Composer: Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Performer: Sherban Lupu, Yvonne Redman, Ian Hobson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0311
Release: 2019
Size: 950 MB
Recovery: +3%
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Études pour le Violon à plusieurs parties
01. No. 1 in F Major
02. No. 2 in A Major
03. No. 3 in E Major
04. No. 4 in C Major
05. No. 5 in E-Flat Major
06. No. 6a, Introduction
07. No. 6b, Thema “The Last Summer Rose”
08. No. 6c, Var. 1
09. No. 6d, Var. 2
10. No. 6e, Var. 3
11. No. 6f, Var. 4
12. No. 6g, Finale
Trois Valses non dansantes pour le Piano-forte
13. No. 1 in E Major
14. No. 2 in A-Flat Minor
15. No. 3 in D-Flat Major
16. Romanze in A-Flat Major (An Madam Clara Schuman) [After Ernst’s “Pensées fugitives” No. 2]
17. Nocturne posthume in A-Flat Major
18. Lebet Wohl
19. Der Fischer
20. Grand Caprice. Solo pour Violon sur Le Roi des Aulnes de F. Schubert, Op. 26
Sherban Lupu, born in 1952, is the leading Romanian violinist of his generation and was for decades, until his recent retirement from academic life, one of the most sought-after violin teachers in North America. For Toccata Classics he has recorded this complete recording of the works of Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst as well as music by Enescu and Grigoriu.
Ian Hobson, pianist and conductor, began his international career in 1981 when he won First Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition. He is in increasing demand as a conductor, particularly for performances in which he doubles as a pianist. He made his debut in this capacity in 1996 with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, and also performs extensively as pianist-conductor with Sinfonia da Camera, a group he formed in 1984 and which quickly gained international recognition through its recordings. He is half-way through a six-CD series conducting the early orchestral music of Bohuslav Martinu for Toccata Classics and a recording of Moszkowski’s symphonic poem Johanna d’Arc is imminent.
Yvonne Redman, professor of voice at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has a distinguished career on the operatic stages of the world, not least the Metropolitan Opera, where she appeared for eighteen consecutive seasons.