小提琴演奏史上的頭號怪傑,福特萬格勒欽點擔任柏林愛樂首席的不朽傳奇~斯皮瓦科夫斯基

Tossy Spivakovsky堪稱小提琴史上的頭號怪傑,採用奇特獨有又異於傳統的握弓法,卻還是能奏出美好的琴音.令人難以置信的演出技巧.
 
〔奇特的演奏技巧〕
濃眉大眼，一頭烏黑的頭髮及完美的演奏技巧使得他很快成為當時著名的美國小提琴 家之一,不過他獨特的握弓及持琴法也讓他成為許多專家的討論對象，就曾經有些美國的小提琴老師告訴學生史 皮瓦格夫斯基的演奏是”只能聽不能看”，著名的美國中提琴家瓦爾第（E.Vardi，著名事蹟：第一位用中提琴錄製過帕格尼尼24首隨想曲的唱片的中提琴家）就曾說過：「史皮瓦格夫斯握 弓的大姆指上方幾乎要對到小姆指(傳統學派不會超過中指)，因為他個人認為這樣可以獲得較大的音量，他喜歡使用重的弓並會把弓毛繃得很緊，他演奏時主張將右手臂抬高，另外他喜歡把琴拿得很平．他認為這樣就容易 找到右手臂的支撐點．雖然他的方法只對他個人適用，不過他確實是一位很好的小提琴家」。雖然史皮瓦格斯 基的演奏技法異於傳統，不過還是引發美國的小提琴教育家郁斯特（G.Yost）的興趣，在長期與史皮瓦格夫斯基接觸後出版”史皮瓦格夫斯基弓法”的書籍，在當時是美國小提琴界的新視野，另外在演奏曲目方面，史皮 瓦格夫斯基除了古典浪漫派的曲目之外，對於二十世紀的作品的推廣更是盡心盡力，其中包括大眾熟悉的巴爾托克，史特拉汶斯基及亨德密特等人的作品，另外他還曾為梅諾第（G.C.Menotti 1911－)羅伯森(L.Robertson)等 人的作品錄製唱片，在長年的演奏活動之外，史皮瓦格夫斯基也喜歡教育後輩，他先後在印地安納大學及茱麗亞音樂院任教，貢獻卓越，而工作之餘他非常喜歡運動，包括划船，網球，游泳及健行等都是他喜歡的項目。史皮瓦格夫斯基的演奏生涯很長，一直到1989年他還能登台演奏貝多芬的小提琴協奏曲，其中的裝飾奏就是他自己所編寫的。 (文: 陳昭佺老師)
 
這張專輯收錄多首大師的經典演出,喜歡小提琴音樂的樂迷必定要收藏的一份珍貴錄音!
 
Tossy Spivakovsky (1906-98) was one of the finest violinists of the 20th century. Born in the Ukraine, young Tossy made his Berlin debut at the age of 11. He continued his studies with Will Hess, the teacher of Adolf Busch and Georg Kullenkampff. At the age of only 18, Spivakovsky was appointed as concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic by Wilhelm Furtwängler. After two years, Spivakovsky to pursue a career as a violin soloist. With the advent of the National Socialist regime under Hitler, Spivakovky went to Australia in 1932, before emigrating to the U.S. in 1939, where he became concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1942-45.
After the Second World War, Spivakovsky was established as one of the great violinists of the 20th century. In addition to being a remarkable virtuoso, Spivakovsky had a unique bowing technique which he applied to playing the solo sonatas and partitas by J. S. Bach. As documented in his recording of the Bach G-minor Solo Sonata, he was able to play the multi-voice fugues in single instead of arpeggiated chords. In fact, Spivakovsky’s unique bowing technique inspired the renowned
violin pedagogue Gaylord Yost to write a book entitled “The Spivakovsky Way of Bowing”. In addition to the standard repertoire, Spivakovsky championed many contemporary works.
In addition to the 20th-century concertos by Nielsen, Bartók and Stravinsky, he played concertos by Roger Sessions, Leroy Robertson, Frank Martin, Leon Kirchner, Miklos Rózsa, as well as Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade. Most famous of all is Spivakovsky’s passionate rendition of Gian Carlo Menotti’s Violin Concerto. Accompanied by Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, this
spectacular recording should help inspire a renewed interest in this fabulous concerto.
 
曲目:
J. S. BACH: Solo Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor
BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No.8 in G, Op.30 No.3
MENOTTI: Violin Concerto in A minor
PAGANINI: Caprice in A minor, Op.1 No.24
TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-Scherzo, Op.34
KREISLER: Caprice viennois, Op.2
SARASATE: Introduction and Tarantella, Op.43