This album is part of the 'Archive Performances' series by Peter Biddulph Violins, dedicated to restoring historical recordings.
Recording & Production
Henri Temianka's first recording, Wieniawski's Polonaise in A, was made in the famous Abbey Road studios in London shortly after the 1935 Wieniawski Competition.
Performer Biography
Henri Temianka's chamber orchestra included some of London's most famous café violinists, such as Albert Sandler, Louis Stevens, and Issay Schlaen, who had studied with him.
Performer Biography
Henri Temianka, the violinist on this album, was a prizewinner at the 1935 Wieniawski Competition, alongside Ginette Neveu and David Oistrakh.
Recording & Production
The recordings on this album are carefully remastered and presented as state-of-the-art digital transfers from original material.
Recording & Production
Henri Temianka's second recording of Wieniawski's Polonaise in A was made in Moscow later in 1935, following a recommendation from David Oistrakh to the Soviet Ministry of Culture.
Composition History
The 'Pugnani Sonata in E' recorded here was a little-known work by Gaetano Pugnani, whose name was primarily known through a piece popularized by Fritz Kreisler that was later revealed to be Kreisler's own composition.
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