Henryk Szeryng - The SWR Recordings, 1956-1984

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This release contains Henryk Szeryng’s studios recordings of the great violin concertos, realized by SWR between 1956-1984. Several recordings are first releases. The time period...

This release contains Henryk Szeryng’s studios recordings of the great violin concertos, realized by SWR between 1956-1984. Several recordings are first releases. The time period between 1950 and the beginning of the 70s were Szeryng’s golden era. Maybe the short time-span of his international career was the reason for his posthumous fame lasting not so long as that of his great colleagues David Oistrach, Yehudi Menuhin, Nathan Milstein or Isaac Stern. It was just a few years ago that his musical legacy was re-discovered and appreciated again. Szeryng’s performances of Johann Sebastian Bach’s solo works were deemed to be standard-setting (an assessment still shared by Hilary Hahn) and he was respected as the leading authority on works such as Beethoven’s and Brahms’ concertos. Szeryng was not only one of the most impressive and brilliant violinists in music history but also a master of proper and tasteful balance. A special gem of this release is the Saarbrücken recording of Karol Szymanowski’s rarely performed Violin Concerto No.2, a piece composed at the beginning of the 1930s.

REVIEWS:

All in all, this is playing distinguished by refinement, elegance and polish. Sound quality is fairly consistent throughout, and will handsomely repay repeated listening. The only recording which I found slightly problematic is the Schumann Concerto. Christoph Schlüren has contributed a helpful liner.

-- MusicWeb Internatioanl

Quite a few of the transfers here fall short of SWR Classic’s best for clarity but such is the magnificent quality of the music- making that I would recommend you employ a degree of tolerance and join me in hoping that for future productions this excellent source resists the temptation to filter excessively.

-- Gramophone



Product Description:

  • Release Date: October 09, 2020


  • UPC: 747313909285


  • Catalog Number: SWR19092CD


  • Label: SWR


  • Number of Discs: 5


  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Eduardo Lalo, Johannes Brahms, Jean SIbelius, Alban Berg, Karel Szymanowski


  • Conductor: Karl Ristenpart, Paul Sacher, Ernest Bour, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Rolf Reinhardt, Hiroyuki Iwaki


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kammerorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks, SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, RSO Saarbrücken


  • Performer: Henryk Szeryng



Works:

  1. Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ensemble: Kammerorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)

    Conductor: Karl Ristenpart


  2. Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ensemble: SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)

    Conductor: Paul Sacher


  3. Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216

    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ensemble: SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)

    Conductor: Paul Sacher


  4. Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, "Turkish"

    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ensemble: SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)

    Conductor: Ernest Bour


  5. Violin Concerto in D Major, K. 271i

    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ensemble: RSO Saarbrücken

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)

    Conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski


  6. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 61

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)

    Conductor: Ernest Bour


  7. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor, WoO 1

    Composer: Robert Schumann

    Ensemble: SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)

    Conductor: Ernest Bour


  8. Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21

    Composer: Edouard Lalo

    Ensemble: SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)

    Conductor: Rolf Reinhardt


  9. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Ensemble: SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)

    Conductor: Ernest Bour


  10. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor, Op. 47

    Composer: Jean Sibelius

    Ensemble: RSO Saarbrücken

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)

    Conductor: Hiroyuki Iwaki


  11. Violin Concerto

    Composer: Alban Berg

    Ensemble: SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)

    Conductor: Ernest Bour


  12. Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61

    Composer: Karel Szymanowski

    Ensemble: RSO Saarbrücken

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)

    Conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski