Friedemann Eichhorn – Encores & more

Artists: Friedemann Eichhorn

Title: Encores & more

Catalogue No.: SM 130

Release: 20.11.2009

Description

During the first part of the 20th century, short characteristic pieces, which these days are almost only performed as encores, played an important part for the violinist. Following a mostly Baroque “warm-up piece” and a well known violin sonata from the classical or romantic repertoire – sometimes a violin concerto was played alternatively with a piano accompaniment (!) – artists such as Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler or Mischa Elman arranged the second part of their recitals preferably with those charming, artistic and expressive pieces, which are characterised by a uniform, concise musical atmosphere.

This recording was made on the occasion of a 12 part concert series for violin and piano which the artists performed in the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums in Mannheim in 1997 and 1998.

The idea was to introduce one musical cultural region at each concert. The titles of the programmes were as follow: Vienna, Bohemia and Moravia, France, Italy, Scandinavia, Hungary, Belgium, Russia, Spain, Poland, England and America. The first CD presents the Hungarian concert, the second CD combines selected works from the other programmes.

Tracklist

CD 1

01 le Canari Konzertpolka – MYRON POLIAKIN

Grand Duo concertnt Searle 128 sur la Romance de M. Lafont “Le Marin” – FRANZ LISZT
02 Lento assai-Animato, quasi Allegro
03 Andantino
04 Variation I
05 Variation II
06 Variation III
07 Variation IV
08 Finale Animato marziale

09 Valse triste – FRANZ VON VECSEY

Rumänische Volkstänze – BELA BARTOK
10 Allegro moderato
11 Allegro
12 Andante
13 Molto moderato
14 Allegro
15 Allegro – Piu allegro

Hejre Kati Scenes de la Csarda No. 4 op. 32 – JENO HUBAY
16 Lento ma non troppo – Allegro moderato
17 Allegro molto

18 Adagio – ZOLTAN KODALY
19 Pizzicato-Walzer – GEORGES BOULANGER
20 Czardas – VITTORIO MONTI

CD 2

01 Hopak – MODEST MUSSORGSKIJ
02 Danse espagnole – MANUEL DE FALLA
03 Daisies – SERGEJ RACHMANINOFF
04 It Ain’t Necessarily So – GEORGE GERSHWIN
05 La Capricieuse op. 17

Suite populaire espangole – MANUEL DE FALLA
06 El pano moruno
07 Nana
08 Cancion
09 Polo
10 Asturiana
11 Jota

12 Kleiner Wiener Marsch – FRITZ KREISLER
13 Syncopation – FRITZ KREISLER
14 Playera op. 23 Nr. 1 – PABLO DE SARASATE
15 Kujawiak – HENRI WIENIAWSKI
16 Piece en forme d’Habanera – MAURICE RAVEL
17 Im Stille von Albeniz – RODION SCHTSCHEDRIN
18 Präludium op. 34 Nr. 13 – DIMITRI SCHOSTAKOWITSCH
19 Präludium op. 34 Nr. 17 – DIMITRI SCHOSTAKOWITSCH
20 Allegro – JOSEPH-HECTOR FIOCCO
21 Romanze – ALEKSANDER ZARZYCKI
22 Säbeltanz – ARAM CHATSCHATURJAN