Last call before extinction

Dear friends,

This message is addressed to former frequent commenters of the now almost defunct 2cs2fs.

I have received many comments of appreciation of the work done and a single critical one (about the way the blog closed down).

I would really like to be able to keep in touch with the following posters:

CC, raytayzmd, upkerry14, jumping, justjack, MSMArple, rhythmic_impulse, PassauFingers, musician3, calligop, lbrunet, Baba, john schott

To do so, however, I need a way to get in touch with you.
If you are interested, just drop me a mail at 2cs2fs@gmail.com or leave a comment indicating how I can get in touch with you.
Comments are moderated and won' t be published.

Regards,

Chamaeleo

Farewell

Dear visitors of "2Cs and 2Fs",

this blog will shortly shut down. I have come to the conclusion that sooner or later this will anyhow happen and prefer to switch it of by myself than have someone else do it for me.
I' d like to thank those of you who have expressed their support during these months of activity.
I' d love to keep in touch with those of you who share my love for the violin.
Those of you who would like to keep in touch are welcome to drop me a note in the comments to this post.

I have enabled comment moderation, which means your comments will only be visible to me and will not be published.
I will only reply to those of you I can recognize, which means you will have to indicate:

1) a valid e-mail address and
2) reference to at least a couple of posts you once commented (example: 'I am xxxxxxx (your nickname) and placed comments to the Beethoven Concerto / Oistrakh and the Bach Sonatas and Partitas / Szeryng posts').
It is not necessary for you to have written a poem; it' s enough if you just bothered to stop by and say "thank you".

Miklos Rozsa: Violin Concerto Op. 24, Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Cello Op. 29 - Anastasija Khitruk, Andrej Tchekmazov, Dmitrij Jablonskij, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra (2007)

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Anastasija Khitruk (more information at: http://www.anastasiakhitruk.com/homepage.htm) plays the "Clisbee, Ex-Francalucci" 1669 Stradivari.

Maxim Vengerov - The Best of Maxim Vengerov - Maxim Vengerov with Various Accompanists, Conductors and Orchestras (1990's, 2000)

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CD 1: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Sonata N. 5 Op. 24 "Spring" / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:Violin Sonata KV 378 / Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F Minor Op. 4 - with Itamar Golan (Beethoven, Mozart) and Alexander Markovich (Mendelssohn)

CD 2: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Sonata N. 9 Op. 47 "Kreutzer" / Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata N. 2 Op. 100 - with Alexander Markovich

CD 3: Henri Wieniawski: Polonaise N. 1 Op. 4 / Niccolo' Paganini: I Palpiti Op. 13 / Henri Wieniawski: Legende Op. 17 / Fritz Kreisler: Schoen Rosmarin / Ernest Bloch: Nigun (Baal Shem N. 2) / Petr Tchaikovskij: Scherzo (Souvenir d' un Lieu Cher Op. 42 N. 2), Melodie (Souvenir d' un Lieu Cher Op. 42 N. 3) / Fritz Kreisler:Tamburin Chinois Op. 3 / Olivier Messiaen: Theme et Variations for Violin and Piano / Fritz Kreisler: Caprice Viennois Op. 2 / Pablo de Sarasate: Caprice Basque Op. 24 / Antonio Joseph Bazzini: La Ronde des Lutins Op. 25 - with Itamar Golan

CD 4: Niccolo' Paganini: Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 6 / Camille Saint-Saens:Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Havanaise / Franz Waxman: Carmen Fantasy - with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 5: Max Bruch: Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 26 / Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op. 64 - with Kurt Masur and the Gewndhausorchester Leipzig

CD 6: Sergey Prokofiev - Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 19 / Dmitrij Shostakovich: Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 99 - with Mstislav Rostropovich and the London Symphony Orchestra

CD 7: Petr Tchaikovskij: Violin Concerto Op. 35 / Aleksandr Glazunov: Violin Concerto Op. 82 - with Claudio Abbado and the Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 8: Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto Op. 47 / Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto Op. 33 - with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD 9: Sergey Prokofiev - Violin Concerto N. 2 Op. 63 / Dmitrij Shostakovich: Violin Concerto N. 2 Op. 129 - with Mstislav Rostropovich and the London Symphony Orchestra

