Favorite Violin Encores

Maria Theresia von Paradis (Composer), Fritz Kreisler (Composer), Enrique Granados (Composer), Francesco Maria Veracini (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Jean-Marie [1] Leclair (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer), Antonin Dvorak (Composer), Jules Massenet (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Edward Elgar (Composer), Gabriel Faure (Composer), Isaac Albeniz (Composer), Franz von Vecsey (Composer), Manuel Ponce (Composer), Jean Sibelius (Composer), Giovanni Pergolesi (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Maria Theresia von Paradis, Fritz Kreisler, Enrique Granados, Francesco Maria Veracini, Antonio Vivaldi, et al.
• Audio CD (October 17, 1995)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B0000041D4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,090 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sicilienne for keyboard in E flat

2. Rondo for violin & piano (transcription from Mozart's Haffner Serenade, K. 248b [K. 250])

3. Mélodie (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) for violin & piano (transcription of the Lento from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice)

4. Andaluza (Playera), for guitar or other instrument (arrangement of No. 5 of 12 Spanish Dances)

5. Schön Rosmarin, for violin & piano

6. Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow), for violin & piano

7. Liebesfreud (Love's Joy), for violin & piano

8. Work(s): Unspecified Allegro, for violin & piano

9. Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor ('L'estro armonico' No. 11), Op. 3/11, RV 565: Siciliano, for violin & p

10. Sonata for violin & continuo in D major, Op. 9/3: Tambourin, for violin & piano

11. Minuet for piano in G major, WoO 10/2

12. Ellens Gesang III ('Ave Maria'), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)

13. Humoresque No. 7 for piano in G flat major, B. 187/7 (Op. 101/7)

14. Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera 'Thaïs')

15. Valse sentimentale, for piano (or violin & piano) in F minor, Op. 51/6

16. Work(s): Unspecified Largo, for violin & piano (arr. by M. Corti?)

17. Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven, for violin & piano

18. Andantino in the Style of Padre Martini, for violin & piano

19. La capricieuse -- morceau de genre, for violin & piano, Op. 17

20. Après un rêve ('Dans un sommeil'), song for voice & piano, Op. 7/1

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful collection, March 24, 2001

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"pspa" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Favorite Violin Encores (Audio CD)

A delightful collection of shorter works for violin with piano accompaniment, some of them extremely familiar, others less so, but with Grumiaux's lyrical style (not flamboyant like Perlman's, but graceful and beautiful in an understated way), and fine accompaniment, the music on these 2 CDs is consistently excellent and can be listened to either consecutively or just a few pieces at a time. Well worth having.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Compilation, August 18, 2010

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teva_man "teva_man" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Favorite Violin Encores (Audio CD)

Arthur Grumiaux (1921-1986) was never a technical daredevil and his playing has been described as being "for conoisseurs only." Indeed, his style was quite refined and his repertoire tended towards pieces that which suited his musical gifts. His Beethoven Concerto and Sonata recordings and performances are most definitely among the best ever done of those works. This large set of 30+ smaller pieces (with a couple larger ones thrown in) focuses on Grumiaux's ability to touch the listener and indeed there is a thread of imperturbable calmness that runs through this recording upon a casual listening. This discing on Philips came out around 1996, presumably to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his death.

I'll just touch on a few of the highlights of this 2 CD set. In all of them, we hear Grumiaux at his best - polished and radiant, with Istvan Hajdu as the competent piano partner for all of the numbers. The Paganini E major sonata is delightful and Grumiaux captures the sunny good humor of it. Ravel's Piece en Forme de Habanera is a tranquil little encore number and I could listen to Grumiaux playing it 20 times in a row if I had to. Just wonderful. The Mozart-Kreisler "Haffner Rondo" as well as the familiar Schon Rosmarin, Liebesfreud, and Liebesleid, are all splendid, and Grumiaux seizes the musical moments and beauty that Kreisler instilled in them when he wrote these pieces now almost 100 years ago. The Ponce-Heifetz Estrellita is fine too but lacks intensity, something that Grumiaux was sometimes criticized for. The larger pieces... I've never liked hearing Sarasate's larger violin works played with piano instead of orchestra, especially Ziegeunerweisen. Grumiaux gives it a fairly cautious reading that doesn't light any musical fires. Wieniawski's Souvenir de Moscou is excellent, and Grumiaux and Hadju's musical chemistry is obvious. The harmonics variation and final variation sparkle brightly. The somber Nigun from "Baal Shem" radiates Grumiaux's penchant for Bloch's music. The lone disappointment of this discing is the Ravel Tzigane. Grumiaux doesn't do it justice. Of the the dozens of recordings out there of the warhorse program number, this one is definitely one of the most padded and un-gypsy. The cadenza is almost completely devoid of momentum. The middle section lights no fires although it is a note-perfect reading. The final page starts slow, but then speeds up very quickly and grows to a ridiculous velocity, with the last notes played arco and with no zest (further, the last chord is not what is written in the score, and the final sound we hear is the piano, not the violin...BOO!!) But the bad recording of Tzigane doesn't decimate this disc of small violinistic gems, and a tribute to one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century.

5.0 out of 5 stars The best album ever for violin pieces!, January 15, 2010

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Abby (Hilo, Hawaii) - See all my reviews

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