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PRIMROSE, William: Recital, Vol. 2 (1939-1952)

Composer(s):
Artist(s)
Period(s) 20th CenturyBaroque (1600-1750)Romantic
Genre Classical Music
Category Chamber MusicInstrumentalVocal
Catalogue 8.111383
Label Naxos Historical
Quality   320kbps
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USD 6.99
 

 


Considered the first really modern violist, legendary Scottish musician William Primrose first came to prominence with the violin in the 1920s, turning to the viola on the recommendation of his greatest mentor, Eugène Ysaÿe. This programme includes four Paganini Caprices, which did more than any other of Primrose’s recordings to spread his fame among his peers, as well as two major works written especially for him: Arthur Benjamin’s Sonata, and Roy Harris’s Soliloquy and Dance. Primrose performs here with numerous noted accompanists, and alongside Jascha Heifetz in Halvorsen’s Passacaglia. This is the second of two volumes, the first of which is on 8.111382.


   




Review By Paulino Toribio,Ritmo,May 2012

Comienza esta grabación con el Capricho núm. 24 de Paganini en versión para viola y piano arreglada por el propio Primrose. Y lo mismo ocurre con los número 5, 13 y 17, junto a otras piezas cortas de Brahms, Schubert, Bach, Haendel, etc. Es muy interesante la famosa Pasacaglia de Haendel en arreglo de Halvorsen para violín y viola, que esta vez interpreta junto a Heifetz. Hijo de John Primrose, violinista, violista y compositor, utilizó en sus primeros años un violín Gagliano de 1735, un buen comienzo para un intérprete de violín que luego conseguiría con la viola los máximos reconocimientos. Escuchó y conoció a Caruso, Kreisler, Szigetti e Ysaye. A los quince años

Vertiginosas algunas de las interpretaciones de Paganini y de la mencionada Pasacaglia junto a Heifetz. Hermosísimas las versiones de las dos Canciones para contralto, viola y piano op. 91 de Brahms, junto a Marian Anderson, y las versiones de corales de Brahms, Schubert y Bach junto al organista Vernon de Tar. © 2012 Ritmo

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Review By Martin Cotton,BBC Music Magazine,April 2012

Distinguished, passionate and virtuoso playing from a great viola player, with colleagues including Jascha Heifetz and Marian Anderson. Don’t let the mono sound put you off. © 2012 BBC Music Magazine








 

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