.

Alfred Schnittke was a bold experimenter, always pushing musical boundaries, and his Sonata No. 1 is one of his most expressive pieces. The Hebrew Lullaby and Hebrew Melody by Joseph Achron radiate tremendous emotional depth, and convey an intense feeling of longing and pain. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Sonata is a monumental and challenging work that epitomizes the unbearable pressure and struggles he endured in the Soviet Union, whereas Arvo Pärt’s beautiful Spiegel im Spiegel exists on a plain of mystical and spiritual calm.

Yevgeny Kutik has been hailed for his dazzling command of the violin and its repertoire, as well as a communicative immediacy that harkens back to the legendary Romantic masters. Of his New York City orchestral debut, The New York Times wrote that his violin projected “an old-fashioned rhapsodic style, which was magnified by his rich, sweet tone.”

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Mischa Elman: The 1961 BBC Recitals

Mischa Elman: The 1961 BBC Recitals


Achron, J:

Hebrew Melody, Op. 33

Bach, J S:

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String')

arr. Wilhelmj

Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E, BWV1006: Gavotte

Beethoven:

Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 'Spring'

Brahms:

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78

Espéjo:

Airs tsiganes, Op. 14

Handel:

Sonata in D major for violin and continuo, HWV371, Op. 1 No. 13

Kreisler:

Schön Rosmarin

Smetana:

From the Homeland: No. 2 ­ Andantino

Vitali, T:

Chaconne in G minor

arr. David


Mischa Elman (violin) with Joseph Seiger (piano)

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Renato De Barbieri: The Historical HMV Recordings 1956

Renato De Barbieri: The Historical HMV Recordings 1956

Studio Recordings, 1956


Achron, J:

Hebrew Melody, Op. 33

Castelnuovo-Tedesco:

Alt Wien

Dinicu:

Hora Staccato

Arr. Heifetz

Elgar:

La Capricieuse, Op. 17

Moszkowski:

Guitare, Op. 45. No. 2

Arr. Sarasate

Paganini:

Le Streghe, Op. 8, MS 19

Paradies:

Sicilienne

Prokofiev:

Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80

Ravel:

Tzigane

Schumann:

Romance in A major, Op. 94 No. 2

Wieniawski:

Polonaise brilliante No. 1 in D major, Op. 4


Renato De Barbieri (violin) & Tullio Macoggi (piano)

The present CD pays homage to the Italian great violinist Renato De Barbieri (Genova, 1920 – Trento, 1991), whose artistic life has regrettably been forgotten in these days. The careful digital remastering from the original LPs reveals the wholeness of his talent as virtuoso and performer. His gift is here enjoyable not only for works as Paganini’s Le Streghe and Ravel’s Tzigane but mainly also for twentieth century’s masterpiece Sonata n.1 per violino e pianoforte of Sergey Prokofiev.

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Solo Turban: Recital

Solo Turban: Recital


Achron, J:

Oh, du lieber Augustin

Grieg:

Lyric Pieces Op. 43: No. 1 - Butterfly

Kalliwoda:

Caprice

Kreisler:

Recitative & Scherzo Caprice, Op. 6

Mendelssohn:

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March

arr. Turban

Mersson:

Bravour-Variationen im klassischen Stil über das Thema 'Brüder, reicht die Hand zum Bunde' nach W.A. Mozart

Paganini:

Introduction & Variations on 'Nel cor più non mi sento' by Paisiello

Rodrigo:

Capriccio (Offrande à Sarasate)

Saint-Lubin:

Fantaisie sur un thème de Lucia di Lammermoor, Op. 46

Sivori:

Caprice

Soldan:

Quartett fur Violine solo

trad.:

Spanish Ballad

arr. Ricci

Turban:

Carmen-Caprice


Ingolf Turban (violin)

Ingolf Turban commands a repertoire of works, some of which have rarely been performed on stage or on CD. This recital comprises masterpieces for solo violin and reflects Ingolf Turban´s special preferences for unusual musical works and programmes.

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The Legacy of Cremona

The Legacy of Cremona

Ruggiero Ricci plays 18 Contemporary Violins


Achron, J:

Hebrew Melody, Op. 33

Violin by Alberto Giordano

Chopin:

Nocturne in C minor Op. post

trans. Ricci; violin by Patrick Robin

Dohnányi:

Andante Rubato alla Zingaresca

Violin by Luiz Bellini

Dvorak:

Romantic piece, Op. 75, No. 1

Violin by Samuel Zygmuntowicz

Kreisler:

Danse Espagnole (after Granados)

Violin by David Bagué

Liszt:

Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major

trans. N. Milstein; violin by William Muller

Nardini:

Sonata for violin & continuo in D major: Larghetto

Violin by Gregg Alf

Paganini:

Cantabile for violin & piano/guitar in D major, Op. 17, MS 109

Violin by Frédéric Chaudière

Rimsky Korsakov:

Song of the Hindu Guest (from Sadko)

trans. Kreisler; violin by Christoph Gotting

Sarasate:

Danza Española No. 1: Malagueña, Op. 21, No. 1

Violin by Roger Hargrave

Fantasy on Gounod's Faust, Op. 13: fragment

Violin by Roberto Regazzi

Schubert:

Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D343

Violin by Peter Greiner

Der Müller und der Bach (No. 19 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795)

trans. Ricci; violin by John Dilworth

Scott, C:

Lotus Land, Op. 47 No. 1 (W183)

arr. Kreisler; violin by Joseph Curtin

Sibelius:

Romance, Op. 78 No. 2

Violin by Primo Pistoni

Tchaikovsky:

Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6

Violin by R. Scrollavezza

Wagner:

Albumblatt (für Cosima Wagner)

arr. Wilhelmj; violin by Domenico Fantin

Wieniawski:

Fantaisie brillante on themes from Gounod's Faust, Op. 20: Garden Scene

Violin by Giancarlo Guicciardi


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