SKU: HL.14014775

SKU: BO.B.2221

SKU: BT.EMBZ810

English-German-Hungarian.

Ferenc Vecsey (1893-1935) was one of the greatest virtuoso violinists of the early twentieth century. He was soon noticed as a child prodigy, and after his early violin lessons from his father, he became a pupil of Hubay. His first known public appearance was at the age of 6 in Tátraszéplak (Tatranská Polianka), and a few years later in Berlin he made his debut abroad. There he heard the elderly maestro József Joachim, who was astonished at the talented boy's playing. So started the young Vecsey's performing career: he gave a dozen or so concerts in Germany, then followed a series of concert tours all over the world (in 1906 in Spain, Bartók was his accompanist). From1907, his permanent place of residence between concerts was Berlin, where he began to study harmony and counterpoint. Soon he began composing himself, mainly writing virtuoso pieces for his own concerts, of which the Valse triste became the most famous. Other musicians were also happy to include this short character piece in their programmes.Vecsey later settled in Italy. He died unexpectedly at the young age of 42.

SKU: HL.978474

ISBN 9781638871361. UPC: 196288090922. 9.0x12.0x0.102 inches.

This one of a kind album pairs two of the most performed Ave Maria's for violin and piano, meticulously edited by Jascha Heifetz' protege, Endre Granat. The first of these is Schubert's melody, which was originally composed as a setting of a song from Walter Scott's popular narrative poem The Lady of the Lake, titled, “Ellen's Third Song” (Ellens dritter Gesang). The opening words and refrain of Ellen's song, namely “Ave Maria” (Latin for “Hail Mary”), may have led to the idea of adapting Schubert's melody as a setting for the full text of the traditional Roman Catholic prayer. The Latin version of the song is now so frequently used with Schubert's melody that it has led to the misconception that he originally wrote the melody as a setting for the “Ave Maria.” The second Ave Maria in this collection was created when Gounod famously improvised the melody over the background of J.S. Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846, from The Well-Tempered Clavier. Gounod's beatiful improvisation was transcribed by his future father-in-law Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, which was published with the Bach keyboard accompaniment in 1835 under the title “Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach.” Alongside Schubert's version, the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria has become a fixture at funerals, wedding masses, and quinceañeras. Both works have been recorded hundreds of times during the twentieth century.

SKU: HL.49005248

ISBN 9790001056403.

SKU: HL.139709

UPC: 888680038588. 8.5x11.0x0.102 inches.

Subtitled “Homage a J.B.,” one can hear the clear influence of Johannes Brahms in the lush strains of Vali's three songs for violin and piano.

SKU: LM.J31013

ISBN 9790231705218.

RAMEAU : Menuet - CAIX D'HERVELOIS : Air gai - MOZART : Allegretto - FORQUERAY : Rigaudon - SCHUMANN : Reverie - SCHUBERT : Moment musical - WAGNER : Les Maitres Chanteurs - MENDELSSOHN : Romance - CORELLI : Grave - LECLAIR J. M. : Sarabande - TARTINI : Andante cantabile - SCHUBERT : La truite. (recueil en 1ere, 2eme, 3eme et 5eme position, sauf l'Andante Cantabile de Tartini : positions 1 a 6).

SKU: HL.48022861

9.0x12.0x0.018 inches.

Elite Edition 3354.

SKU: HL.49004568

ISBN 9790001047869.