William Primrose - Kreisler, Paganini, Handel & Others: Works for Viola & Piano (2021)

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Artist: William Primrose
Title: Kreisler, Paganini, Handel & Others: Works for Viola & Piano
Year Of Release: 2021
Label: Biddulph Recordings
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 76:49 min
Total Size: 303 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

1. Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (Arr. A. Templeton for Viola & Piano)
2. I. Andante
3. II. Allegro
4. III. Adagio
5. IV. Allegro
6. I. Adagio
7. II. Allegro
8. Solfeggietto in C Minor, Wq. 117 No. 2 (Arr. W. Primrose for Viola & Piano)
9. VIII. Tambourin (Arr. F. Kreisler for Viola & Piano)
10. III. Presto (Transcr. L. Bridgewater for Viola & Piano)
11. Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6, D. 839 (Arr. A. Wilhelmj for Viola & Piano)
12. No. 3, Warum- (Arr. W. Burmester for Viola & Piano)
13. No. 13 in B-Flat Major -Devil's Laughter- [Arr. E. Wild for Viola & Piano]
14. No. 24 in A Minor [Arr. W. Primrose for Viola & Piano]
15. No. 4, Songs My Mother Taught Me (Arr. F. Kreisler for Viola & Piano)
16. Negro Spiritual Melody (After Dvořák's Op. 95 No. 2) [Transcr. for Viola & Piano]
17. No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin (Arr. for Viola & Piano)
18. Praeludium & Allegro in the Style of Pugnani (Transcr. for Viola & Piano)
19. La précieuse in the Style of Couperin (Transcr. for Viola & Piano)
20. Allegretto in the Style of Boccherini (Transcr. for Viola & Piano)
21. Scherzo in the Style of Dittersdorf (Transcr. for Viola & Piano)
22. Aucassin and Nicolette (Transcr. for Viola & Piano)
23. No. 1, Liebesfreud (Transcr. for Viola & Piano)
24. Syncopation (Transcr. for Viola & Piano)
25. Midnight Bells (Arr. F. Kreisler for Viola & Piano)
26. Cherry Ripe (Transcr. for Viola & Piano)
27. Hassan- Serenade (Arr. for Viola & Piano)

This CD features recordings by the great Scots-born violist William Primrose. The recordings were made between 1939-42, which most people regard were Primrose’s prime years. This was the period in which he collaborated in many chamber music recordings with Heifetz and Feuermann, and also founded the Primrose String Quartet, with Oscar Shumsky and Josef Gingold and Harvey Shapiro. Especially notable about this CD release is that it features 14 previously unissued recordings. Among the works that are new to the Primrose discography are Handel’s popular Sonata in A, as well as such favourites as Schubert’s Ave Maria, Schumann’s Warum? and Debussy’s Girl with the Flaxen Hair. Also included are numerous original compositions and transcriptions by Fritz Kreisler, Primrose’s idol. These include Liebesfreud, Syncopation and Aucassin and Nicolette, as well as pastiche pieces in the style of Baroque composers. Another item that receives its premiere on this CD is Kreisler’s transcription of Richard Heuberger’s beloved aria Im chambre séparée. This CD ends with the first commercial release of two well-known English salon pieces.

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