DOVER LP HCR 5229: Bach Violin Sonatas No 1 & 4 - GIMPEL, violin - OOP 1964 USA
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Bronislav Gimpel (January 29, 1911 – May 1, 1979) was a Polish-American violinist, and teacher. He was born in Lvov, Austria-Hungary, part of Polish Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine), to a family of Jewish origin. Gimpel's older brother, Jakob Gimpel, was a noted concert pianist who also recorded music for motion pictures.Bronislav Gimpel started piano and violin lessons with his father at the age of five. At the age of eight, he studied with Moritz Wolfstahl at the Lwów Conservatory. After 1922 he continued his studies with Robert Pollack at the Vienna Conservatory. At the age of fourteen, he played the Goldmark Concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic. A year later, an extended concert tour in Italy resulted in a succession of triumphs of historic proportion, with command performances before King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Pope Pius XI, and invitations to play on Paganini's famous Guarneri and to perform at the grave of the legendary virtuoso. Tours of South America and Europe followed. In 1930 he attended the Berlin Hochschule für Musik under the guidance of Prof. Carl Flesch. Thereafter he continued his solo career while holding the lead posts in Königsberg and Göteborg.
Gimpel immigrated to the United States in 1937. The outbreak of the War brought Gimpel to Los Angeles and to the concertmastership of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1942 to the end of the war, Gimpel resumed his solo career in Europe, where he was received, once again, with great acclaim. In 1963, he and W?adys?aw Szpilman formed "The Warsaw Piano Quintet". His recording of Dvorak's Violin Concerto is considered one of the best interpretations of this concerto.
In 1967 Gimpel accepted a professorship at the University of Connecticut. From 1973 Gimpel was a Professor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England. In this period of time he resumed his solo concert appearances in Europe, the United States and South America.
Gimpel died in Los Angeles.
From Random Classics blog.....The 21st century got you down? Is the fast paced, impersonal, technology driven society enough to give you a longterm headache and fuel your desire for an alcoholic relaxant? Well, I have a better idea. Relax for a about a hour with Bronislaw Gimpel playing Bach at his best (by himself!) and you'll have an antidote for the weary, crazy days we are living in at this very moment!
Bronislaw Gimpel needs no introduction from me. A career that spanned well over half a century, he was justly praised as a soloist, orchestral concertmaster, chamber music partner, teacher, theorist and conductor. For more information about him and, and his talented family, I will direct readers to the excellent Gimpel Family Archive .
There is a style of playing in these two sonatas for unaccompanied violin (Nos. 2 & 3) which partners technique, musicality, wisdom, and intellect all into one neat package. Many violinists have recorded these pieces but I think, few have been as persuasive as Gimpel. (For the record, warts and all, I love best Enescu's set of the complete sonatas and partitas, his swansong to his extraordinary instrumental and interpretative prowess.) When Gimpel set these sonatas to record, he was in his mid 40's and had been concertizing for well over 40 years. He also had witnessed destruction on an unimaginable scale and therefore set out, like others, to preserve something of the old world amid the chaos and changes of a brave new world. Hence, this style of playing which is intimate, approachable yet dazzling, and so infused with the spirit of being "human." And like Schnabel, Gimpel practices the concept that the music is not necessarily captured solely in the notes but it also resides in the silence between the notes.
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DOVER RECORDS LP item - RED (Maroon) record labels with SILVER lettering.
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Record Made in: USA
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Pressing is in MONO
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Record Speed: 33 1/3 rpm
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Long out of print
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Record Made / issued in 1964
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Record Catalog Number: HCR 5229
Music Featured on this item:
J.S. BACH
Music on this LP Title:
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor for Unaccompanied Violin
Sonata No. 4 in B Minor for Unaccompanied Violin
Performed By -Bronislav Gimpel, violin
CONDITION Details:
LP JACKET:-
The LP jacket is in Near MINT minus condition! - superb condition really given it's age!!
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The jacket is completely intact with NO seam splits. The jacket shows some shelf wear, primarily weakening at the corners and seams.
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The jacket has NO drill holes or saw marks of any kind.
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There is NO hand writing on either side of the jacket.
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The cover has clean and sharp colors, just a bit of fading/staining due to age - see pictures with this listing for more detail.
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Please remember that we are talking about original, 1960's vinyl - product issued during this time period (the earliest life of the LP after moving away from 78s) was not exactly what we would call audiophile quality! The vinyl was almost always noisy, but a good cleaning did help with these rare, vintage LPs.
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Given the foregoing disclosure, the LP is in NEAR MINT minus condition. - A finer copy of this vintage LP would be very difficult to find.
The LP retains much of the original gloss and sheen - just has a bit of dust and a few finger prints on it!
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The record has NO serious marks on it, obviously well taken care of.
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The record labels have NO significant spindle marks on them - just a couple of light ones.
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This is the superb copy you have always wanted in your collection - any super picky audiophile should be happy with this one!
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This LP may have some light marks (spider marks mostly) which are caused by sliding the LP in and out of the inner sleeve and are usually not audible on most audio systems - as for any record, even brand new ones, for best results we recommend a thorough record cleaning before playing!
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- Near Mint = Virtually flawless in every way.
- Near Mint Minus = Item has some minor imperfections, some audible.
- Excellent = Item obviously played and enjoyed with some noise.
- Very Good Plus = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive.
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