Isolde Menges – Bach, Beethoven, Schubert & Vaughan-Williams (2024) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Isolde Menges – Bach, Beethoven, Schubert & Vaughan-Williams (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:44:02 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Classical
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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.

Tracklist:

1-1. Isolde Menges – Bach Violin Sonata No. 3 in E, First Movement (04:28)
1-2. Isolde Menges – Bach Violin Sonata No. 3 in E, Second Movement (02:58)
1-3. Isolde Menges – Bach Violin Sonata No. 3 in E, Third Movement (04:45)
1-4. Isolde Menges – Bach Violin Sonata No. 3 in E, Fourth Movement (03:49)
1-5. Isolde Menges – Bach Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 (arr. Wilhelmj) (03:46)
1-6. Isolde Menges – Bach Gavotte from Solo Violin Partita No. 3 (arr. Kreisler) (03:08)
1-7. Isolde Menges – Bach Fuga from Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 (05:52)
1-8. Isolde Menges – Bach Chaconne from Solo Violin Partita No. 2 (14:26)
1-9. Isolde Menges – Beethoven Violin Concerto, First Movement (22:06)
1-10. Isolde Menges – Beethoven Violin Concerto, Second Movement (08:29)
1-11. Isolde Menges – Beethoven Violin Concerto, Third Movement (08:26)
2-1. Isolde Menges – Handel Violin Sonata in A, First Movement (02:39)
2-2. Isolde Menges – Handel Violin Sonata in A, Second Movement (01:55)
2-3. Isolde Menges – Handel Violin Sonata in A, Third Movement (01:00)
2-4. Isolde Menges – Handel Violin Sonata in A, Fourth Movement (03:08)
2-5. Isolde Menges – Handel Violin Sonata in D, First Movement (03:09)
2-6. Isolde Menges – Handel Violin Sonata in D, Second Movement (02:51)
2-7. Isolde Menges – Handel Violin Sonata in D, Third Movement (03:04)
2-8. Isolde Menges – Handel Violin Sonata in D, Fourth Movement (02:48)
2-9. Isolde Menges – Schubert Violin Sonatina No. 3, First Movement (03:41)
2-10. Isolde Menges – Schubert Violin Sonatina No. 3, Second Movement (04:45)
2-11. Isolde Menges – Schubert Violin Sonatina No. 3, Third Movement (02:43)
2-12. Isolde Menges – Schubert Violin Sonatina No. 3, Fourth Movement (04:02)
2-13. Isolde Menges – Schubert Ave Maria (arr. Wilhelmj) (04:28)
2-14. Isolde Menges – Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 7 (arr. Joachim) (02:13)
2-15. Isolde Menges – Hubay ‘Hejre Kati’ (04:48)
2-16. Isolde Menges – Hubay Der Zephir (03:26)
2-17. Isolde Menges – Chopin Nocturne in E-flat (arr. Sarasate) (04:35)
2-18. Isolde Menges – Wieniawski ‘à la Zingara’, Finale from Violin Concerto No. 2 (04:07)
2-19. Isolde Menges – De Falla Danse espagnole (arr. Kreisler) (03:27)
2-20. Isolde Menges – Stanford The Leprechaun’s Dance (03:11)
2-21. Isolde Menges – Elgar Salut d’amour (03:11)
2-22. Isolde Menges – Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (12:38)

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