℗ 2024 Biddulph Recordings
| Released | June 7, 1943 |
| Duration | 1h 23m 48s |
| Record Label | Biddulph Recordings |
| Catalogue No. | BDF-ED-85045-2 |
| Genre | Classical (Violin) |
Szigeti: The Complete AFRS Recordings & Live Performances (Remastered 2024)
Joseph Szigeti, Various Artists
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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1.1
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Rondo from Piano Sonata in D (arr. Friedberg / feat. Unnamed)
Franz Schubert; Carl Friedberg; Joseph Szigeti; Unnamed |
5:21 | |||
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L'Abeille, Op. 13, No. 9
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1.2
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L'Abeille (The Bee / arr. Wilhelmj / feat. Unnamed)
François Schubert; August Wilhelmj; Joseph Szigeti; Unnamed |
1:13 | |||
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1.3
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Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor (arr. Joachim / feat. Unnamed)
Johannes Brahms; Joseph Joachim; Joseph Szigeti; Unnamed |
2:18 | |||
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1.4
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Slavonic Dance in G Minor (arr. Kreisler / feat. Unnamed)
Antonín Dvořák; Fritz Kreisler; Joseph Szigeti; Unnamed |
3:12 | |||
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Valse sentimentale in F Minor, Op. 51, No. 6
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1.5
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Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6 (arr. Grunes / feat. Unnamed)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky; David Grunes; Joseph Szigeti; Unnamed |
2:06 | |||
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1.6
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Danse russe from Petrushka (arr. Dushkin / feat. Unnamed)
Igor Stravinsky; Samuel Dushkin; Joseph Szigeti; Unnamed |
2:42 | |||
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Der Zephir, Op. 30, No. 5
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1.7
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Der Zephir (The Zephyr / feat. Unnamed)
Jenő Hubay; Joseph Szigeti; Unnamed |
3:22 | |||
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1.8
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Rêverie et caprice (feat. The Philharmonia Orchestra, Constant Lambert)
Hector Berlioz; Joseph Szigeti; The Philharmonia Orchestra; Constant Lambert |
9:08 | |||
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1.9
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Portrait No. 1, Op. 5 (feat. The Philharmonia Orchestra, Constant Lambert)
Béla Bartók; Joseph Szigeti; The Philharmonia Orchestra; Constant Lambert |
9:06 | |||
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Violin Sonata 'La Folia' in D Minor, Op. 5, No. 12
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1.10
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Sonata in D Minor 'La Folia' (arr. Léonard / feat. The WOR Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Wallenstein)
Arcangelo Corelli; Hubert Léonard; Joseph Szigeti; The WOR Symphony Orchestra; Alfred Wallenstein |
13:03 | |||
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Romance No. 1 in G Major, Op. 40
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1.11
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Romance No. 1 in G, Op. 40 (feat. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Joseph Szigeti; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein |
6:51 | |||
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Violin Concerto 'In Memory of an Angel'
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1.12
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Prelude (feat. NBC Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos)
Alban Berg; Joseph Szigeti; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Dimitri Mitropoulos |
4:23 | |||
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1.13
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Scherzo (feat. NBC Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos)
Alban Berg; Joseph Szigeti; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Dimitri Mitropoulos |
6:00 | |||
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1.14
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Cadenza (feat. NBC Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos)
Alban Berg; Joseph Szigeti; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Dimitri Mitropoulos |
6:57 | |||
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1.15
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Adagio (feat. NBC Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos)
Alban Berg; Joseph Szigeti; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Dimitri Mitropoulos |
8:06 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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This release features the complete studio recordings Joseph Szigeti made for the American Forces Radio Service during the Second World War. These are made up of seven short encore pieces, including such favourites as Brahms’s Hungarian Dance No.5, Tchaikovsky’s Valse sentimentale and Dvorak’s Slavonic Dance in G minor. Also featured are Szigeti’s post-War EMI recordings of two tone poems for violin and orchestra: Berlioz’s Rêverie and Caprice and Bartok’s Portrait No.1.
This album also includes three live performances from the 1940s. Corelli’s La Folia Variations features an orchestral accompaniment led by Alfred Wallenstein, and Beethoven’s Romance No.1 in G is conducted by a young Leonard Bernstein, made the year after his sensational début with the New York Philharmonic. Most significant is the US radio premiere of Alban Berg’s
Violin Concerto from 30 December 1945. Szigeti and Dimitri Mitropoulos were two of the Concerto’s ardent champions, and offer a riveting account of this romantic 12-tone work from the Second Viennese School.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Biddulph Recordings Studio Masters
Tracks 1-15 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-15 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.85 -3.38 to -1.04 | -19.94 -21.41 to -19.02 | -16.40 -18.20 to -16.00 | 12 10 to 13 | |
| 1 | Rondo from Piano Sonata in D (arr. Friedberg / feat. Unnamed) | -2.70 | -19.86 | -16.5 | 11 |
| 2 | L'Abeille (The Bee / arr. Wilhelmj / feat. Unnamed) | -1.28 | -19.61 | -16.0 | 11 |
| 3 | Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor (arr. Joachim / feat. Unnamed) | -1.78 | -19.70 | -16.3 | 13 |
| 4 | Slavonic Dance in G Minor (arr. Kreisler / feat. Unnamed) | -2.25 | -19.46 | -16.1 | 11 |
| 5 | Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6 (arr. Grunes / feat. Unnamed) | -2.87 | -19.82 | -16.0 | 11 |
| 6 | Danse russe from Petrushka (arr. Dushkin / feat. Unnamed) | -1.04 | -20.01 | -16.4 | 13 |
| 7 | Der Zephir (The Zephyr / feat. Unnamed) | -3.38 | -21.15 | -16.6 | 11 |
| 8 | Rêverie et caprice (feat. The Philharmonia Orchestra, Constant Lambert) | -1.04 | -19.59 | -16.0 | 11 |
| 9 | Portrait No. 1, Op. 5 (feat. The Philharmonia Orchestra, Constant Lambert) | -1.04 | -20.18 | -16.5 | 11 |
| 10 | Sonata in D Minor 'La Folia' (arr. Léonard / feat. The WOR Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Wallenstein) | -3.34 | -20.03 | -16.8 | 10 |
| 11 | Romance No. 1 in G, Op. 40 (feat. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein) | -1.04 | -20.12 | -16.3 | 12 |
| 12 | Prelude (feat. NBC Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos) | -2.26 | -21.41 | -18.2 | 13 |
| 13 | Scherzo (feat. NBC Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos) | -1.04 | -19.02 | -16.0 | 12 |
| 14 | Cadenza (feat. NBC Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos) | -1.04 | -19.78 | -16.0 | 13 |
| 15 | Adagio (feat. NBC Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos) | -1.66 | -19.29 | -16.3 | 11 |