Ida Haendel, Josef Hassid – Their HMV Encores (Remastered 2023) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:44 minutes | 910 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Parnassus
This album showcases recordings by two major violinists of the mid-20th century, Josef Hassid (1923–50) and Ida Haendel (1923/8*–2020). Both were from similar backgrounds, born in Poland of Jewish descent in the 1920s, and both had their first major successes in London in the late 1930s. Their recordings also document an important shared influence, the teaching of Carl Flesch (1873–1944). Flesch was a major virtuoso of the previous generation, but who made relatively few recordings (Ed: 1905-36 Odeon, Edison, Electrola, DGG). However, his artistic values, characterised by pure tone and solid technique, shine through in the recordings of his pupils, giving us a chance to hear a major school of violin playing from its earliest years.
Tracklist:
1-01. Ida Haendel – Andante and Presto (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Leslie Bridgewater) [Remastered 2023] (06:51)
1-02. Ida Haendel – 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 24 in A Minor (Remastered 2023) (07:45)
1-03. Ida Haendel – Baal Shem: No. 2, Nigun (Remastered 2023) (06:19)
1-04. Ida Haendel – Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 2 in E Minor (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Fritz Kreisler) [Remastered 2023] (04:46)
1-05. Ida Haendel – Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 15 in A-Flat Major (Arr. for Violin & Piano by David Hochstein) [Remastered 2023] (02:33)
1-06. Ida Haendel – 6 Romanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56 (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Zoltán Székely) [Remastered 2023] (06:09)
1-07. Ida Haendel – Habanera (Remastered 2023) (03:06)
1-08. Ida Haendel – Polonaise Brillante in D Major, Op. 4 (Remastered 2023) (04:39)
1-09. Ida Haendel – Moods, Op. 73: No. 2, Scherzo-Impromptu (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Joseph Achron) [Remastered 2023] (02:25)
1-10. Ida Haendel – Rodeo: Hoe-Down (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Aaron Copland) [Remastered 2023] (03:01)
1-11. Josef Hassid – Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42: No. 3, Mélodie (Remastered 2023) (03:10)
1-12. Josef Hassid – Humoresque No. 7, Op. 101 (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Fritz Kreisler) [Remastered 2023] (03:26)
1-13. Josef Hassid – Thaïs: Meditation (Arr. for VIolin & Piano by Martin Pierre Marsick) [Remastered 2023] (04:00)
1-14. Josef Hassid – La Capricieuse, Op. 17 (Remastered 2023) (03:25)
1-15. Josef Hassid – Danzas Españolas: No. 5. Playera, Op. 23 No. 1 (Remastered 2023) (04:07)
1-16. Josef Hassid – Danzas Españolas: No. 6. Zapateado, Op. 23 No. 2 (Remastered 2023) (03:30)
1-17. Josef Hassid – Caprice Viennois, Op. 28 (Remastered 2023) (03:43)
1-18. Josef Hassid – Hebrew Melody, Op. 33 (Remastered 2023) (04:41)