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Édouard Lalo
Pablo de Sarasate
Camille Saint-Saëns
Maurice Ravel
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Compositional Technique
Maurice Ravel's Tzigane is formally modeled after Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies, featuring a slow, improvisatory introduction followed by a fast Csardas.
Composition History
Edouard Lalo's Violin Concerto and Symphonie espagnole were premiered and dedicated to the Spanish violinist Pablo Sarasate, who helped Lalo gain recognition as a composer.
Composer Biography
Maurice Ravel's repeated failures to win the prestigious Prix de Rome led to a scandal that resulted in the resignation of the Conservatoire's director and his replacement by Gabriel Fauré.
Composer Biography
Edouard Lalo was involved in re-introducing the classical quartet repertoire of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven to the French public through his quartet ensembles.
Composer Biography
Pablo Sarasate, a Spanish violinist, began a concert career at age fifteen that brought him fame across Europe and the Americas, and composers like Bruch wrote for him.
Performer Biography
Marat Bisengaliev, the violinist on this recording, made his concert debut at age nine and has been the subject of three Central Soviet Television documentaries.
Composer Biography
Edouard Lalo, whose family was Spanish but had settled in northern France, earned a living as a violinist and teacher in Paris against his father's wishes.
