The Complete Recordings
Ginette NeveuCD1
- JEAN SIBELIUS 1865-1957 : Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 : I Allegro moderato
- JEAN SIBELIUS 1865-1957 : Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 : II Adagio di molto
- JEAN SIBELIUS 1865-1957 : Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 : III Allegro ma non tanto
CD2
- JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833-1897 : Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 : I Allegro non troppo
- JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833-1897 : Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 : II Adagio
- JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833-1897 : Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 : III Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
- ERNEST CHAUSSON 1855-1899 : Poème, Op.25
CD3
- MAURICE RAVEL 1875-1937 : Tzigane
- MAURICE RAVEL 1875-1937 : Pièce en forme de habanera
- ION SCĂRLĂTESCU 1872-1922 : Bagatelle
- MANUEL DE FALLA 1876-1946 : (arr. Kreisler) : Spanish Dance (from ‘La Vida Breve’)
- FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 1810-1849 : (arr. Rodionov) : Nocturne No.20 in C-sharp minor, Op.posth.
- GRIGORAŞ DINICU 1889-1949 : (arr. Heifetz) : Hora Staccato
- JOSEF SUK 1874-1935 : Four Pieces, Op.17 : No.1 Quasi ballata
- JOSEF SUK 1874-1935 : Four Pieces, Op.17 : No.2 Appassionato
- JOSEF SUK 1874-1935 : Four Pieces, Op.17 : No.3 Un poco triste
- JOSEF SUK 1874-1935 : Four Pieces, Op.17 : No.4 Burleska
- CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862-1918 : Violin Sonata in G minor : I Allegro vivo
- CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862-1918 : Violin Sonata in G minor : II Intermède: Fantasque et léger
- CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862-1918 : Violin Sonata in G minor : III Finale: Très animé
- VIII. (Chopin, Dinicu), 14.VIII. (Suk) 1946, 18.III.1948 (Debussy), Abbey Road Studios, London
CD4
- FRITZ KREISLER 1875-1962 : Grave in C minor in the Style of W. F. Bach
- JOSEF SUK 1874-1935 : Four Pieces, Op.17 : No.3 Un poco triste
- JOSEF SUK 1874-1935 : Four Pieces, Op.17 : No.2 Appassionato
- FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 1810-1849 : (arr. Rodionov) : Nocturne No.20 in C-sharp minor, Op.posth.
- CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK 1714-1787 : (arr. Kreisler) : Mélodie (from ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’)
- MARIA THERESIA VON PARADIS 1759-1824 : (arr. Dushkin) : Sicilienne
The French violinist Ginette Neveu was just 30 when her plane crashed in the Azores in October 1949. She had studied with George Enescu and Carl Flesch, and as The Observer wrote in 1945, “Her playing was superbly vigorous and passionate, and made the impression that its great qualities, such as eloquent phrasing and an apparently limitless range and variety of tone, came from the only true source – an identity with the music and with her instrument.” Her complete recordings, specially remastered from the best sources available, are gathered on these four CDs, with her incandescent Sibelius Concerto taking pride of place.