The violin duos and etudes on the present CD were composed between 1820 and 1869; the composers - Joseph Mayseder, Leopold Jansa, Joseph Böhm, Georg Hellmesberger, Franz Grutsch and Jakob Dont - were outstanding violinists who decisively impacted Viennese musical life. Raimund Lissy and Adela Frasineanu, members of the violin section of the Vienna Philharmonic, present typical teaching repertoire from the Vienna Violin School, which is directly based on practical experience, since all but one of the composers were much sought-after violin teachers themselves. The first edition of this upcoming series emphatically demonstrates that with all the virtuoso content and etude-like form, the musical and cantabile aspects do not have to be neglected.

Adela Frasineanu was born in Brasov/Romania and took her first violin lessons at the age of seven in the music school in Nordhausen/Germany. She gained orchestra experience with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, the Camerata Salzburg, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, the Wiener Symphoniker and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. She has been a member of the Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera since 2014. In September 2017 she became a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and in September 2018 she was named principal of the second violins.

Raimund Lissy became a member of the Vienna Philharmonic in 1991. That same year, he became first chair of the second violins; since 1993 he has been principal of the second violins for the Vienna Philharmonic and the Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera. Raimund Lissy has also been active in the Wiener Hofmusikkapelle since 2013. As a soloist Raimund Lissy has played a number of violin concertos with orchestra and has given sonata recitals. His 30 CD recordings as a soloist and chamber musician include a six-part (to date) CD series with works by Joseph Mayseder (released by Gramola).

The cultivation of the works of violin virtuoso and composer Joseph Mayseder, who took part in the first concert by the Vienna Philharmonic in 1842, is one of Raimund Lissy’s particular interests and concerns, which also involves producing the homepage www.mayseder.at