Bronislaw Gimpel • Violin Concertos & Sonatas 3 CDs

Bronislaw Gimpel • Violin Concertos & Sonatas 3 CDs

Violin Concertos , Violin Sonatas & Violin Pieces, Berlin 1954-1957
Bronislaw Gimpel was one of the “old school” virtuosos. His distinctly individual approach towards sound and phrasing left a strong mark in the history of violin playing. This edition presents on three CDs the complete recordings made by Gimpel for the RIAS Berlin during the 1950s.

CD 1 (73:39)
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 (31:13) Bronislaw Gimpel | RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester | Fritz Lehmann
Allegro (15:38)
Adagio di molto (07:45)
Allegro, ma non tanto (07:50)
Karol Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61 (19:27)  Bronislaw Gimpel | Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | Arthur Rother
Henryk Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 (22:59) Bronislaw Gimpel | RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester | Alfred Gohlke
Allegro moderato (11:30)
Romanze (05:24)
Allegro con fuoco (06:05)

CD 2 (59:45)
Franz Schubert: Violin Sonata in A major, Op. posth. 162 (D 574) (21:15) Bronislaw Gimpel | Martin Krause
Allegro moderato (08:43)
Scherzo. Presto (03:52)
Andantino (03:39)
Allegro vivace (05:01)
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4 (21:32) Bronislaw Gimpel | Martin Krause
Adagio. Allegro moderato (08:37)
Poco adagio (07:33)
Allegro agitato (05:22)
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 (16:58) Bronislaw Gimpel | Martin Krause
Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck (08:01)
Allegretto (03:53)
Lebhaft (05:04)

CD 3 (47:39)
Leoš Janácek: Sonata for Violin and Piano (20:33) Bronislaw Gimpel | Martin Krause
Con moto (06:30)
Ballada (05:21)
Allegretto (03:07)
Adagio (05:35)
Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Sonata „Didone abbandonata“ in G minor, Op. 1 No. 10 (14:36) Bronislaw Gimpel | Martin Krause
Larghetto affettuoso (06:55)
Presto non troppo (01:51)
Largo (02:33)
Allegro commodo (03:17)
Karol Rathaus: Pastorale et Danse for Violin and Piano, Op. 39 (12:30) Bronislaw Gimpel | Martin Krause
Pastorale (06:25)
Danse (06:05)