Henryk Wieniawski wrote his famous Légende, Opus 17, for his wife, Isabella Hampton, whom he met in London.
Composition History
Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto in D minor was inspired by a performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto by the young Hungarian violinist, Joseph Joachim.
Composition History
Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto in D minor was considered 'lost' until 1933, when Joseph Joachim's great-niece, Jelly d'Aranyi, reportedly used an Ouija board to find its location.
Composer Biography
Henryk Wieniawski, composer of Légende and Violin Concerto No. 2, was a child prodigy who gave his first concert at age eight and graduated from the Paris Conservatoire with a Premier Prix at thirteen.
Instruments
Two different violins were used for this recording: a 1740 Domenico Montagnana for the Schumann Concerto and Wieniawski's Légende, and a 1730 Camillus Camilli for Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 2.
Critical Reception
Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto in D minor was deemed "not worthy of Schumann" by Joseph Joachim, Clara Schumann (Schumann's wife), and Johannes Brahms, leading to its exclusion from Schumann's Complete Edition.
Composer Biography
Robert Schumann, composer of the Violin Concerto in D minor, wrote and orchestrated this concerto in just twelve days in 1853.
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