Joseph Szigeti - The Mercury Masters
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / STRAVINSKY / HONEGGER / Prokofiev / DEBUSSY / etc
Joseph Szigeti - The Mercury Masters
Joseph Szigeti (violin) with Roy Bogas, Artur Balsam, Mieczysław Horszowski (piano), various concductors & soloists
[ Mercury Living Presense Australian Eloquence / 6 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 17 February 2023
Romanticist and classicist, modernist and conservative, the violinist Joseph Szigeti defied classification. His wide repertoire ranged from Bach to Bartók and beyond, and he played it all with skill and understanding, becoming known as 'the thinking man's virtuoso'. Issued internationally and complete, for the first time on CD in this Limited Edition original-jackets collection, these Mercury recordings were made in New York and London during the autumn of Szigeti's career, between 1959 and 1961. The original Mercury tapes have been given new high-definition transfers at Abbey Road Studios, and then remastered by Thomas Fine.
Tracks:
CD 1
BRAHMS Horn Trio
Violin Sonata No. 2
John Barrows ∙ Mieczysław Horszowski
CD 2
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
Herbert Menges
CD 3
PROKOFIEV Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Artur Balsam
CD 4
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
Antal Doráti
CD 5
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1
Herbert Menges
STRAVINSKY Duo Concertant
Roy Bogas
CD6
HONEGGER Violin Sonata No. 1
WEBERN Four Pieces, Op. 7
DEBUSSY Violin Sonata
IVES Violin Sonata No. 4
BARTÓK Violin Sonata No. 2
Roy Bogas
