Ida Haendel - Ida Haendel - The Decca Legacy [CD]

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A tribute to the late Ida Haendel, comprising her complete Decca Recordings (1940\u20131997), newly remastered, as well as her performances at the 1982 Huberman Festival. Lavishly illustrated, Original Jackets, Limited Edition.\r
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On her death in July 2020, obituaries worldwide paid glowing tributes to the effervescence of the violinist Ida Haendel, in both her playing and her person. Both with and without her bow, she captivated listeners and fellow musicians such as the cellist Steven Isserlis: 'She spoke through her violin, proved herself through it, lived within the music she made. She was a marvel, an icon; each note she played was the result of total conviction \u2013 and as a consequence was totally convincing. She had been groomed from the beginning to be a star \u2013 and a star she was.'\r
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It is those prodigious early years that enjoy belated attention in this new box of Haendel's collected Decca recordings. Her first recordings date from 1940, when Haendel, in her early teens, was accompanied by a fellow Polish \xe9migr\xe9 Adele Kotowska in showpieces and encores. Her reputation in the UK had been secured by accomplished debuts at Wigmore Hall and the Queen's Hall Proms. Decca confidently invested in her promise, and were rewarded with albums that were consistently acclaimed for the violinist's warmth and depth of tone and virtuoso temperament, but also liveliness of musical response to a wide variety of repertoire, from a Schubert sonatina to violinistic fireworks by Kreisler and Sarasate.\r
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Haendel was soon paired with an equally brilliant young pianist, Noel Mewton-Wood, for a spry reading of Beethoven's Eighth Sonata, and then with Ivor Newton for more demanding modern repertoire such as Stravinsky's Divertimento and Bart\xf3k's Romanian Folk Dances. Her recording career continued to flourish after the war with several well-received concerto discs of Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Sa\xebns and Dvo 345;\xe1k: all made for 78s and long unavailable until the new remasterings by Mark Obert-Thorn in the present collection. However, despite the excellent reviews, Haendel's father elected to sign a contract with EMI and she ceased recording for Decca in September 1947. \r
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Haendel's return to the label had to wait almost 40 years, but a 1996 recital with Vladimir Ashkenazy of modern classics from eastern Europe \u2013 Szymanowski, Bart\xf3k and Enescu \u2013 had critics and listeners alike marvelling at her longevity and undimmed technical command. As well as a live account of the Sibelius Concerto from Israel in 1982 and a spoken memoir from the producer Evans Mirageas, this tribute is significantly enhanced by a previously unpublished late recording: Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending, from 1997, with the London Philharmonic and Sir Roger Norrington, originally intended for release within a Vaughan Williams symphony cycle. A work new to Haendel's relatively slender discography, this will attract the attention of violin-lovers everywhere.\r
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'[Haendel and Mewton-Wood] are alike in their freshness of outlook, in their keenness on doing things properly, and in possessing a sound technical foundation \u2026 all the varied incidents of texture and feeling find them intent and artistically open-eyed.' The Musical Times, July 1941 (Beethoven)\r
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'Ida Haendel's full and vibrant tone in Achron's Hebrew Melody is something to marvel at \u2026 There is no denying the extraordinary brilliance of the [Wieniawski Tarantelle] performance and the truthfulness of this remarkable recording.' Gramophone, November 1943 (Achron, Wieniawki)\r
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'She is a player of exceptional ability who revels in fireworks and throws them off without impairing the sweetness to her tone.' The Times, April 1944 (Albeniz, Falla)\r
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'If new recordings of much-recorded music are only justified if they are of outstanding quality, then this one certainly gets away with it.' Gramophone, July 1948 (Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen)\r
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'That special, spontaneous warmth of response \u2026 places Haendel's Tchaikovsky performance for Decca among the finest recordings ever made of this wonderful concerto.' Gramophone, July 1999\r
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'[Enescu's Third] Sonata is almost entirely rhapsodic in nature, and Haendel follows its twists and turns with maximum flexibility, but never lets it wander aimlessly. Through all this, she is impeccably partnered by Ashkenazy.' BBC Music Magazine\r
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'Haendel's the real deal: an artist with a commanding technique as well as the musical imagination and intelligence to best deploy it. On evidence here, she's still going strong in her 70s, coping with a well-chosen and challenging program with both sensitivity and flair.' Classics Today (Enescu, Bart\xf3k, Szymanowski)\r
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*FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA\r
\xb0FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON DECCA

JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR Sarabande And Tambourin\xb0

ANTONIN DVORAK Slavonic Dance No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 46 (B.83) No. 2 (arr. Kreisler)*

BAZZINI La Ronde Des Lutins, Op. 25*

JOSEPH ACHRON Hebrew Melody, Op. 33 (arr. Auer)

KAROL SZYMANOWSKI Mythes

ANTONIO VIVALDI Concerto Grosso In B Minor For Four Violins, Op. 3 No. 10, RV 580

Humoresque, Op. 107 (B.187) No. 7*

HENRYK WIENIAWSKI Polonaise Brillante No. 2 In A Major, Op. 21*

ERNEST BLOCH Abodah*

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 8 In G Major For Piano And Violin, Op. 30 No. 3

Violin Concerto In A Minor, Op. 53 (B.108)\xb0

Scherzo-Tarantelle In G Minor, Op. 16

GRIGORAS DINICU Hora Staccato*

PABLO DE SARASATE Carmen \u2013 Fantasie De Concert, Op. 25*

KAROL SZYMANOWSKI Roxana\u2019s Song (from King Roger, Op. 46, Arr. Kochanski)

GEORGE ENESCU Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25 (dans Le Caractere Populaire Roumain)

JEAN SIBELIUS Violin Concerto In D Minor, Op. 47\xb0

Zapateado, Op. 23 No. 2 (from Danzas Espanolas)

Notturno E Tarantella, Op. 28

FRANZ SCHUBERT Sonatina In G Minor For Violin And Piano, Op. 137 No. 3 (D.408)

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35\xb0

Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 No. 1*

ALBENIZ Malaguena, Op. 165 No. 3 (arr. Kreisler)

IGOR STRAVINSKY Divertimento (after The Ballet, \u2018Le Baiser De La Fee\u2019, Arr. Dushkin)\xb0

BELA BARTOK Rhapsody No. 1 For Violin And Piano, BB 94a

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending*

MANUEL DE FALLA Miller\u2019s Dance (from El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Arr. Szigeti)*

Evans Mirageas Talks About Ida Haendel*

Danza No. 1 (from La Vida Breve, Arr. Kreisler As Danse Espagnole)

Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56 (BB 68) (arr. Szekely)

Rosamunde \u2013 Ballet Music (arr. Kreisler)*

SAINT-SAENS Introduction Et Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28*

JOHANNES BRAHMS Waltz In A Major, Op. 39 No. 15 (arr. Hochstein)

MASSENET Meditation (from Thais)*

Danse Russe (from Petrouchka, Arr. Dushkin)\xb0

FRITZ KREISLER Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3

RAVEL Tzigane*

BELA BARTOK Hungarian Folk Tunes (arr. Szigeti)*

Caprice Viennois, Op. 2*

IBERT Le Petit Ane Blanc*

Schon Rosmarin

FELIX MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64\xb0

Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56 (BB 68) (arr. Szekely)

PABLO DE SARASATE Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 No. 1*

MANUEL DE FALLA Danza No. 1 (from La Vida Breve, Arr. Kreisler As Danse Espagnole)*