Performer: Bronislaw Gimpel, Martin Krause
Orchestra: RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester
Conductor: Fritz Lehmann, Arthur Rother, Alfred Gohlke
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE21418
Release: 2012
Size: 607 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Adagio di molto
03. III. Allegro ma non tanto
04. Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22
05. I. Allegro moderato
06. II. Romance. Andante
07. III. Allegro con fuoco – Allegro moderato
CD 02
Schubert: Grand Duo for Violin and Piano in A Major, D574
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Scherzo. Presto
03. III. Andantino
04. IV. Allegro vivace
Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4
05. I. Adagio – Allegro moderato
06. II. Poco adagio
07. III. Allegro agitato
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
08. I. Mit Leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck
09. II. Allegretto
10. III. Lebhaft
CD 03
Janáček: Violin Sonata
01. I. Con moto
02. II. Ballada: Con moto
03. III. Allegretto
04. IV. Adagio
Tartini: Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 1 No. 10 ‘Didone abbandonata’ (B. g10)
05. I. Adagio
06. II. Presto non troppo
07. III. Largo –
08. IV. Allegro commodo
Rathaus: Pastorale et Danse, Op. 39
09. I. Pastorale
10. II. Danse: Allegro vivace
The new Bronislaw Gimpel edition presents on three CDs all recordings made by the violinist between 1954 and 1957 for the RIAS Berlin. Not only do they illustrate the striking violinistic profile of the artist, but also the stylistic palette of his repertoire.
Bronislaw Gimpel (1911-1979) was one of the “old school” violin virtuosos. His distinctly individual approach towards sound and phrasing left a strong mark in the history of violin playing. Gimpel was born in the Galician city of Lemberg, today’s Lviv in the Ukraine. He received his musical training at the conservatoires of his home city as well as Vienna, and at the Berlin Musikhochschule with Carl Flesch. Gimpel established an international and versatile career as a soloist, concert master, chamber musician, conductor and violin teacher.