Rhine Classics

RH-030 | 2CD | BERL SENOFSKY | American virtuoso

€27.00

« The art of Philadephia-born violinist Berl Senofsky won immediate recognition in June 1955, when he became the first American to win the prestigious Queen Elisabeth international Competition in Belgium.
He strove to reveal the meaning and truth of everything he and his students played. His studio was a Mecca for the most gifted students at Peabody – not only violinists, but also anyone else who wanted to become a musician. What characterizes the Senofsky sound so well nurtured by Persinger and Galamian – the grand sense of line, the muscular tension maintained throughout any rendition of a piece, the smooth application of bow pressure without undue vibrato, the resilience of the dynamics – remind us of the natural athleticism that marked Senofsky’s physique, that had not music fulfilled his calling, the sport of football lay in wait. » [Gary Lemco]

CD1 | 77:08
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.2 in A major, Op.100
Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, piano
studio | Gent, V.1980 | LP 33rpm ℗1980
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108
Claude Frank, piano
live | Brussels, 7.VI.1955
BRAHMS Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, Op.102
Shirley Trepel, cello | Atlanta SO | Henry Sopkin
live | Atlanta, 5.III.1959

CD2 | 79:50
MENDELSSOHN Violin Sonata No.3 in F major, MWV Q26
SAINT-SAËNS Violin Sonata No.1 in D minor, Op.75
bis/encore, announce by Berl Senofsky:
KREISLER Liebesleid
Ellen Mack, piano
live | Washinghton D.C., 11.XI.1979
R. STRAUSS Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op.18
Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, piano
studio | Gent, V.1980 | LP 33rpm ℗1980

FIRST CD RELEASE

Berl Senofsky (Philadelphia, 19 April 1926 — Baltimore, 21 June 2002)