{"product_id":"ion-voicu-the-decca-recordings-2-cds","title":"Ion Voicu – The Decca Recordings (2 CDS)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/ABOUT_THIS_RECORDING_W._WORLD_2_e41329ea-b9a9-4e85-9c74-e4ca06232094_480x480.png?v=1597936917\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIon 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIon 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIon 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.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll these recordings receive their first release on CD and Tully Potter provides the insightful liner notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/REVIEWS_CS_WORLD_7169b53a-dbe6-4c81-930b-be7f7575534e_480x480.png?v=1597936904\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Ion Voicu is a player of considerable quality and with a lot of technique … He plays the Bruch with impeccable technique’ (Bruch, Mendelssohn) \u003cem\u003eGramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Ion Voicu has an agreeable warm tone … Monique Haas is superb in the Debussy’ (Prokofiev, Milhaud, Debussy) \u003cem\u003eGramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A nicely planned and very well played recital. … Voicu’s playing, for me has an unusually satisfying musical conviction, supported by a virtuoso authority second to none. … Mr. Voicu has a superb legato and plays long melodies gloriously … I find him constantly interesting to listen to.’ (Ravel, Ysaÿe, Enescu) \u003cem\u003eGramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_1_4b3088c9-df3c-47ba-bf41-5b7e5d1a8144_480x480.png?v=1597936873\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFELIX MENDELSSOHN\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eViolin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMAX BRUCH\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eViolin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRafael Frühbeck de Burgo\u003cem\u003es\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSERGEI PROKOFIEV\u003cbr\u003eSonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a\u0026amp;*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDARIUS MILHAUD\u003cbr\u003eViolin Sonata No. 2, Op. 40*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCLAUDE DEBUSSY\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSonata for Violin and Piano in G minor*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMAURICE RAVEL\u003cbr\u003eViolin Sonata in G major**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEUGÈNE YSAŸE\u003cbr\u003eSonata for Solo Violin in G major, Op. 27 No. 5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGEORGE ENESCU\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in F minor, Op. 6**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonique Haas\u003c\/strong\u003e, piano*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVictoria Stefanescu\u003c\/strong\u003e, piano**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIon Voicu\u003c\/strong\u003e, violin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFIRST RELEASE ON CD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DECCA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32379931328599,"sku":"028948078417 L","price":9.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/4807841_IonVoicu_TheDeccaRecordings_Cover-1024x1024.jpg?v=1602531528","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/ion-voicu-the-decca-recordings-2-cds","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}