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Ernst - Violin Music | Hyperion CDA67619

Ernst - Violin Music

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Label: Hyperion

Cat No: CDA67619

Barcode: 0034571176192

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 3rd March 2008

Gramophone Editor's Choice

Contents

Works

Ernst
Fantaisie brillante sur la Marche et la Romance d’Otello de G. Rossini Op.11 for violin & piano

Ernst
Sechs mehrstimmige Etuden for solo violin

Ernst
Elegie sur la mort d’un objet cheri Op.10 for violin & piano

Ernst
Erlkonig: Grand Caprice pour violon seul sur ‘Le Roi des Aulnes’ de F. Schubert Op.26 for solo violin

Artists

Ilya Gringolts (violin)
Ashley Wass (piano)

Works

Ernst
Fantaisie brillante sur la Marche et la Romance d’Otello de G. Rossini Op.11 for violin & piano

Ernst
Sechs mehrstimmige Etuden for solo violin

Ernst
Elegie sur la mort d’un objet cheri Op.10 for violin & piano

Ernst
Erlkonig: Grand Caprice pour violon seul sur ‘Le Roi des Aulnes’ de F. Schubert Op.26 for solo violin

Artists

Ilya Gringolts (violin)
Ashley Wass (piano)

About

As a virtuoso violinist, the Moravian Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst was a legend in his own lifetime. He died before the era of sound-recording, and his personal wizardry and magnetism can only dimly be recaptured in the written testimony of his contemporaries.

Yet, to a significant extent, it lives on in his own works for his instrument for he was a composer who significantly extended the boundaries and meaning of bravura technique. Unfortunately Ernst has long been the preserve of violin specialists only—unjustly, considering his quality as a musical thinker. As a composer, Ernst combined the reckless virtuosity of Paganini and Liszt with a sure instinct for musical substance, putting transcendent violin technique at the service of something more than mere display.

The brilliant Russian violinist Ilya Gringolts, acclaimed for his technical brilliance and inspired interpretations of a range of repertoire, is the ideal performer of these dazzlingly difficult works. He has made many distinguished recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and BIS; this is his first recording for Hyperion. He is partnered by fellow former BBC New Generation Artist Ashley Wass.

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