The Violin under the Menorah

Housle pod menorou, Mendelssohn, Kreilser, Bloch, Schulhoff

On this CD, you will find compositions for violin and piano or violin solo, to whose authors circulated in their veins the blood of King David. You will listen to compositions from early romanticism across virtuoso romanticism until modern period of the first half of the 20th century.

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Track list

Felix MENDELSSOHN - BARTHOLDY: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major (1938)
       1. Allegro vivace   (12:01)
       2. Adagio   (6:37)
       3. Assai vivace   (6:05)

Fritz KREISLER:
       4. Caprice Viennois Op. 2   (4:12)
       5. Liebesfreud'   (3:08)
       6. Liebesleid   (3:09)
       Recitative e Scherzo Caprice Op. 6
       7. Rezitative   (2:47)
       8. Scherzo Caprice   (2:09)

Ernest BLOCH: Baal-shem (1923)
       9. I. Viduj   (2:40)
     10. II. Nigun   (6:13)
     11. III. Jubel   (4:17)

Ervín SCHULHOFF: Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano (1928)
     12. Allegro impetuoso   (6:57)
     13. Andante   (3:55)
     14. Burlesca (Allegretto)   (2:48)
     15. Finale (Allegro risoluto)   (4:07)

Further information

Pavel Eret - violin
Daniel Wiesner - piano
Recorded at the Studio Martínek Prague in 1995
Music director and sound engineer - Václav Zamazal
Published by the Vampola Music Division in 1996

Listen to MP3 samples

Download file bloch-baal-shem-nigun.mp3 [940.53kb]