The Szymanowski works on this album were conceived for the 'Ex-Kochanski' violin, a Guarnerius Del Gesu, which is the instrument used in this recording.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded on May 11 and 12, 2001, at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Performer Biography
Aaron Rosand's violin lineage connects him to legendary pedagogues Ysaÿe and Leopold Auer, through his teachers Leon Sametini and Efram Zimbalist.
Performer Biography
Aaron Rosand, the violinist on this album, began studying the violin at age three-and-a-half and made his Chicago Symphony debut at ten years old.
Performer Biography
Pianist Hugh Sung made his debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra at age 11 and was accepted into the Curtis Institute of Music two years later.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album's performer expresses a desire to preserve virtuoso works by violinist-composers like Wieniawski, Vieuxtemps, Paganini, Sarasate, and Kreisler, which have largely disappeared from modern recital programs.
Interpretation
The album includes rarely heard transcriptions of Chopin Nocturnes by 19th-century German violinist August Wilhelmj and Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, as well as a transcription by 20th-century master violinist Nathan Milstein.
