HENRIK SZERYNG: MILESTONES OF A VIOLIN LEGEND (10 CDS)

Henryk Szeryng (1918-1988) spoke eight languages. As an "ambassador of goodwill," he traveled to his concerts around the world with a diplomatic passport issued to him by the Mexican state after Szeryng became a naturalized citizen in 1946. He was impressed by Mexico's willingness to help many of his Polish compatriots fleeing the German occupiers. From his violin collection, worth many millions, he later gave away a Stradivarius and a Guarneri to Mexico and to Israel. During World War II Szeryng was a liaison officer and interpreter of the exiled Polish prime minister Sikorski, who had found asylum in France. His career as a violin virtuoso began with studies with Flesch in Berlin and Boulanger in Paris and a performance of Beethoven's Concerto op. 61 under Bruno Walter in Warsaw. It took him to all the music capitals of the world and ended abruptly with his unexpected death in Kassel in 1988. His wide-ranging repertoire, which included many works dedicated to him by contemporary composers, is documented in this 10-CD box with exemplary interpretations.

Beethoven: Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 61 - I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Larghetto
III. Rondo: Allegro

Ponce: Violin Concerto - I. Allegro non troppo
II. Andante espressivo
III. Vivo, giocoso

Beethoven: Sonata For Piano And Violin No. 9 In A Major, Op. 47, 'Kreutzer' - I. Adagio sostenuto Presto
II. Andante con variazioni (I-4)
III. Finale: Presto

Beethoven: Sonata For Piano And Violin No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24, 'Spring' - I. Allegro
II. Adagio molto espressivo
III. Scherzo. Allegro molto. Trio
IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

Brahms: Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 77 - I. Allegro non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo

Brahms: Trio For Piano, Violin And Horn In E Flat Major, Op. 40 - I. Andante
II. Scherzo: Allegro
III. Adagio mesto
IV. Finale: Allegro con brio

Brahms: Sonata For Piano And Violin No.1 In 1 In G Major, Op. 78 - I. Vivace, ma non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Allegro molto moderato
IV. Allegro amabile
V. Andante tranquillo Vivace
VI. Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante)

Brahms: Sonta For Piano And Violin No.3 In D Minor, Op. 108 - I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
IV. Presto agitato

Beethoven: Sonata For Piano And Violin No.8 In G Major, Op. 30 No.3 - I. Allegro assai
II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
III. Allegro vivace

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35 - I. Allegro moderato
II. Canzonetta: Andante
III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo

Vieutemps: Violin Concerto No. 4 In D Minor, Op.31 - I. Andante. Moderato
II. Scherzo. Vivace. Trio meno mosso. Tempo I
III. Finale marciale. Andante. Allegro

Schumann: Violin Concerto In D Minor - I. In kräftigem, nicht zu schnellem Tempo
II. Langsam (attacca)
III. Lebhaft, doch nicht zu schnell

Bach: Sonata For Solo Violin No. 1 In G Minor, Bwv 1001 - I. Adagio
II. Fuga. Allegro
III. Siciliano
IV. Presto
I. Grave
II. Fuga
III. Andante
IV. Allegro

Bach: Partita For Solo Violin No.1 In B Minor, Bwv 1002 - I. Allemande
II. Courante
III. Sarabande
IV. Tempo di bourree

Bach: Partita For Solo Violin No. 3 In E Major, Bwv 1006 - I. Preludio
II. Loure
III. Gavotte en Rondeau
IV. Menuett I
V. Menuett II
VI. Bourree
VII. Gigue

Bach: Partita For Solo Violin No. 2 In D Minor, Bwv 1004 - I. Allemande
II. Courante
III. Sarabande
IV. Gigue
V. Chaconne

Nardini: Violin Concerto in E minor - I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante cantabile
III. Allegro giocoso

Lalo: Symphony Espagnole In D Minor, Op. 21 - I. Allegro non troppo
II. Scherzando: Allegro molto
III. Intermezzo: Allegretto non troppo
IV. Andante
V. Rondo: Allegro

Bach: Sonata For Violin Solo No. 3 In C Major, Bwv 1005 - I. Adagio
II. Fuga. Alla breve
III. Largo
IV. Allegro assai

Ravel: Tzigane Rhapsodie Des Concert

Vitali: Cioaconna In G Minor

Tartini: 'The DevilS Trill' Sonata

Rachmaninov: Variations On A Theme Of Corelli (Transcribed By Z. Francescatti)

Melody / Melodie (Transcribed By F. Kreisler)

Allegretto, In The Manner Of Boccherini

Schumann: Bird As Prophet, From 'Woodland Scenes'

Hallfter: Gipsy Dance / Danza De La Gitana / Zigeunertanz

Wieniawski: Scherzo Tarantelle, Op. 16