CD1
1. Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) - Preludium and Allegro for Violin and Piano 5:39
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) - Sonata in G minor 'Trillo del Diavolo' for Violin and Piano 15:16 *
2. I. Larghetto 3:15
3. II. Allegro moderato 2:49
4. III. Adagio 3:31
5. IV. Allegro assai 5:38
6. Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) - Mose-Fantasia. Variations on the G string on the theme by Rossini 5:43
7. William Kroll (1901-1980) - Banjo and Fiddle 3:03
8. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Habanera (Vocalise-étude en forme de Habanera) 2:57
9. Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) - Zigeunerweisen, Op.20 No.1 8:28
10. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) / arr. Fritz Kreisler - Hungarian Dance No.17 4:19
Béla Bartók (1881-1954) / arr. Zoltán Székely - Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 6:29 *
11. I. Bot tánc / Jocul cu bata. Allegro moderato 1:25
12. II. Brâul. Allegro 0:32
13. III. Topogó / Pe-loc. Andante 1:20
14. IV. Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana. Moderato 1:42
15. V. Román polka / Poarga Romaneasca. Allegro 0:29
16. VI. Aprózó / Măruntel. Allegro 0:58
17. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) - Saltarello (from the Symphony No.4, arr. for violin and piano) 4:58 *
18. Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) - Mythes. Three Poemes for Violin and Piano, Op.30 - I. La fontaine dÁréthuse 5:25 *
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) / arr. Samuel Dushkin - Divertimento (from Le baiser de la fée, arr. for violin and piano) 16:37
19. I. Sinfonia (att.) 6:06
20. II. Danses suisses 4:10
21. III. Scherzo 2:51
22. IV. Pas de deux. Adagio - Variation - Coda 3:26
CD2
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Sonata No. 7 in C minor for Violin and Piano, Op.30 No.2 28:02 *
1. I. Allegro con brio 7:59
2. II. Adagio cantabile 11:53
3. III. Scherzo. Allegro 2:55
4. IV. Finale. Allegro - Presto 5:02
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata No. 8 in G major for Violin and Piano, Op.30 No.3 15:22 *
5. I. Allegro assai 4:06
6. II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso 7:59
7. III. Allegro vivace 3:13
Sonata No. 9 in A major 'Kreutzer' for Violin and Piano, Op.47 31:00 *
8. I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto 11:26
9. II. Andante con variazioni 12:59
10. III. Finale. Presto 6:25
CD3
1. Ludwig van Beethoven - Romance in G major for Violin and Piano, Op.40 7:48 *
2. Ludwig van Beethoven - Romance in F major for Violin and Piano, Op.50 10:28 *
3. Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880) - Scherzo - Tarantelle, Op.16 4:36
4. Henryk Wieniawski - Mazurka - Obertass, Op.19 No.1 1:59 *
5. Henryk Wieniawski - Polonaise de Concert in D major, Op.4 4:34 *
Béla Bartók - Sonata No.2 for Violin and Piano, Sz 76 21:04 *
6. I. Molto moderato (att.) 8:32
7. II. Allegretto 12:31
Igor Stravinsky - Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra 20:11 *
8. I. Toccata 5:13
9. II. Aria I 4:07
10. III. Aria II 4:47
11. IV. Capriccio 5:51
12. Maurice Ravel - Tzigane. Concert Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra 10:52
CD4
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op.61 43:18
1. I. Allegro ma non troppo 23:39
2. II. Larghetto 10:26
3. III. Rondo. Allegro 9:06
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) - Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op.47 (1903) 32:30
4. I. Allegro moderato 15:14
5. II. Adagio di molto 10:04
6. III. Allegro ma non troppo 7:07
CD5
Edouard Lalo (1823-1892) - Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra, Op.21 32:40
1. I. Allegro non troppo 7:44
2. II. Scherzando. Allegro molto 4:19
3. III. Intermezzo. Allegretto non troppo 6:32
4. IV. Andante 6:35
5. V. Rondo. Allegro 7:19
6. Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) - Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op.82 20:23
Henryk Wieniawski - Concerto No.2 in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op.22 22:39
7. I. Allegro moderato 11:43
8. II. Romance. Andante non troppo 4:44
9. III. Finale. Allegro con fuoco - Allegro moderato (a la Zingara) 6:04
* first time on CD
Ida Haendel violin, Alfréd Holeček piano
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Karel Ančerl
Prague Symphony Orchestra, conductor Václav Smetáček
Live recordings: Recorded in Prague at the Dvořák Hall of the Rudolfinum, January 7, 1957 (CD1/11-17, CD3/4), October 18, 1957 (CD4), October 1, 1960 (CD2/1-7, CD3/1-2), at the Prague Spring International Music Festival at the Rudolfinum, May 15, 1962 (CD1/18, CD2/8-10, CD3/5-7) and at the Smetana Hall of the Municipal House, May 13, 1962 (CD3/8-11)
Studio recordings: Recorded in Prague at the Domovina Studio, October 24, 1957 (CD1/19-22), May 10-11, 1962 (CD1/1-10, CD3/3), at the Dvořák Hall of the Rudolfinum, March 25-27, 1964 (CD3/12, CD5/1-5), March 29, 1965 (CD5/7-9), April 1-2, 1965 (CD5/6)
Such attributes as charismatic, singular, exceptional are somewhat overused today. Yet in the case of Ida Haendel they are justified. Born in 1928 into a Polish Jewish family, she was a child prodigy, playing Beethoven's violin concerto at the age of five... and leading master classes in London at the age of 85. After her Prague debut in 1957, she returned to the city throughout the 1960s, either to give concerts (most frequently with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karel Ančerl, and exclusively accompanied by the pianist Alfréd Holeček at chamber recitals) or to work in a studio. The present album features the complete live and studio recordings Ida Haendel made in Prague until 1965 deposited in the Supraphon and Czech Radio archives, with a number of them being released for the very first time. Alongside "virtuoso pieces" and sonatas, the CDs include concertos by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Wieniawski, as well as her "flagship" Sibelius. When listening, you will have no doubts as to the veracity of Ida Haendel's seemingly immodest statement "I am the violin..."
Ida Haendel radiates an elemental, ecstatic musicality, one peculiar to Gypsy virtuosos, yet refined into a perfectly cultivated form.
(Supraphon 2014)
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