Wolfgang Schneiderhan Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
As a "wunderkind" he sat on Pietro Mascagni's lap, he accompanied the "Dying Swan" danced by the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, and Fritz Kreisler confessed to the young violinist that he did not know what else to teach him. “No one places Schneiderhan in the company of Kreisler, Heifetz, Huberman, Szigeti or Stern, yet he was as ‘complete’ a violinist as any of them, maybe even more so", wrote the English critic Tully Potter. Wolfgang Schneiderhan's playing was noble, balanced and sober, but at the same time intense, heartfelt and fetching. Artistic distance and immediacy of expression were not opposites for him. He attached great importance to reliable musical scores and placed himself at the service of the music – qualities that would later become important for historical performance practice. In short, a fascinating artist to be rediscovered.
For the first time, Schneiderhan's complete works on DG appear on 34 CDs in one box set. His repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary music, with Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart as his main focus. We can hear the violinist perform ravishing encore pieces as well as accompanying his wife, the soprano Irmgard Seefried. In addition to numerous CD premieres, the box contains four previously unreleased recordings. A 104-page booklet with texts by Tully Potter, Franz Fassbind, Markus Kettner and Wolfgang Schneiderhan as well as various photos and documents from the DG archive complete the portrait.
Tracklist:
CD 1
BACH
Violin Concertos BWV 1041–1043
Festival Strings Lucerne · Baumgartner
Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 BWV 1004
CD 2
BACH
Violin Concerto BWV 1041
Collegium Musicum Zürich · Sacher
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 & 4
Cantata »Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten« BWV 202
Festival Strings Lucerne · Baumgartner
CD 3–4
BACH
Violin Sonatas BWV 1014–1019
CD 5
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto
Berliner Philharmoniker · Jochum (rec. 1962)
CD 6
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto
Berliner Philharmoniker · Jochum (rec. 1959)
CD 7
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto
Berliner Philharmoniker · Kempen (rec. 1953)
CD 8
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto
Berliner Philharmoniker · Furtwängler (live rec. 1953)
CD 9
BEETHOVEN
Triple Concerto
Double Concerto
CD 10–12
BEETHOVEN
Violin Sonatas opp. 12, 23, 24 “Spring”, 30, 47 “Kreutzer”, 96
Seemann
CD 13–15
BEETHOVEN
Violin Sonatas opp. 12, 23, 24 “Spring”, 30, 47 “Kreutzer”, 96
Kempff
CD 16
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto
MARTIN
Violin Concerto
CD 17
BRAHMS
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1–3
Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor
Seemann
CD 18
BRAHMS
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1–3
Wührer
CD 19
HINDEMITH
Violin Sonata in C major
BARTÓK
Violin Sonata No. 2
PROKOFIEV
Violin Sonata No. 2
CD 20
MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto
BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1
CD 21–22
MOZART
Violin Concertos Nos. 1–5, Adagio für Violin and Orchestra K 261
Rondos for Violin and Orchestra K 269, 373
Berliner Philharmoniker
CD 23
MOZART
Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
Berliner Philharmoniker · Schmidt-Isserstedt
NDR-Sinfonieorchester · Schmidt-Isserstedt
CD 24
MOZART
Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
Berliner Philharmoniker · Rosbaud
Wiener Symphoniker · Leitner
Arias: L’amerò sarò costante | Non temer, amato bene
Wiener Symphoniker · Leitner · Seefried
CD 25–27
MOZART
Violin Sonatas K 296, 301, 304–306, 376–380, 454, 481, 526
CD 28
SCHUBERT
Sonatinas for Violin and Piano D 384, 385, 408
DVOŘÁK
Sonatina for Violin and Piano op. 100
Klien
CD 29
SCHUBERT
Sonata (Duo) for Violin and Piano D 574
Fantasy for Violin and Piano D 934
“Rondo brillant” D 895
R. STRAUSS
Violin Sonata op. 18
Klien
CD 30
SCHUBERT
Sonata (Duo) for Violin and Piano D 574
Sonatinas for Violin and Piano D 384, 385, 408
Seemann
CD 31
SCHUMANN
Violin Sonata in A minor op. 105
FRANCK
Violin Sonata in A major FWV 8
DEBUSSY
Violin Sonata in G minor L 140
STRAVINSKY
Duo concertant
CD 32
STRAVINSKY
Violin Concerto in D
HENZE
Violin Concerto No. 1
CD 33
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons op. 8
Concerto No. 11 for 2 Violins, Violoncello and Orchestra in D minor RV 565 (rec. 1957 & 1958)
TARTINI
Violin Concerto in D minor D 45
CD 34
Violin Encores