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Catalogue | Solo Concerto
Michael Rabin plays Bruch's Violin Concerto and Virtuoso Pieces for Violin and Piano
Michael Rabin was a virtuoso of the highest order, one of the most talented violinists of the twentieth century. A child prodigy, he performed in public for the first time aged only eleven. From the early 1950s, Rabin gave concerts across the globe and made numerous recordings, including the... 
Michael Rabin | Lothar Broddack | Thomas Schippers
RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester
Max Bruch | Henryk Wieniawski | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Pablo de Sarasate
"The Bruch concerto makes this an essential purchase for Rabin collectors." (musicweb-international)
Michael Rabin plays Bruch's Violin Concerto and Virtuoso Pieces for Violin and Piano
- Applause (00:37)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
- I. Vorspiel. Allegro moderato (08:28)
- II. Adagio (09:45)
- III. Finale. Allegro energico – Presto (07:13)
- Banjo and Fiddle (02:36)
- Caprice in A minor, Op. 18 No. 4 (01:29)
- Souvenir d‘un lieu cher, Op. 42
- No. 1: Méditation. Andante molto cantabile (06:46)
- Carmen-Fantasie, Op. 25 (10:08)
- Danzas Españolas No. 1
- Malagueña, Op. 21 No. 1 (04:18)
- Danzas Españolas No. 2
- Habanera Op. 21, No. 2 (04:02)
- Danzas Españolas No. 6
- Zapateado, Op. 23 No. 2 (03:22)
- Havanaise in E major, Op. 83 (09:55)
Michael Rabin was a virtuoso of the highest order, one of the most talented violinists of the twentieth century. A child prodigy, he performed in public for the first time aged only eleven. From the early 1950s, Rabin gave concerts across the globe and made numerous recordings, including the complete Paganini Caprices. He worked himself into a state of exhaustion, going through a crisis in the 1960s which temporarily compromised his playing. However, Rabin managed to recover and return to his former glory. These recordings, made by the RIAS and released here for the first time, document his comeback in an impressive manner.
The live recording of Max Bruch’s First Violin Concerto, made in the Berlin Philharmonie, is of particular interest as Rabin never made an LP recording of it. In the short virtuoso pieces, the violinist – who died at a tragically young age – demonstrates himself to have been a romantic virtuoso par excellence: he displays a sensuous tone and an enthralling technique.
There is a “Producer’s Comment” from producer Ludger Böckenhoff about this production available.
The production is part of our series „Legendary Recordings“ and bears the quality feature „1st Master Release“. This term stands for the excellent quality of archival productions at audite. For all historical publications at audite are based, without exception, on the original tapes from broadcasting archives. In general these are the original analogue tapes, which attain an astonishingly high quality, even measured by today‘s standards, with their tape speed of up to 76 cm/sec. The remastering – professionally competent and sensitively applied – also uncovers previously hidden details of the interpretations. Thus, a sound of superior quality results. CD publications based on private recordings from broadcasts cannot be compared with these.
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andante
| January 7, 2009
Rezension siehe PDF ...
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Audiophile Audition
| Peter Joelson | July 25, 2009
Michael Rabin made some wonderful recordings for EMI/Capitol and Columbia in the 1950s and this release of a live performance of Bruch's First violin...
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CD Compact
| Benjamín Fontvella | January 12, 2009
Markevitch fue uno de los directores más personales de la segunda mitad del siglo xx, un intelectual riguroso, compositor notable y vanguardista sin...
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Diverdi Magazin
| Roberto Andrade | January 9, 2009
Estrella fugaz (2)
Nuevo monográfico dedicado a Michael Rabin en Audite
O la difícil evolución del niño prodigio al artista adulto, que ya fue comentada en este Boletín a propósito de un doble CD que Tahra dedicó al... -
Fanfare
| Anthony Feinstein | January 9, 2009
Anthony Feinstein on Michael Rabin’s Life and Later Recordings
[...] Audite’s compilation of Berlin recordings made by Michael Rabin, both live (Bruch, 6/16–17, 1969) and in the studio (Weiniawski,... -
Fanfare
| Robert Maxham | November 30, 2008
Want List for Robert Maxham
This year’s wants bear connections to the greatest of the great violinists. Dynamic’s eight-CD set offers a synoptic view of Paganini’s works... -
Fono Forum
| Norbert Hornig | June 16, 2010
Lichtstrahl im Archiv
Viele Veröffentlichungen historischer Aufnahmen stammen mittlerweile aus Rundfunkarchiven. Meist handelt es sich dabei um Live-Mitschnitte, auch die... -
Gramophone
| Rob Cowan | January 10, 2009
Violin brilliance from a player taken from us far too early
Michael Rabin's was a talent that even among a plethora of great violinists was something rather special, and we're lucky to have so many fine records... -
International Record Review
| January 10, 2009
Igor Markevitch was at the height of his powers in the early 1950s and two discs of broadcast recording' with the RIAS SO, Berlin, have appeared on...
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Klassieke zaken
| Chris Zuiderhout | January 10, 2009
Michael Rabin (1936-1972) gold in de jaren vijftig en zestig als dé ster uit de befaamde vioolschool van Ivan Galamian. 'Een heel uitzonderlijk...
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La Musica
| January 6, 2009
Rezension siehe PDF...
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Pforzheimer Zeitung
| Thomas Weiss | November 30, 2009
Rückkehr eines Virtuosen
Michael Rabin galt als eines der größten Geigentalente des 20. Jahrhunderts. Doch schon früh musste er aufreibendem Tourneestress Tribut zollen:... -
Radio Stephansdom
| July 15, 2009
Der New Yorker Wundergeiger Michael Rabin starb viel zu jung mit 35 Jahren. Bei diesen Berliner Live-Aufnahmen aus den Jahren 1962 und 1969 kann man... -
Scherzo
| Enrique Pérez Adrián | January 12, 2008
Gulda y otras joyas
El sello alemán Audite (distribuidor: Diverdi) nos trae un nuevo lanzamiento en el que destaca un álbum de 4 CDs dedicado a los primeros años del... -
Stuttgarter Zeitung
| Götz Thieme | June 30, 2009
Keine Schwächen, niemals
Geigengenie. Mit 35 Jahren starb Michael Rabin, Konzertmitschnitte aus Berlin erinnern an den großen Geiger.
Im Alter von 35 Jahren starb 1972 einer der talentiertesten Geiger der USA.... -
www.musicweb-international.com
| Jonathan Woolf | October 7, 2009
Rabin has been increasingly well served of late, not least by smaller, dedicated labels such as Medici, Doremi and now, as here, Audite. The Doremi...
Michael Rabin plays Bruch's Violin Concerto and Virtuoso Pieces for Violin and Piano (audite 95.607)
| article number: | 95.607 |
| EAN barcode: | 4022143956071 |
| price group: | BCB |
| release date: | 15. May 2009 |
| total time: | 68 min. |
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