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Has any violinist captured the imaginations of ensuing generations to the degree Romanian-American Jascha Heifetz has? Arguably not. So no wonder that there's always a steady trickle of recital releases centred around Heifetz's virtuosic transcriptions of popular tunes, which he used as recital encores (although, fascinatingly, these tend to pop less regularly as actual live recital encores). Still, when most often it's younger generation violinists who are recording this razzle-dazzle repertoire, this programme from Benjamin Schmidt and his pianist wife Ariane Haering – in honour of the 120th anniversary of Heifetz's birth – stands out for being the work of a violinist now in the fourth decade of his performance career.
You can hear all the confidence and technical assurance of years, too, right from his first crisply biting notes and firm portamentos in the programme-opening Prokofiev March from The Love for Three Oranges – a piece which overall he delivers big, bold and broad-toned, with a fabulous sweep to its upwards-racing runs. Likewise the rapid pizzicato strumming of the following Banjo and Fiddle by William Kroll.
Moving forwards, pieces such as It Ain't Necessarily So play perfectly to Schmid's well-exercised jazz muscles, while also opening up the field to a few equally entertaining modern pieces in the spirit of Heifetz – an arrangement of Mish Mash by Romanian Antoni Donchev, plus two pieces inspired by Duke Ellington by Schmid's fellow Austrian, Sabina Hank.
Add the inevitable close musical partnership between Schmid and Haering, and a lively immediacy to the engineering, and all in all it's a thoroughly fun listen. © Charlotte Gardner/Qobuz
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The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33 (Sergei Prokofiev)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Banjo and Fiddle (William Kroll)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - William Kroll, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
4 Airs de Balle (Riccardo Drigo)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Riccardo Drigo, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - George Gershwin, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
2 Canciones Mexicanas (Manuel Maria Ponce)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Manuel Maria Ponce, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48 (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Gayaneh (Aram Ilyitch Khatchaturian)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Aram Khachaturian, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Mish Mash (Arr. for Violin & Piano) (Antoni Donchev)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Antoni Donchev, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Sicilienne in E-Flat Major (Samuel Dushkin)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Samuel Dushkin, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Valse noble et sentimentales, M. 61 (Maurice Ravel)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Triakontameron (Leopold Godowsky)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Leopold Godowsky, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Prelude No. 15 "Ao pé da fogueira" (Arr. J. Heifetz for Violin & Piano) (Flausino Vale)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist - Flausino Vale, Composer
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - George Gershwin, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Thoughts over Caravan (After Ellington & Tizol) (Sabina Hank)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Sabina Hank, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
In a Sentimental Mood for Two (After Ellington) (Sabina Hank)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Sabina Hank, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6, TH 143 No. 6 (Arr. H. Morgan for Violin & Piano) (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Berceuse, op. 16 (Gabriel Fauré)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 28 (Karl Goldmark)
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - Karl Goldmark, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Albumbeschreibung
Has any violinist captured the imaginations of ensuing generations to the degree Romanian-American Jascha Heifetz has? Arguably not. So no wonder that there's always a steady trickle of recital releases centred around Heifetz's virtuosic transcriptions of popular tunes, which he used as recital encores (although, fascinatingly, these tend to pop less regularly as actual live recital encores). Still, when most often it's younger generation violinists who are recording this razzle-dazzle repertoire, this programme from Benjamin Schmidt and his pianist wife Ariane Haering – in honour of the 120th anniversary of Heifetz's birth – stands out for being the work of a violinist now in the fourth decade of his performance career.
You can hear all the confidence and technical assurance of years, too, right from his first crisply biting notes and firm portamentos in the programme-opening Prokofiev March from The Love for Three Oranges – a piece which overall he delivers big, bold and broad-toned, with a fabulous sweep to its upwards-racing runs. Likewise the rapid pizzicato strumming of the following Banjo and Fiddle by William Kroll.
Moving forwards, pieces such as It Ain't Necessarily So play perfectly to Schmid's well-exercised jazz muscles, while also opening up the field to a few equally entertaining modern pieces in the spirit of Heifetz – an arrangement of Mish Mash by Romanian Antoni Donchev, plus two pieces inspired by Duke Ellington by Schmid's fellow Austrian, Sabina Hank.
Add the inevitable close musical partnership between Schmid and Haering, and a lively immediacy to the engineering, and all in all it's a thoroughly fun listen. © Charlotte Gardner/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:33
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Benjamin Schmid Ariane Haering
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Gramola Records
- Genre: Klassiek Kamermuziek
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
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