CD 10: Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77, Violin Sonata N. 3 Op. 108 - with Daniel Barenboim (conductor and piano) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD 11: Antonin Dvorak: Violin Concerto Op. 53 / Edward Elgar: Violin Sonata Op. 82 - with Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic (Dvorak), and Revital Chachmanov (Elgar)


Maxim Vengerov (more information at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Vengerov) currently plays a violin by Antonio Stradivari made in 1727, the "Ex-Kreutzer" (below). He previously used to play a violin by Carlo Landolfi made in 1760 (from 1988 to 1993), the "Reynier" Stradivari of 1727 (1993-1995) and the "Kiesewetter" Stradivari of 1723 (1995-1998).

Cesar Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major M 8 / Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor / Ernest Chausson: Poeme for Violin and Orchestra Op. 25 - Kyung Wha Chung with Radu Lupu (Franck and Debussy), Charles Dutoit and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Chausson) (1977)

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At the time of the present recording Kyung Wha Chung (more information at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyung-wha_Chung and at http://www.answers.com/topic/kyung-wha-chung) used to play the 1735 Guarneri del Gesu' "Ex-Kubelik, Ex-Ferni" and the "Harrison" Stradivari of 1693.

Christian Ferras: Sonatas and Encores - Christian Ferras with Pierre Barbizet and Jean-Claude Ambrosini (1960's)

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CD 1: Cesar Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major M 8 / Guillaume Lekeu: Violin Sonata in G - with Pierre Barbizet

CD 2: Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonatas N. 1 Op. 78, N. 2 Op. 100, N. 3 Op. 108, Scherzo in C Minor WoO posth. 2 (third movement of the 'F-A-E Sonata') - with Pierre Barbizet

CD 3: Violin Sonatas N. 1 Op. 105, N. 2 Op. 121, Three Romances for Violin and Piano Op. 94 - with Pierre Barbizet

CD 4: Fritz Kreisler: Liebesfreud, Liebesleid / Robert Schumann: Traumerei (arr. Catherine) / Franz Schubert: Ave Maria / Fritz Kreisler: Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven / Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Woerter Op. 62 N. 1 (arr. Kreisler) / Grigoras Dinicu: Hora Staccato (arr. Heifetz) / Antonin Dvorak: Humoresque Op. 101 N. 7 (arr. Kreisler) / Fritz Kreisler:Caprice Viennois / Jules Massenet: Thais Meditation(arr. Marsick) / Cecile Chaminade: Serenade Espagnole (arr. Kreisler) / Gabriel Faure: Berceuse Op. 16 / Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakov: Sadko: Song of the Indian Guest (arr. Kreisler) / Pablo de Sarasate: Romanza Andaluza Op. 22 N. 1 / Manuel De Falla: La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance (arr. Kreisler) / Camille Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan / Igor Stravinskj: Mavra: Russian Song (arr. Stravinskij/Dushkin) - with Jean-Claude Ambrosini

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nn. 1-10 - David Oistrakh with Lev Oborin (1962)

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CD 1: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonatas N. 1 Op. 12-1, N. 2 Op. 12-2, N. 3 Op. 12-3
CD 2: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonatas N. 4 Op. 23, N. 5 Op. 24, N. 6 Op. 30-1
CD 3: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonatas N. 7 Op. 30-2, N. 8 Op. 30-3
CD 4: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonatas N. 9 Op. 47, N. 10 Op. 96


Note: track 1 of the second CD was unreadable by EAC, due to physical damage of the CD. Therefore I ripped the remaining tracks only and stitched them together adding track 1 from a different source (also lossless). You are welcome to judge by yourself, whether or not the quality of the final result is satisfactory for you.

Bela Bartok: Violin Sonatas N. 1 Sz. 75, N. 2 Sz. 76, Sonata for Violin Solo Sz. 117 - Christian Tetzlaff with Leif Ove Ansdnes (2003)

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Egon Wellesz: Violin Concerto Op. 84, Prosperos Beschoerungen Op. 53 - Andrea Duka Loewenstein with Gerd Albrecht and the Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien (1998)

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It has proven impossible for me to find information about Andrea Duka Loewenstein and her violin on the internet.

