Biddulph唱片公司重出江湖的首發之作~小提琴家富蘭奇斯卡第的立體聲傳奇

2021年七月,歇業已久的Biddulph唱片公司在創辦人的後代有意願接手下,重出江湖展開一系列的發行計畫.就由這張Zino Francescatti立體聲協奏曲錄音打頭陣,正式向歷史錄音的樂迷宣告!這份錄音推出後廣受好評,優異的轉錄在樂迷中口耳相傳.在日本隨即登暢銷排行榜,因此絕版的一陣子.這次二刷再度發行一批,樂迷不可再次錯過!
 
This CD features four recordings by violinist Zino Francescatti. Noted for his immaculate technique and brilliant tone, Zino Francescatti was regarded as one of the premier violinists of the 20th century, he was a direct descendent of Niccolò Paganini. Francescatti emigrated to the U.S. during the WWII, and recorded for Columbia until his retirement in 1972. This CD features four recordings Francescatti made with orchestra in 1957. Including Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole. This colorful showpiece was one of the most popular works for violin and orchestra in the 1950s. Yet even among recordings by such giants as Heifetz, Milstein, and Menuhin, Francescatti’s spectacular performance stands out. This recorded performance was the first stereo LP of the Lalo Symphonie espagnole ever to be made. Also on this CD is Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No.4 in D minor. The expansive orchestral passages prompted Hector Berlioz to describe Vieuxtemps’s Concerto as ‘a symphony with solo violin’. The two other works on this CD, Saint-Saëns’s Havanaise and Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen, are well suited to the sunny exuberance of Francescatti’s playing.
 
曲目:
Vieuxtemps: Concerto No.04 in D Minor, Op.31
Zino Francescatti (violin)
Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy
Stereo; recorded on 14 April 1957 in Broadwood
Hotel, Philadephia; Columbia ML 5184
 
Edourdo Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op.21
Zino Francescatti (violin)
New York Philharmonic / Dimitri Mitropoulos
Stereo; recorded on 22 April 1957 in the Columbia
30th Street Studio, NY; Columbia MS 6037
 
Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
Zino Francescatti (violin)
Philadelphia Orchestra / William Smith
Stereo; recorded on 10 November 1957 in Broadwood
Hotel, Philadephia; Columbia ML 5253