Bruch: Violin Concerto; Virtuoso Pieces / Michael Rabin

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Michael Rabin was a virtuoso of the highest order, one of the most talented violinists of the twentieth century. A child prodigy, he performed in public for the first time aged only eleven. From the early 1950s, Rabin gave concerts across the globe and made numerous recordings, including the complete Paganini Caprices. He worked himself into a state of exhaustion, going through a crisis in the 1960s which temporarily compromised his playing. However, Rabin managed to recover and return to his former glory. These recordings, made by the RIAS and released here for the first time, document his comeback in an impressive manner. The live recording of Max Bruch's First Violin Concerto, made in the Berlin Philharmonie, is of particular interest as Rabin never made an LP recording of it. In the short virtuoso pieces, the violinist - who died at a tragically young age - demonstrates himself to have been a romantic virtuoso par excellence: he displays a sensuous tone and an enthralling technique.



Product Description:


  • Catalog Number: AUD95607


  • UPC: 402143956075


  • Label: Audite


  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns, Henri Wieniawski, Max Bruch, Pablo de Sarasate, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, William Kroll


  • Conductor: Thomas Schippers


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra


  • Performer: Lothar Broddack, Michael Rabin



Works:


  1. Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26

    Composer: Max Bruch

    Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Michael Rabin (Violin)

    Conductor: Thomas Schippers


  2. Banjo and Fiddle

    Composer: William Kroll

    Performer: Lothar Broddack (Piano), Michael Rabin (Violin)


  3. Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83

    Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

    Performer: Lothar Broddack (Piano), Michael Rabin (Violin)


  4. Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra/Piano, Op. 25

    Composer: Pablo de Sarasate

    Performer: Lothar Broddack (Piano), Michael Rabin (Violin)


  5. Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42

    Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Performer: Lothar Broddack (Piano), Michael Rabin (Violin)


  6. Etudes-Caprices (8) for 2 Violins, Op. 18: no 4 in A minor

    Composer: Henri Wieniawski

    Performer: Lothar Broddack (Piano), Michael Rabin (Violin)


  7. Etudes-Caprices (8) for 2 Violins, Op. 18: no 4 in A minor

    Composer: Henri Wieniawski

    Performer: Lothar Broddack (Piano), Michael Rabin (Violin)