Fritz Kreisler, a Viennese musician, abandoned the concert hall in the early 1890s to study medicine and undertake military service as a cavalry officer before resuming his performing career.
Album & Artwork
This album, titled "Homage," celebrates the legacy of great violinists and their encore pieces, which are short compositions that often express profound emotions.
Composer Biography
Poldowski, born Irena Wieniawska, was the youngest daughter of Henryk Wieniawski and adopted a masculine pseudonym after her marriage.
Composer Biography
Antonio Bazzini's playing career was encouraged by Paganini and later endorsed by Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn, for whom he gave the first private performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.
Performer Biography
Leopold Auer, whose transcription of Schumann's "Widmung" is featured, succeeded Henryk Wieniawski as professor of violin at the St Petersburg Conservatory in 1868 and remained there for almost fifty years.
Composition History
Robert Schumann's song-cycle "Myrthen" was prepared as a wedding present for Clara Wieck after a successful court battle with her father.
Composer Biography
Franz Ries, a violinist and composer, came from a dynasty of musicians established in the mid-1700s that included Beethoven's pupil Ferdinand Ries.
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