ELECTROLA ODEON LP O-80-753: HENRYK SZERYNG - BACH Sonata & Partita No. 1 - DEU
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Background -
Polish-born violinist Henryk Szeryng was probably the finest product of Carl Flesch's legendary teaching career. Possessing an iron technique and a musical intellect of rare insight, Szeryng established himself as one of the pre-eminent concert violinists of the post-World War II decades.Szeryng was born in 1918 to a wealthy Polish industrialist whose wife had a great love of music. Studies on the piano were abandoned for the violin, though Szeryng remained skilled at the keyboard for the rest of his life. Szeryng progressed quickly on his new instrument and by age nine was sufficiently proficient to perform the Mendelssohn concerto for famed violinist Bronislaw Hubermann, a friend of the family. On Hubermann's advice Szeryng was sent to Berlin to study with Carl Flesch; Szeryng would later declare that his technical prowess was solely due to that masterful teacher's influence. Two years later in 1933, Szeryng made his debut performance in Warsaw with the Beethoven concerto under Bruno Walter. That same year he embarked on a minor concert tour, soloing with orchestras in Bucharest, Vienna, and Paris.
Szeryng immediately took to the city of Paris and settled there for a period of further study and growth as a performer. There he came under the influence of legendary violinists Enescu and Thibaud, though he did not formally study with either. Szeryng also thought about pursuing composition as a career, and for six years took lessons from Nadia Boulanger.
At the outbreak of war in 1939 Szeryng enlisted with the Polish army. Being fluent in seven languages, he was assigned to General Sikorski as a translator, with whom Szeryng helped to relocate hundreds of Polish refugees in Mexico. During the war Szeryng gave hundreds of concerts for Allied troops around the globe, and in 1943, during a concert series in Mexico City, was invited to take over the string department at the University of Mexico. Szeryng accepted the offer, and assumed his duties in 1946.
He spent the next ten years in Mexico, and eventually took citizenship there. Performing infrequently, Szeryng was largely forgotten in the musical centers of Europe. A chance encounter with fellow Pole Artur Rubinstein in Mexico City convinced Szeryng to re-enter the musical scene. A New York debut in 1956 immediately established Szeryng as a leading violinist of the day, and for the next 30 years Szeryng divided his time between a globe-trotting concert schedule and his teaching duties in Mexico.
As a violinist Szeryng was unique; sometimes criticized for being too restrained, he was nevertheless capable of playing with warmth and fire when he felt compelled to do so (as in his magnificent performances of the Sibelius concerto). His excellent recordings include two full sets of the Bach Sonatas and Partitas, as well as the major violin concertos in the repertory (he has also championed and recorded the work of many composers from his adopted country of Mexico). Recordings of the Beethoven and Brahms sonatas with Artur Rubinstein are particularly rewarding. Of note also is Szeryng's world-premiere recording of Paganini's E major Violin Concerto No. 3, which Szeryng himself reconstructed from parts held in the archives of the legendary Italian violinist's heirs.
Szeryng could at times be somewhat inconsistent. In live performances his calculated precision might turn cold, and in later years it is rumored that troubles with alcohol led to a somewhat deteriorated technical ability. Until his death in 1988 he traveled with a Mexican diplomatic passport, and was involved in various humanitarian projects through the United Nations; Szeryng never ceased believing in music as a unifying, healing power. - Blair Johnston
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LP made by ELECTROLA / ODEON Records, in GERMANY
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LP released in the 1960s
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LP is recorded in MONO
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Record Catalog Number: O 80 753 (OLAX 1047)
J.S. Bach // Henryk Szeryng
LP Title -
J.S. Bach: Sonate fur Violine Solo Nr. 1 g-moll BWV 1001
J.S. Bach: Partita fur Violine Solo Nr. 1 h-moll BWV 1002
Tracks -J.S. Bach:
Sonate Für Violine Solo Nr1 G-Moll BWV 1001
A1. Adagio
A2. Fuga
A3. Siciliano
A4. Presto
Partita Für Violine Solo Nr.1 H-Moll BWV 1002
B1. Allemande
B2. Double
B3. Courante
B4. Double
B5. Sarabande
B6. Double
B7. Tempo Di Bourée
B8. Double
Performers / Credits / Other Information -
• Record Company – Electrola
• Liner Notes – Werner Schmidt-Liedke
Green Odeon Label
Number 34 of german Electrola (all Sub-labels) chamber music series Runout Groove / Matrix Side 1: XAR 132-1 Runout Groove / Matrix Side 2: XAR 133-1 Henryk Szeryng, violin
CONDITION Details:
The LP jacket is in near mint minus overall condition. The jacket is tight and clean, with NO seam splits. The corners are solid. The colors on the jacket are sharp and clean with just light shelf wear along the seams and corners, nothing serious. Comes with the original inner sleeve - see pictures as they are of the actual item.
The LP is in near mint minus overall condition! The vinyl has no serious marks. It may have a light spider mark or two (caused by sliding the LP in and out of the inner sleeve). These types of marks may sound, depending on the sensitivity of your audio gear...some extraneous sound is inevitable and should be expected for a vintage LP. This LP retains much of the original gloss and sheen! There are NO serious spindle marks on the record labels either.A Short Note About LP GRADING -
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