Beethoven, Bruch, Mozart & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

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Urania Records
Release Date
January 5, 2018
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      BRUCH MOZART TCHAIKOVSKY
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Vienna Festival Orchestra, Berlin Pro Musica Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Varga
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 05, 2018
    • UPC
      8051773573637
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      WS121.363
    • LABEL
      Urania Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. I. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Berlin Pro Musica Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Tibor Varga

      Conductor: Hans Richter

    2. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Berlin Pro Musica Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Tibor Varga

      Conductor: Hans Richter

    3. III. Rondo: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Berlin Pro Musica Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Tibor Varga

      Conductor: Hans Richter

    4. I. Prelude: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Tibor Varga

      Conductor: Walter Susskind

    5. II. Adagio

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Tibor Varga

      Conductor: Walter Susskind

    6. III. Finale: Allegro energico

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Tibor Varga

      Conductor: Walter Susskind

    7. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Tibor Varga

      Conductor: Walter Susskind

    8. II. Adagio

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Tibor Varga

      Conductor: Walter Susskind

    9. III. Presto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Tibor Varga

      Conductor: Walter Susskind

    10. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Vienna Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Tibor Varga

      Conductor: Jean-Marie Auberson

    11. II. Canzonetta: Andante

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Vienna Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Tibor Varga

      Conductor: Jean-Marie Auberson

    12. III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Vienna Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Tibor Varga

      Conductor: Jean-Marie Auberson


Tibor Varga was six years old when he made his first public appearance. At ten, he took on his first solo role with an orchestra, giving his interpretation of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor op. 64. In 1934, at the age of 13, Varga made his first recordings (His Master’s Voice). At fourteen he took on his first concert tours taking him all around Europe and later all over the world. Discovered by Jenö Hubay, he was enrolled at the age of 10 at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where he began to study with Franz Gabriel and Leo Weiner. Attracted by the conceptions of Joachim and Auer, he also maintained a long personal and musical friendship with Carl Flesch. As for Bartók, he invited the young violinist to turn the pages at his concerts and also accompanied him on the piano in a Sonata by Brahms. After that, his rise to stardom took off. This release features the famed violinist performing works by Beethoven, Mozart, Bruch, and Tchaikovsky, recorded in the 1950s and 1960s.