Pablo de Sarasate, a composer on this album, was a child prodigy violinist who received a Stradivari from Queen Isabella of Spain at the age of 10.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in October 2014 at the Salle Yakov Kreizberg of the Auditorium Rainier III in Monte-Carlo.
Performer Biography
Arabella Steinbacher, the violinist on this album, began playing the violin at age three and studied at the Munich Academy of Music with renowned professor Ana Chumachenco from age nine.
Composer Biography
Franz Waxman, a composer featured on this album, was primarily a significant film music composer who won two Oscars for 'Best Film Music' during his Hollywood career.
Interpretation
This album aims to revive the tradition of great violinists like Jascha Heifetz and Fritz Kreisler playing virtuosic pieces in concerts, a practice less common today.
Composer Biography
Camille Saint-Saëns, a composer on this album, was a 'universalist' who was also a poet, playwright, astronomer, scientist, cartoonist, pedagogue, and journalist.
Performer Biography
Arabella Steinbacher plays the 'Booth' Stradivari from 1716, which is on loan to her from the Nippon Music Foundation.
