This album was recorded in the Jerusalem Music Centre, Israel, on January 4-6, 2009.
Composer Biography
Ernő Dohnányi, though apolitical, was forced into exile at age seventy-two due to a whispering campaign by new Communist authorities in Hungary, spending his last decade teaching and performing in Argentina and the USA.
Composer Biography
Ernő Dohnányi, born in 1877, grew up near Vienna and was known internationally by the German form of his name, Ernst von Dohnanyi, for a significant part of his career.
Compositional Technique
Dohnányi's Violin Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 21, composed in 1912, shows his individual development of Brahms and Liszt's stylistic traits combined with a structural economy reflecting Brahms's sonatas.
Composer Biography
Leoš Janáček, though a generation older than Dohnányi, was considered by many to be the more forward-looking and original composer.
Composer Biography
Ernő Dohnányi was a gifted composer and an internationally renowned virtuoso pianist, whose pupils included Annie Fischer, Géza Anda, and Georg Solti.
Composer Biography
According to Béla Bartók, Ernő Dohnányi's teaching and playing were so influential that he became 'the entire musical life of Hungary'.
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