{"title":"Joseph Szigeti","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"mozart-violin-sonatas-nos-17-28-32-33-36","title":"COMPLETE SONATAS FOR VIOLIN \u0026 PIANO","description":"Classical Music","brand":"VANGUARD CLASSICS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44932260954346,"sku":"699675188528","price":20.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/816532.jpg?v=1778374510"},{"product_id":"bach-6-violin-sonatas-and-partitas-1","title":"6 SONATAS \u0026 PARTITAS FOR SOLO VIOLIN","description":"Classical Music","brand":"VANGUARD CLASSICS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44932265935082,"sku":"699675124625","price":14.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/563699.jpg?v=1778374576"},{"product_id":"complete-violin-piano-sonata-1","title":"COMPLETE VIOLIN \u0026 PIANO SONATAS","description":"Classical Music","brand":"VANGUARD CLASSICS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44932266524906,"sku":"699675158521","price":25.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/668018.jpg?v=1778374614"},{"product_id":"joseph-szigeti-complete-columbia-album-collection","title":"Joseph Szigeti: Complete Columbia Album Collection","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSony Classical is pleased to announce the release of a 17-CD box set collecting the recordings made between 1940 and 1956 for American Columbia by the renowned Hungarian violinist Joseph Szigeti.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSzigeti had a remarkable career. Born in 1892 in Budapest, where he studied with Jenő Hubay, one of most celebrated virtuosos and teachers of that golden era of violin playing, he was praised by the iconic German violinist Joseph Joachim at his Berlin debut in 1905; lived in London for several years following his acclaimed 1907 debut and played chamber music with, among others, Myra Hess and Ferruccio Busoni; was a frequent visitor after the war to the Soviet Union, where he introduced Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto; made his triumphant American debut at Carnegie Hall under Stokowski in 1925; toured the world during the 1930s before finally settling in the US in 1940.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt was in that year that Szigeti renewed his friendship with fellow Hungarian émigré Béla Bartók, and in April the two gave a now-legendary recital in Washington which featured Bartók’s First Violin Rhapsody of 1928 – a work dedicated to and premiered by Szigeti in Europe. In May 1940, Columbia recorded their interpretation of this “vehicle for Szigeti’s biting and wholly magnificent fiddling” (MusicWeb International) in New York. That performance appears here for the first time on CD, along with another important work by Bartók, the classic first recording of his Contrasts for clarinet, violin and piano, written for and performed with Szigeti and Benny Goodman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe rest of the new collection displays many more treasures of Szigeti’s passionate dedication to chamber music: in Bach, Handel, Tartini, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Dvořák, Debussy, Ravel, Bloch, Busoni, Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Henry Cowell, collaborating with such artists as Andor Foldes – another Hungarian émigré – as well as with Mieczyslaw Horzowski, Myra Hess, Pablo Casals and Igor Stravinsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere are, of course, major orchestral works represented in the new Szigeti edition, including two towering concertos in D major – the Brahms, recorded in 1945 with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Beethoven, recorded in 1947 with Bruno Walter and the New York Philharmonic (“an account of impassioned grandeur” – MusicWeb International) – along with Busoni’s early Violin Concerto in D major, recorded in 1954 with Thomas Sherman conducting the Little Orchestra Society. Szigeti’s numerous Bach concerto recordings for Columbia are here as well, conducted by Casals, Fritz Stiedry and George Szell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs Nathan Milstein, one of his great colleagues, said in a touching tribute to Szigeti, who died in 1973: “He was an incredibly cultured musician. Actually, his talent grew out of his culture. … I always admired him, and he was respected by musicians.” In his late years, Joseph Szigeti finally got the appreciation he deserved from the general public as well. Sony Classical’s new collection his Columbia recordings, many never before released on CD at Sony Classical, can only further enhance that appreciation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJoseph Szigeti (1892-1973) was the violinistic equivalent of a “kunst diva”, just as Gidon Kremer is today. He never had a particularly beautiful tone, while his bowing and intonation grew less dependable with age. Yet Szigeti never put a wrong musical foot forward. His phrasing communicated form, character, architecture, and astute harmonic awareness, with musical considerations always taking precedence over physical