Ginette Neveu
Ginette Neveu was, for 14 years, one of the most promising musicians of the 20th century, a violin virtuoso who dazzled audiences in her native France with her performances, and listeners around the world with her recordings. She is remembered today for the promise of her few recordings, and the tragedy of her early death in an airplane crash.
Neveu's musical abilities manifested themselves very early in her life, and she achieved fame as an infant prodigy. Her formal debut took place at age seven and a half, with a performance of Bruch's G minor Violin Concerto in Paris. She quickly began winning prizes in competition, and took lessons from Georges Enescu, before entering the Paris Conservatory at age 11, where she earned the top student prize at the end of her first eight months there. It was her winning of the 1935 prize in the Wieniawski Competition at age 16, against a field of 180 competitors that included a 27-year-old David Oistrakh, that seemed to assure her international career, and doubly so in the wake of the American and Russian debuts that followed. The outbreak of World War II interrupted her work and career, but in 1946 Neveu seemed ready to resume where she had left off in 1940, with performances in England, North and South America, and later Australia.
Neveu seemed poised for greatness, particularly after her triumphant appearance at Britain's Edinburgh Festival in 1949. On October 29, 1949, Neveu and her brother boarded a plane for a trip to America and a new tour. The plane crashed in the Azores, with no survivors.
Neveu made her earliest recordings before the war in Berlin, but her adult recording career didn't begin until 1945 at EMI Records in London. Accompanied by the newly founded Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Walter Susskind, she recorded the Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor on November 21, 1945. Her performance, squeezed in on an off-day between concerts, was so intense that her neck and chin were bleeding at the end of the day-long recording session. In August of the following year, she set down the Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major with the Philharmonia conducted by Issay Dobrowen. Her other major recordings, available on a 1990 EMI compact disc, include works by Chausson, Debussy, Ravel, and Richard Strauss. She also left behind a collection of small-scale violin pieces, and in 1996 a compact disc of her live performances from radio appearances was also released.
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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Ginette Neveu : The Complete Recordings
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jun 21, 2019
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Beethoven: Orchestral Works
Hans Rosbaud, Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Ginette Neveu, Trio Di Trieste, Geza Anda
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on May 15, 2020
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Ginette Neveu · The complete studio recordings
Classical - Released by G.O.P. on Nov 12, 2019
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French & German Works for Violin
Chamber Music - Released by Warner Classics on Nov 28, 2005
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Brahms, J.: Violin Concerto, Op. 77 / Chausson, E.: Poeme (Neveu, Philharmonia Orchestra, Dobrowen) (1946) (Johannes Brahms - Ernest Chausson)
Classical - Released by IDIS on Jan 1, 1999
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Sibelius & Brahms: Violin Concertos
Ginette Neveu, Walter Susskind, Issay Dobrowen, The Philharmonia Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Released by Infinity on Apr 9, 2021
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In Memoriam (Ginette Neveu, violon)
Classical - Released by Tahra on Oct 22, 2009
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Sibelius & Brahms: Violin Concerto, OP. 47 - Violin Concerto, OP.77
Ginette Neveu, Philharmonia Orchestra
Concertos - Released by Altair on Oct 19, 2022
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Ginette Neveu Plays Brahms
Ginette Neveu, Jean Neveu, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Classical - Released by Tahra on Dec 16, 2008
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Ravel Tzigane (Studio Recording)
Classical - Released by Artemisia on Aug 3, 2023
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Johannes Brahms, Vol. 11
Ginette Neveu, Szymon Goldberg, Arthur Balsam, Yehudi Menuhin, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg
Classical - Released by ArnebAudio on Jan 17, 2024
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Master of Music, Brahms - Violin Concerto Op. 77, Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Ginette Neveu, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans Knappertsbusch, Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Oscardigital on Jul 21, 1992
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo