WOLFGANG SCHEIDERHAHN: MILESTONES OF A VIOLIN LEGEND (10 CDS)

Wolfgang Schneiderhan (1915 - 2002) was one of the most celebrated violinist of his time for almost three decades, especially in the German speaking countries. Born in

Vienna and trained at the Bohemian-Viennese violin school, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert were at the center of his repertoire. Therefore it is also their works that

impressively exemplify his extraordinary talent in this 10-CD collection. At the age of seventeen, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra appointed him as their concertmaster. He remained there until 1937, then changed to the Vienna Philharmonic in the same capacity from 1937 to 1950 and soon founded the string quartet named after him with other musicians of this world-famous orchestra. His love for chamber music can also be heard in the trio recordings with Edwin Fischer and Enrico Mainardi, as well as with the piano partners Wilhelm Kempff and Carl Seemann in this documentary. In 1955 Schneiderhan co-founded the Festival Strings Lucerne, whose first recording of the Beethoven Concerto op.61 was conducted by Herbert von Karajan. It is a part of this collection as well as one of the first Schneiderhan concert recordings: Brahms op.77 from 1942 with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden under Karl Böhm.

[Disc.1]
Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op.61
Herbert von Karajan, Lucerne Festival Orchestra,
live recording in 1955

Beethoven: Piano Trio No.5 Op.70-1 "Ghost"
Edwin Fischer (pf) Enrico Mainardi (Vc)
Recorded in 1952

[Disc.2]
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring", No.9 "Kreutzer"
Karl Seemann (pf)
Recorded in 1959

[Disc.3]
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.1
Wilhelm Kempff (pf)

Beethoven: Triple Concerto,
recorded in 1953 , Geza Anda (pf), Pierre Fournier (c) , Ferenc Fricsay, conducting the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, recorded in 1960

[Disc.4]

Brahms: Violin Concerto, Op.77 , Karl Böhm, conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden, recorded in 1942

Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op.102 , Janos Starker (c) , Ferenc Fricsay, conducting the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, recorded in 1960 

[Disc.5]

Brahms: Complete Violin Sonatas, FAE Sonata WoO.2, Karl Seemann (pf) Recorded in 1961 and 1962 

[Disc.6]

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op.64 , Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ferenc Fricsay, recorded in 1957

Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ferdinand Leitner, recorded in 1953 

[Disc.7]

Mozart: Violin Concerto No.4, K.218 , Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Hans Rosbaud, recorded in 1956

Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5, K.219, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ferdinand Leitner, recorded in 1952 

[Disc.8]

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Lucerne Festival String Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf Baumgartner, recorded in 1959

 [Disc.9]

JS Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 BWV.1041, No. 2 BWV.1042, Concerto for two violins BWV.1043

Rudolf Baumgartner (violin)

Lucerne Festival String Orchestra Recorded in 1957 and 1956 

[Disc.10]

Martin: Violin Concerto

Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Recorded in 1955

Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op.61

Wilhelm Furtwängler, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Live Recording in 1953