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Lucerne Festival Historic Performances: Wolfgang Schneiderhan

11/4/2016, 8 Tracks, 1:05:04

Featuring

  • Paul Hindemith
  • Wolfgang Schneiderhan
  • Ferdinand Leitner
  • Bernard Haitink
  • Irmgard Seefried
  • Schweizerisches Festspielorchester
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Hans Werner Henze
  • Frank Martin

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Composition History

Frank Martin's Magnificat for soprano, violin, and orchestra, featured on this album, was a world premiere at the 1968 Lucerne Festival and is dedicated to Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Irmgard Seefried.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Wolfgang Schneiderhan, despite his technical prowess, never played pure virtuoso concertos or sensational solo pieces, as showing off technical tricks was not his style.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Wolfgang Schneiderhan became concert master of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra at age eighteen in 1933, and later of the Vienna Philharmonic.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Wolfgang Schneiderhan and his wife, soprano Irmgard Seefried, inspired composers like Hans Werner Henze and Frank Martin to write new duets for soprano, violin, and orchestra.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Mozart's Violin Concerto in A major, K. 219, includes a highly unusual slow interlude between the orchestral and solo expositions in its opening movement.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album presents previously unreleased live recordings from the Lucerne Festival, sourced from the archives of Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) and carefully remastered.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Wolfgang Schneiderhan, the violinist on this album, was a defining figure in the violin world of the twentieth century.

Source: Booklet

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