Grumiaux and Hajdu play Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy and Stravinsky
'Spontaneity, freshness and poetic intensity'
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COMPOSERS: Beethoven,Brahms,Debussy,Stravinsky
LABELS: Orfeo
ALBUM TITLE: Arthur Grumiaux in Salzburg
WORKS: Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1; Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1; Debussy: Violin Sonata; Stravinsky: Divertimento
PERFORMER: Arthur Grumiaux (violin), István Hajdu (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: Orfeo C 912151B (1961)
Recorded live at the 1961 Salzburg Festival in generally fine mono sound, Grumiaux plays with a spontaneity, freshness and poetic intensity that comfortably surpasses his studio recordings.
Julian Haylock
Authors
Julian Haylock is the former editor of CD Review and International Piano Magazines and reviews of CD Classics Magazine. He is also the author of biographies on Mahler, Rachmaninov and Puccini, and co-author of the Haylock and Waugh pocket guides to Classical Music on CD and Opera Music on CD.