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Violin Concerto, Symphony N. 8 "The Journey" - Jaakko Kuusisto with Osmo Vanska and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra (2001, 2002)

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Jaakko Kuusisto (more information at: http://www.ondine.net/index.php?lid=en&cid=3.2&oid=519) plays a violin made by Matteo Goffriller in 1702 in Venice.

Francis Poulenc: Violin Sonata / Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor / Camille Saint-Saens: Violin Sonata N. 1 Op. 75 - Midori Goto with Robert McDonald (2002)

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo BWV 1001-1006 - Jaap Schroeder (1984, 1985)


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Jaap Schroeder (more information at: http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Schroder-Jaap.htm) recorded the present version of Bach' s Sonatas and Partitas on a violin by Willem Van der Syde, made in Amsterdam in 1690.


Note: EAC found some errors while reading both CD' s (detailed information about them in the .log files). They are inaudible to me, but you are welcome to judge by yourself, whether or not the quality of this rip is satisfactory for you.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita N. 3 for Violin Solo BVW 1006 / Tibor Varga: Le Serpent - Fantasy for Violin Solo / Bela Bartok: Sonata for Violin Solo Sz. 117 / Igor Stravinskij: Elegie / Eugene Ysaye: Sonata for Violin Solo Op. 27 N. 4 - Mirijam Contzen (2004)

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Mirijam Contzen (more information at: http://www.ia-ac.com/MirijamContzen+biography) plays a violin made by Carlo Bergonzi in 1733.

Sergey Prokofiev: Alexander Nevskij Op. 78 - Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor - Leonid Kogan with Pierre Monteux and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1958)

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Filippo Gragnani: Duet for Guitar and Violin in A Minor, Sonata for Violin and Guitar in F Major / Niccolo' Paganini: Sonata for Violin and Guitar N. 1, Sonata for Violin and Guitar N. 1 / Mauro Giuliani: Trio for Violin, Cello and Guitar in A Major - Leonid Kogan with Aleksndr Ivanov-Kramskoj and Fedor Lusanov (Giuliani) (1950's)

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Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op. 64 / Max Bruch: Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 26 - Midori Goto with Mariss Jansons and the Berliner Philharmoniker (2003, 2002)

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Midori Goto (more information at: http://www.gotomidori.com/) currently plays the 1731 "Ex-Gibson, Ex-Huberman" Guarneri del Gesu' on a permanent loan from the Hayashibara Foundation.

Ernest Bloch: Violin Concerto, Baal Shem, Suite Hebraique - Zina Schiff with Jose Serebrier and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (2006)

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More information about Zina Schiff can be found at: http://www.jamesarts.com/zinabio.htm and http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/zina_schiff/2340.htm. I was unable to find any information on the violin she plays.

Dmitrij Shostakovich: Violin Concerto N. 1 Op. 99, Three Violin Duets / Aleksandr Glazunov: Violin Concerto Op. 82 - Itzhak Perlman with Pinchas Zukerman (only Duets), Samuel Sanders (only Duets), Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (1970' s, 1980' s)

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita N. 1 for Keyboard BWV 825, Partita N. 2 for Keyboard BVW 826, Sonata N. 1 for Violin Solo BWV 1001, Partita N. 2 for Violin Solo BWV 1004 - Joao Carlos Martins, Wanda Wilkomirska (1960's)

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Wanda Wilkomirska (more information at: http://www.wandawilkomirska.com/sprachversionen/englisch/html/lifeline_en.html) plays a violin made in 1734 by Pietro Guarneri da Venezia.

Giovanni Battista Viotti: Violin Concertos N. 22 G 97, N. 23 G 98 - Lola Bobesco with Kurt Redel and the Staatliche Philharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz (1980's)

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Very little information on Lola Bobesco' s biography is available (look here for a few biographil facts : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Bobesco, and here for a discography: http://matsumo-web.hp.infoseek.co.jp/player/e-page6pg.htm). She used to play a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini built in 1754.