Isolde Menges, Harold Samuel, Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Eileen Beattie, Arthur de Greef, Charlton Keith, Sir Landon Ronald, Malcolm Sargent - Isolde Menges (Remastered 2024) (1928) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

CD1
01. Bach Violin Sonata No. 3 in E, First Movement
02. Bach Violin Sonata No. 3 in E, Second Movement
03. Bach Violin Sonata No. 3 in E, Third Movement
04. Bach Violin Sonata No. 3 in E, Fourth Movement
05. Bach Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 (arr. Wilhelmj)
06. Bach Gavotte from Solo Violin Partita No. 3 (arr. Kreisler)
07. Bach Fuga from Solo Violin Sonata No. 1
08. Bach Chaconne from Solo Violin Partita No. 2
09. Beethoven Violin Concerto, First Movement
10. Beethoven Violin Concerto, Second Movement
11. Beethoven Violin Concerto, Third Movement

CD2
01. Handel Violin Sonata in A, First Movement
02. Handel Violin Sonata in A, Second Movement
03. Handel Violin Sonata in A, Third Movement
04. Handel Violin Sonata in A, Fourth Movement
05. Handel Violin Sonata in D, First Movement
06. Handel Violin Sonata in D, Second Movement
07. Handel Violin Sonata in D, Third Movement
08. Handel Violin Sonata in D, Fourth Movement
09. Schubert Violin Sonatina No. 3, First Movement
10. Schubert Violin Sonatina No. 3, Second Movement
11. Schubert Violin Sonatina No. 3, Third Movement
12. Schubert Violin Sonatina No. 3, Fourth Movement
13. Schubert Ave Maria (arr. Wilhelmj)
14. Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 7 (arr. Joachim)
15. Hubay 'Hejre Kati'
16. Hubay Der Zephir
17. Chopin Nocturne in E-flat (arr. Sarasate)
18. Wieniawski 'à la Zingara', Finale from Violin Concerto No. 2
19. De Falla Danse espagnole (arr. Kreisler)
20. Stanford The Leprechaun's Dance
21. Elgar Salut d'amour
22. Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending

The British violinist Isolde Menges (1893-1976) was the most prominent female violinist in the first quarter of the 20th century. A student of the legendary Leopold Auer, Menges made her concerto début at the Queen’s Hall in London in 1913. Following the success of her début, she performed throughout the UK and Europe with such legendary conductors as Willem Mengelberg, Bruno Walter, Thomas Beecham and Henry Wood. Later in her career, she curtailed her solo appearances, forming a much admired piano trio with the noted British pianist Harold Samuel and founding the Menges String Quartet. In 1931 she joined the Royal College of Music where she taught for nearly 40 years. Menges made the first recordings of three of the most well-known pieces ever composed for the violin: the Bach Chaconne, the Beethoven Violin Concerto and The Lark Ascending of Ralph Vaughan Williams, all of which are presented in this 2-CD set. As well as two popular Handel sonatas, this set includes Menges’s recordings of Bach and Schubert Sonatas with the legendary pianists Harold Samuel and Arthur de Greef. The remainder of works are made up of such favourite short pieces as Wilhelmj’s popular transcriptions of the Bach Air on the G string and Schubert’s Ave Maria, Brahms’s Hungarian Dance No.7 arranged by Joachim and De Falla’s Danse espagnole arranged by Kreisler, as well as virtuoso showpieces by Wieniawski and Hubay.

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