Edward Elgar Niccolo Paganini Jules Massenet - Romantic and Virtuoso Music from the Golden Age of the Violin (18 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Edward Elgar, Niccolo Paganini, Jules Massenet
Romantic and Virtuoso Music from the Golden Age of the Violin
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. Salut d'amour, for violin & piano, Op. 12
2. Molto perpetuo, for violin & orchestra (or piano), MS 66 ('Sonata movimento perpetuo', 'Perpetuela'): Version for violin & piano
3. M?ditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera 'Tha?s')
4. Caprice basque (Capricho vasco), for violin & piano, Op. 24
5. Souvenir, for violin & piano, in D major
6. Caprice Viennois, for violin & piano (or orchestra), Op. 2
7. Cavatina for violin & piano, Op. 85/3
8. Zapateado, for violin & piano, Op. 23/2
9. Ellens Gesang III ('Ave Maria'), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
10. Auf Fl?geln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song), song for voice & piano, Op. 34/2
11. La fille aux cheveux de lin, prelude for piano, L. 117/8
12. Banjo and Fiddle, for violin & piano
13. Work(s): Unspecified Habanera for violin & piano
14. Melody in F, instrumental arrangement, Op. 3/1
15. Regrets, for violin & piano, Op. 40/2
16. Berceuse, for violin & piano (or orchestra) in D major, Op. 16
17. Introduction and Tarantella, for violin & orchestra, Op. 43
18. Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani, for violin & piano

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All Artists: Edward Elgar, Niccolo Paganini, Jules Massenet, Pablo de Sarasate, Frantisek Drdla, Fritz Kreisler, Joachim Raff, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Claude Debussy, William Kroll, Anton Rubinstein, Henri Vieuxtemps, Gabriel Faure, Boris Barere
Title: Romantic and Virtuoso Music from the Golden Age of the Violin
Members Wishing: 0
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Label: Cembal D'amour
Release Date: 10/17/2000
Album Type: Import
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 675754289225, 798167257954

CD Reviews

It takes two...

beesquare | FALLS CHURCH, VA United States | 07/26/2002

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Ultimately this CD is disappointing even though the violin performances are astounding. The problem is the piano... not Boris Barere's playing, but the microphone that recorded it or the mixer who mixed it (there is no clue in the liner notes as to the date of these recordings - The 40s, 50s, and 60s were David Nadien's "heyday"). The piano sounds leaden and subdued as though it were from a 1920s recording. It doesn't match at all the violin sound, which is loud, crisp, and modern. Sound volume is boosted for the violin, reduced for the piano. Yes, these duets are meant to showcase the violin, but the piano has to add something to the overall impact of the piece, not detract from it. The two instruments have to blend and combine into an integrated whole (but they don't). The CD is full of old favorites, so you can be sure that the other performances you've heard will have sounded better, even if the violinist was not as good. Hence the disappointment with this CD. It could have been great. Too bad."