Grumiaux: Für meine Fruende (For my Friends) - Violin Encores: Philips 6599 372

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ITEM DESCRIPTION:

This lovely LP from Philips (6599 372, Dutch pressing, blue/silver label, stereo) entitled “Für meine Fruende” (“For my Friends”) features the great Belgian violinist Arthur Grumiaux in a captivating encores album, recorded with his longtime recital partner, pianist Istvan Hajdu.

While Heifetz, Milstein, Szeryng, Stern, et al. made a number of encore albums, Grumiaux’s discography boasts relatively few, a strange omission, but somewhat remedied here.

Grumiaux plays with unfailing imagination and grace and one sense a powerful re-creative personality behind the bow, each bon-bon brought off with tremendous elan and charm.

The exact contents, recorded in Amsterdam in February 1973, are as follows:

Side 1

Maria Theresia von Paradis (arr. Samuel Dushkin): Sicilienne

W.A. Mozart (arr. Fritz Kreisler): Rondo

Christoph Willibaud von Glück (Arr. Fritz Kreisler): Melodie, from Orpheo ed Euridice

Enrique Granados (arr. Fritz Kreisler): Danza española No. 5

Fritz Kreisler Schön Rosmarin

Fritz Kreisler: Liebeslied

Fritz Kreisler: Liebesfreud

Side 2

Francesco Maria Veracini: Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi: Siciliano Op. 3 No. 11

Jean-Marie Leclair: “Tambourin”, 4th Movement from the Sonata for Violin, Flute, and Basso Continuo Op. 9 No. 3

Ludwig van Beethoven: Minuet in G Major

Franz Schubert (arr. August Wilhelmj): “Ave Maria”, from Ellens Gesang III (Op. 52 No. 6)

Antonin Dvorak: Humoresque in G Major Op. 101 No. 7

Julius Massenet: Méditation, from Thaïs

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Valse sentimentale Op. 51 No. 6

Incidentally, the lovely cover design was executed by Helmut Schiefer. There are superlative liner notes (uncredited) on the reverse side of the jacket, printed in German only.

CONDITION:

The gradations of condition I use are as follows: MINT, Near-Mint, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor.

The condition of the jacket is EXCELLENT. There is minor bumping and wear at corners, but really that is all. There are no seamsplits, bends, owners’ markings, or other defects, and the album remains solid, bright, glossy, and highly attractive – an excellent collector's copy.

The condition of the LP is near-MINT and playback is superb – overall, a truly fine collector's copy.

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