Ida Haendel, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR & Hans Muller-Kray Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

180g Audiophile Virgin Vinyl!
Pressed at Pallas in Germany!
Mastered by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios!
Enjoy this rare recording by violinist Ida Haendel who is joined by the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR conducted by Hans Muller-Kray.
Ida Haendel (1928-2020), is considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century. In 1935, at the age of six, Haendel was the youngest participant in the final of the Wieniawski Competition and reached seventh place – Ginette Neveu, then 16, and David Oistrakh, then 27, came in first two places. In 1935, the family moved to London, where they studied with Carl Flesch. He was so impressed by her talent that he offered her free lessons. Ida Haendel took lessons from the violinist, pianist and composer George Enescu in Paris. Her international career began after 1945: she had a long friendship and artistic collaboration with the Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache. One of her students was David Garrett. This recording from the archives of the SWR – "Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto", with the conductor Hans Müller-Kray and the Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart of the SWR has only been available as a CD until today. The renowned South Korean label Analogphonic is now making this wonderful recording available as an LP release for the first time.
Ida Haendel, "Grande Dame of the Violin", is one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, and her concert career spanning almost seven decades - was among the longest running in music history. Starting the violin playing at the age of three, she became a laureate of the very first Wieniawski Competition in 1935, at the age of seven. She was one of the best pupils of the legendary pedagogue Carl Flesch (along with Szeryng, Neveu and Szymon Goldberg), who was so impressed by the child prodigy's talent that he taught her free of charge, and received further tuition from another legendary player, George Enescu. Since her debut in 1937, she delighted audiences all over the world with her vital and inspired playing and was a particular favorite of the British audiences. Always very self-critical, she made relatively few commercial recordings in her prime, but they are of the highest quality and impeccable both in interpretation and technique. Among her concerti recordings, the Beethoven, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky have been especially praised and still stand up well against the top versions.
Although Ida Haendel, born to a Polish-Jew family, accepted an invitation to perform in Germany after a considerable period of hesitance, she had a long and fruitful collaboration with SWR(then SDR) from 1952-67. Her broadcast recordings with the then Principal conductor, Hans Müller-Kray are among the most valuable treasures in today’s SWR archive. The Tachikovsky concerto was always one of her pièces de résistance, and this broadcast recording from 1960 is a great document.
Analogphonic commissioned Rainer Maillard and Emil Berliner Studios with the analogue processing of the master tapes. The audiophile remastering does justice to the outstanding musical quality of the recording in all respects and sets new standards in terms of sound! The vinyl release of "Ida Haendel: Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto" was pressed on high-quality 180-gram vinyl (33 rpm) by Pallas Group GmbH in Germany.

Features:

• 180g Audiophile Virgin Vinyl
• Cut to lacquers at Emil Berliner Studio
• Audiophile full analogue mastering from the original master tapes of SWR archive by Rainer Maillard
• Old style tip-on jacket LP sleeve
• Analogphonic release
• Pressed at Pallas Gmbh in Germany

Musicians:

• Ida Haendel, violin
• Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart of the SWR
• Hans Muller-Kray, conductor

Selections:

Side A
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35
1. Allegro Moderato
Side B
1. Canzonetta. Andante
2. Finale. Allegro Vivacissimo

Recorded on January 8, 1960 in Liederhalle Stuttgart, Germany