HENRYK SZERYNG IN RECITAL CHARLES REINER RCA RED SEAL MONO UK 1ST RB.16240 VG+
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A rare and excellent condition classical record.
I have been play testing it. Only very mild surface noise, lovely clean copy, music bright and clear, sharp. I just noted that there was more noticeable surface noise towards the end of side 2.
Original UK mono edition on RCA red seal (red with silver text).
Original inner. Secondary inner provided.
Henryk Bolesław Szeryng (usually pronounced HEN-r-ik SHEH-r-in-g) (22 September 1918 – 3 March 1988) was a Polish-Mexican violinist.
He made his solo debut on 6 January 1933 playing the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under Romanian conductor George Georgescu. From 1933 to 1939 he studied composition in Paris with Nadia Boulanger.
He was considered "one of the more elegant representatives of a now fading school of Romantic violin".
In 1964, he began a collaborative partnership with the pianist Charles Reiner. Together they made 35 records and performed in more than 900 concerts internationally. In 1960, Szeryng was named the Mexican Cultural Ambassador.
The Chaconne in G minor is a Baroque composition for violin and continuo, traditionally attributed to the Italian composer Tomaso Antonio Vitali. A Dresden manuscript that may have been transcribed in the early 18th century is the earliest known version of the chaconne, but it was not published until 1867 when Ferdinand David arranged it for violin and piano. The origin of its composition has been debated, with some musicologists hypothesizing that the work is a musical hoax composed by David rather than Vitali. Léopold Charlier made significant alterations to the chaconne in the early 20th century, transforming it into a virtuosic, Romantic-style showpiece. It has been arranged by numerous other composers, including Hans Werner Henze, who used it as the basis for his work Il Vitalino raddoppiato (1977).
The Violin Sonata in G minor, GT 2.g05; B.g5, more familiarly known as the Devil's Trill Sonata (Italian: Il trillo del diavolo), is a work for solo violin (with figured bass accompaniment) by Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770). It is the composer's best-known composition, notable for its technically difficult passages. A typical performance lasts 15 minutes.
Tomaso Antonio Vitali (7 March 1663 – 9 May 1745) was an Italian composer and violinist of the mid to late Baroque era. The eldest son of Giovanni Battista Vitali, he is chiefly known for a Chaconne in G minor for violin and continuo, to which he is traditionally attributed as the composer. The work was published from a manuscript in the Sächsische Landesbibliothek in Dresden in Die Hoch Schule des Violinspiels (1867) edited by German violinist Ferdinand David. That work's wide-ranging modulations into distant keys have raised speculation that it could not be a genuine Baroque work, while the lack of similarities to other works by Vitali have made modern scholars cast serious doubts on the attribution.
Henryk Szeryng – In Recital Label: RCA Victor Red Seal – RB.16240 Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono Country: UK Released: 1960 Genre: Classical Style: Classical
A1 Chaconne In G Minor A2 The Devil's Trill B1 Variations On A Theme By Corelli B2 Melodie B3 Allegretto B4 Prophetic Bird, Op. 32, No. 7 B5 Danza De La Gitana B6 Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16
Piano – Charles Reiner Violin – Henryk Szeryng
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