羅馬尼亞傳奇小提琴家伊恩·沃庫在DECCA錄音全集 / 孟德爾頌與布魯赫小提琴協奏曲 (世界首度CD發行)

Ion Voicu是羅馬尼亞國家英雄級的小提琴家.全盛時期可以說是家喻戶曉的巨星.而羅馬尼亞首都市中心的公園也被命名為Ion Voicu公園.因為鮮少到英語系國家演出,因此國際名聲並不如在羅馬尼亞境內來的如此享譽盛名.但他的琴藝始終受到內行樂迷的稱頌.這套DECCA錄音全集的發行企畫特別邀請知名樂評Tully Potter來撰寫解說冊,並以最高規格的轉錄,重現大師最動人的琴音.絕對不可錯過的一套發行!
 
Ion Voicu was a legend in his own country, Romania and in the profession at large and appeared in most major musical centres. Yet he was not as well known in the English-speaking countries as he should have been. The long cold war and the dictatorial regime in his native land were mainly to blame for this state of affairs but fortunately Voicu was able to make a few precious recordings on visits to the west.
Ion Voicu was born into the gypsy tradition in Bucharest on 8th October 1923. His father was a violinist and the family could trace their musical involvement back 300 years. He made his concert début aged sixteen with Paganini’s First Concerto.
Ion Voicu died in Bucharest on 24th February 1997. ‘He was an outstanding violinist with a superb technique,’ says his Romanian successor Sherban Lupu. ‘His performances of the Paganini First Concerto were spectacularly memorable. I grew up as a small boy with him as a model for me, an aspiring young student. He was a very pleasant man – I got to know him better in 1974 when he was a member of the jury at the Carl Flesch competition in London and I was a prizewinner.’
His Decca recordings ranged from the popular – the Mendelssohn and Bruch Concertos, a favourite coupling in the LP era – to the highly discriminating. This collection, bringing together his three recordings for Decca, include several twentieth-century sonatas for violin and piano with Monique Haas and Voicu’s compatriot Victoria Stefanescu.
All these recordings receive their first release on CD and Tully Potter provides the insightful liner notes.
 
曲目:
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
 
MAX BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
 
London Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
 
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a&*
 
DARIUS MILHAUD
Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 40*
 
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor*
 
MAURICE RAVEL
Violin Sonata in G major**
 
EUGÈNE YSAŸE
Sonata for Solo Violin in G major, Op. 27 No. 5
 
GEORGE ENESCU
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in F minor, Op. 6**
 
Monique Haas, piano*
Victoria Stefanescu, piano**
 
Ion Voicu, violin
 
FIRST RELEASE ON CD