expediency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSony\/BMG’s 17-CD collection of Szigeti’s complete Columbia Masterworks recordings stands out for exemplary remasterings that stem from the best possible source material. His intense yet thoughtful collaborations with Mieczyslaw Horszowski in Beethoven’s Sonatas Nos. 1, 5, 6, and 10 have never sounded so full-bodied and detailed as they do here. The same goes for the 1947 Beethoven Concerto, where the New York Philharmonic turns in firm and insightfully aligned playing under Bruno Walter’s direction. It contrasts to the conductor’s relatively casual and deferential backing in Szigeti’s 1932 recording, which, however, finds Szigeti on far better form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRehearing Szigeti’s 1949 Bach Sonata No. 3 in C major for violin solo reminded me just how much more fluent and controlled this performance is in comparison to the violinist’s relatively tenuous Vanguard remake. Likewise, his masterful 1940 account of the D minor concerto based on Bach’s keyboard concerto BWV 1052 is technically, musically, and sonically superior to the bloated 1950 reading under Pablo Casals’ direction. Szigeti’s Casals Festival contributions are admittedly uneven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis collaborations with Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, and Henry Cowell are both historically important and musically illuminating. Somehow the older Szigeti’s wiry tone imparts welcome character and tension to sonatas by Hindemith, Ravel, and Busoni, as well as the rarely heard Prokofiev solo sonata and Busoni concerto. It must be said, though, that the latter’s final scherzando-like passages are heavy going for the veteran violinist, as are the Busoni sonata’s overextended fugal sequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eListeners expecting suaveness and elegance in Brahms’ G major Op. 78 and D minor Op. 108 sonatas with Horszowski may wince at Szigeti’s tremulous and effortful execution. Still, he makes every note count, and the aching fragility that emerges from Op. 78’s outer movements and Op. 108’s deliberately unfolding third movement compels my undivided attention. Yet this Brahms D minor pales next to the power and authority of Szigeti’s great 78 rpm edition with pianist Egon Petri. As for the short encore-type pieces favored in the shellac era, Szigeti plays them dutifully rather than lovingly; he wasn’t a charmer like Kreisler, Elman, Milstein, or Ricci. Or Heifetz, for that matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe booklet includes full discographical data, an informative essay by Tully Potter, and Szigeti’s own notes for a 1970 Japanese reissue of his Schubert recordings. Even if just half of this collection represents Szigeti at his best, Sony\/BMG’s comprehensive and meticulous production values deserve the highest accolades. In the meantime, a complete edition of Szigeti’s pre-war European 78s is long overdue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-- \u003c\/strong\u003eClassicsToday.com (Jed Distler)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 31 works, from sonatas to chamber works to concertos, span Bach and Beethoven to Debussy, Ravel, Busoni and Henry Cowell. Bartók is pianist in his own Rhapsody No 1 for Violin and Piano. All the Brahms, including the Trio No 2 in C major with Hess and Casals, is to treasure. Szigeti plays Dvořák with grace and melancholy, and gives bite and attack to Stravinsky. The style may be redolent of another era, yet still this playing speaks to us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e– \u003c\/strong\u003eGuardian (UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a quite wonderful set, one of the highlights being an all-Busoni disc, the Second Sonata with Mieczysπaw Horszowski and the Violin Concerto with the Little Orchestra Society under Thomas Sherman. No one listening could fail to grasp the profound level of Szigeti's musical understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e– \u003c\/strong\u003eGramophone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSET CONTENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 1:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bartók: Violin Rhapsody No. 1, Sz.87 (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Bartók: Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, Sz.111   \u003cbr\u003e Bloch: Three Pictures of Chassidic Life for Violin and Piano (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Milhaud (arr. Lévy): Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: No. 9, Sumare (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Falla (arr. Levy): El Sombrero de Tres Picos, Parte I, Danza de la molinera (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Mozart: Divertimento No. 15 in B-Flat Major, K. 287, \"2. Lodronsche Nachtmusik\" (Remastered)   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 2:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mussorgsky-Rachmaninoff: Sorochintsy Fair, Act III: No. 5, Gopak (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Dvorák (arr. Kreisler): Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op. 46, No. 2 (Arr. in G Minor) (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Dvorák (arr. Kreisler): Slavonic Dance No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 46, No. 3 (Arr. in E Minor) (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Hubay: Scènes de la Csárda No.4, Op. 32, \"Hejre Kati\", I. Lento ma non troppo. Allegro moderato (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Hubay: Scènes de la Csárda No.4, Op. 32, \"Hejre Kati\", II. Allegro molto (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Kodály (arr. Szigeti): Háry János Suite, IZK 26: V. Intermezzo (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra, WoO 1: No. 5 in G Minor (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Debussy: Violin Sonata No.3 in G Minor, L. 140 (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Hubay: The Zephyr, Op. 30, No. 5 (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Schubert, Francois: Bagatelle Op. 13, No. 9, \"Die Biene\" (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Stravinsky: Duo Concertant for Violin and Piano   \u003cbr\u003e Stravinsky: Pastorale, Song without Words for Violin \u0026amp; Woodwind Quartet   \u003cbr\u003e Stravinsky: Russian Maiden's Song   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 3:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beethoven (Cadenza: Joseph Joachim): Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 4:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77   \u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Violin Sonata No.3 in D Minor, Op.108: II. Adagio   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 5:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.1 in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1 (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Schubert: Violin Sonata in D Major, D.384   \u003cbr\u003e Schubert (arr. Friedberg): Piano Sonata No.17 in D Major, D.850: IV. Rondo. Allegretto moderato (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.7 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 2 (Remastered)   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 6:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No.1 in F Minor, Op. 80 (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94bis (Remastered)   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 7:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005   \u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S. (arr. Reitz): Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 8:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Schubert: Fantaisie for Piano \u0026amp; Violin in C Major, Op.Posth. 159, D. 934   \u003cbr\u003e Corelli (arr. H. Leonard): Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op.5 No.12 \"La Folia\" (Variations Serieuses)   \u003cbr\u003e Debussy (arr. Roelens): Suite bergamasque, L. 75: No. 3. Clair de lune   \u003cbr\u003e Lalo (arr. Szigeti): Aubade from \"Le Roi d'Ys\" (Act III)   \u003cbr\u003e Tchaikovsky: 6 Pieces, Op. 51: No. 6, Valse sentimentale   \u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S. (arr. Szigeti): Violin Partita No.3 in E Major, BWV 1006: VI. Bourrée (Remastered)   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 9:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Concerto for Flute, Violin and Keyboard in A Minor, BWV 1044 (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, (arr. BWV 1052\/1056) (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 10:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Schubert: Rondo in B Minor for Piano and Violin, D.895 (Op.70) \"Rondeau brillant\"   \u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op. 96 (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Schubert: Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 162. D. 574 \"Grand Duo\" (Remastered)   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 11:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60   \u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major Op. 87   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 12:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Cowell: Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano (1945) (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Shapero: Sonata for Piano Four Hands (1941) (Remastered) (Harold Shapero, piano; Leo Smit, piano)\u003cbr\u003e Cowell: Celestial Vision: How Old Is Song? (Remastered)   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 13:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.5 in F Major, Op. 24 \"Spring\"   \u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 14:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S. (arr. Szigeti): Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056 (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371 (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Tartini (Cadenzas: Szigeti): Violin Concerto in D Minor, D. 45 (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Tartini: Violin Sonata in G Major, B. 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