Arthur Hartmann: Miniatures and Transcriptions for Violin and Piano
Arthur Hartmann (1881-1956) was a Philadelphia-born violinist and composer — though he claimed he came from Hungary — whose Kreisler-like salon miniatures for violin and piano were once the toast of violinists everywhere. He was also a close friend of Debussy, a number of whose piano pieces he transcribed, performing them in Paris with the composer. This first recording of Hartmann's charming pieces restores a forgotten but immediately attractive corner of the violin repertoire.
Solomia Soroka, violin
Arthur Greene, piano
Listen To This Recording:
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Miniatures for Violin and Piano (1905t27)
- L’Amour: Valse bluette
- A Negro Croon
- Autumn in Hungary: Romance
- Nyiregyh·zi EmlÈk: Csardas
- Szomor˙s·g (Tristesse): Rhapsodische Skizze
- Caprice
- Valse
- Danse Grotesque
- Kossuth Lajos
- Bogdan…
- Esprit de Ravioli Polah… (Souvenir d’une SoirÈe inoubliable)
- Prayer
- La Tzigane
- La Coquette: Valse Intermezzo
- Tauga: A Bulgarian Sketch
- A Cradle Song
- Beau Soir
- La fille aux cheveux de lin
- Il pleure dans mon coeur
- Transcription of Edward MacDowell (pub. 1907): To a Wild Rose
Transcriptions of Claude Debussy (c. 1908t10)
MusicWeb International :
‘Throughout, the performances are warm, sympathetic and very well recorded. […] The booklet note is absolutely first class and entertainingly written.’
—Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International