https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Tue, 14 May 2024 16:45:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://altocd.com/product/pacl95014/ Wed, 15 May 2024 00:07:37 +0000 https://altocd.com/?post_type=product&p=52983 Catalogue Number: PACL 95014 Number of Discs: 1 CD Date/Runtime: TOTAL TIME 79:36 AAD/ADD, 1937/61 Barcode: 5055354409141]]> “depth of rich and floated tone … pizzicato spot on … rhythmic nuances conveyed with dazzling precision” “These reveal Primrose in all his technical and expressive glory. The range of tone-colours is phenomenal, the left hand’s digital dexterity… the bow arm’s seductive slowness or biting incision” (MusicWeb) All newly re-mastered

Béla Bartók: Concerto for Viola, Sz120 (completed Serly) [21:11]

[1] I. Moderato 11:24 [2] II. Adagio religioso – III. Allegro vivace 9:46

New Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tibor Serly; Kingsway Hall, London, 1951

Felix Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major, Op.20 [28:00]

with Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, violins: Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick,

Joseph Stepansky, viola 2: Virginia Majewski; cello 2: Gabor Rejto; rec.1961

[3] I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco 12:45 [4] II. Andante 5:35

[5] III. Scherzo 4:18 [6] IV. Presto 5:22

William Walton: Concerto for Viola (1929) [22:31]

Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir William Walton, London, July 1946

[7] I. Andante comodo 7:31 [8] II. Vivo con molto preciso 3:48

[9] III. Allegro moderato 11:11

[10] Niccolò Paganini: Violin Concerto No.2 in B minor, Op.7 [3:58]

III. Rondo – ‘La Campanella’(arr.Kreisler for violin, then for viola by Primrose)

Recorded: 1937; Harry Isaacs, piano

[11] S. Foster: I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair [3:34]

(arr.Heifetz for violin/piano, then for viola by Primrose) with piano accompaniment;

Recording of the US Forces Radio Service 1943

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