Rhine Classics

RH-022 | 1CD | HENRYK SZERYNG • | live in USA

€18.00

CHAUSSON Poème, for violin and orchestra, Op.25
PAGANINI Violin Concerto No.3 in E major (Cadenza: Szeryng)
Boston Symphony Orchestra | Michael Tilson Thomas
live | Symphony Hall, Boston | 17.I.1974
Reynaldo HAHN (1875-1947) Violin Concerto in D major, IRH 101 [1927]
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Louis Lane
live | Symphony Hall, Atlanta | 20.XI.1987 (US premiere)

“Reynaldo Hahn, the most Parisian of all Parisians, even though he was born in Caracas of German parents. There is even a street in Caracas named for him. I remember meeting him; and even though he was trained as a pianist, he had a natural sense of the violin. Some favor his Violin Sonata. The Concerto is published, but for some reason nobody plays it. The first movement for me is the best and most compact and makes a natural display piece. The second movement is based on a song from Tunis —absolutely genuine— and the finale sings in a typical operetta style. It starts like an extension of the second movement and has tremendous wit and charm. And, to be sure, it is a challenge.” © 2021 by Gary Lemco

Henryk Szeryng (Warsaw, 22 September 1918 — Kassel, 3 March 1988)