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Arthur Grumiaux

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Philips Recordings 1955-1977
CATALOGUE NUMBER
475 7825 3 PC6
     


TRACKLISTING

CD 1

Handel
1-4 Sonata in A major, op.1 no.3
5-8 Sonata in F major, op.1 no.12
9-12 Sonata in A major, op.1 no.14
13-16 Sonata in D major, op.1 no.13
17-20 Sonata in G minor, op.1 no.10
21-24 Sonata in E major, op.1 no.15
J S Bach
25-28 Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord in B minor, BWV 1014

CD 2

J S Bach
1-4 Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord in A major, BWV 1015
5-8 Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord in E major, BWV 1016
9-12 Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord in C minor, BWV 1017
13-16 Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1018
17-21 Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord in G major, BWV 1019

CD 3

J S Bach
1-3 Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041
4-6 Violin Conerto No.2 in E major, BWV 1042
Vivaldi
7-9 Violin Concerto No.6 in A minor, RV 356 (12 Concertos, op.3 -"L'estro armonico)
10-21 Le Quattro stagioni (12 Concertos, op.8 - Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione)

CD 4

M Haydn
1-3 Violin Concerto in A major
Schubert
4-7 Sonata for Violin & Piano in A major, D574
8-10 Sonatina in D major for Violin & Piano, D384
11-14 Sonatina in A minor for Violin & Piano, D385
15-18 Sonatina in G minor for Violin & Piano, D408

CD 5

Mendelssohn
1-3 Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
4-6 Violin Concerto in D minor, op.posth.
Bruch
7-11 Scottish Fantasy, op.46

CD 6

Bruch
1-3 Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26
Wieniawski
4 Légende, op.17
Svendsen
5 Romance in G major, op.26
Tchaikovsky
6 Sérénade mélancolique in B flat minor, op.26
7-9 Violin Concerto in D major, op.35

Artists
Robert Veyron-Lacroix harpsichord (Handel)
Egida Giordani Sartori harpsichord (Bach: Sonatas)
Paul Crossley piano (Schubert)

Guller Chamber Orchestra (Bach: Concertos)
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Vivaldi: RV 356; CD 5 & 6)
Les Solistes Romands (Vivaldi: Le Quattro stagioni)
Concertgebouw Orchestra (Haydn)

Léon Guller (Bach: Concertos)
Edo de Waart (Vivaldi: RV 356; Haydn; Wieniawski; Svendsen)
Arpad Gérecz (Vivaldi: Le Quattro stagioni)
Jan Krenz (Mendelssohn; Tchaikovsky)
Heinz Wallberg (Bruch)
Arthur Grumiaux violin


RECORDING INFORMATION
16 October 2006 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Belgian-born violinist Arthur Grumiaux.

Grumiaux was born at Villiers-Perwin on 21 March 1921 and studied violin and piano at Charleroi Conservatory. At the age of twelve he moved to the Royal Conservatory in Brussels and in 1939 won the Vieuxtemps and François Prume prizes. The onset of World War 2 hindered Grumiaux’s career but in 1945 he made his British debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and an international career quickly flourished.

Grumiaux recorded extensively for Philips from the early 1950s and his discography contains many classic performances: Sonatas, Partitas and Concertos by J S Bach, Beethoven & Mozart Sonatas (with Clara Haskil), concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Paganini and others, as well as numerous other pieces by a wide variety of composers. An earlier release in the Original Masters series was devoted to recordings made by Grumiaux during the years 1953-1962 and included Mozart Violin Concertos and sonatas and other works by Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Chausson & Lalo. This new set is equally wide in scope and includes works by J S Bach, Vivaldi and Handel as well as sonatinas by Schubert and concertos by Mendelssohn, Bruch and Tchaikovsky. A number of these recordings appear as international CD releases for the first time.

To see all Original Masters go to the homepage at www.deccaclassics.com/originalmasters.
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