Joseph Szigeti Plays Bach, Brahms & Vaughan Williams

Release Date: 2nd Feb 2024
Catalogue No: 85041-2
Label: Biddulph
Length: 64 minutes

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Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006

Work length17:50

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Joseph Szigeti (violin), Carlo Bussotti (piano)

I. Preludio

Track length3:51

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II. Loure

Track length3:05

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III. Gavotte en rondeaux

Track length3:17

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IV. Minuet I

Track length1:28

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V. Minuet II

Track length2:59

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VI. Bourée

Track length1:10

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VII. Gigue

Track length2:00

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Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

Work length22:20

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Joseph Szigeti (violin), Carlo Bussotti (piano)

I. Allegro

Track length8:00

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II. Adagio

Track length5:22

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III. Un poco presto e con sentimento

Track length3:04

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IV. Presto agitato

Track length5:54

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Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata in A minor

Work length23:58

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Joseph Szigeti (violin), Carlo Bussotti (piano)

I. Fantasia: Allegro giusto

Track length7:47

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II. Scherzo: Allegro furioso ma non troppo

Track length6:06

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III. Tema con Variazioni: Andante

Track length10:05

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"Joseph Szigeti is acknowledged as one of the most eloquent and thought-provoking violinists of the 20th century. This CD offers live performances by the violinist, accompanied by Carlo Bussotti, from a recital given in Seattle, Washington, in 1955. It includes Bach’s Violin Partita No.3 in E, Brahms’s Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor and Vaughan-Williams’s Violin Sonata in A minor. Szigeti’s performances of the classical masterworks was unparalleled. His Bach interpretations were so renowned that Eugène Ysaÿe dedicated his first unaccompanied sonata to his younger colleague in acknowledgement of his affinity with the Leipzig master. And Szigeti had a direct connection to Brahms through his teacher Jenö Hubay, who gave the premiere of the Brahms Sonata (with the composer at the piano) that Szigeti plays on this CD. An ardent champion of 20th-century works, Szigeti promoted works by his contemporaries. In fact, he created a three-concert recital series entitled ‘Eleven Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century’ that he performed throughout the late 1950s. Although Szigeti made commercial recordings of ten of the eleven works in this series, he never recorded the Vaughan-Williams Sonata in A minor. This CD offers not only the premiere of Szigeti’s performance of the Vaughan-Williams Sonata, but also the first release of his live 1955 renditions of the Bach E-major Partita and Brahms D-minor Sonata."

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