The Bel Canto Violin (CD Box Set)

This Eloquence set presents Campoli's legacy in largely chronological order, restoring the original LP couplings, and presenting for the first time on CD stereo versions of Saint-Saëns's Violin Concerto No. 3, the Kreisler/Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 and pieces by Sarasate and Wieniawski. The remastering engineer Mark Obert-Thorn contributes a note focusing on the violinist's early recordings on 78rpm. First-issue covers and many rare photographs are complemented by a new and illuminating essay by Andrew Dalton, who recalls Campoli in concert in the early 1960s: 'I was instantly captivated, for a Campoli performance was never routine'.

These recordings contain new remasterings from original sources and original jackets.

TRACKLISTING:

CD 1
The Decca 78s – Music by Albéniz, Drigo, Kreisler, Elgar, Bazzini, Lehár, Paderewski, Mozskowski, et.al.
Harold Pedlar, piano
Sidney Crooke, piano
Alfredo Campoli Trio
FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA

CD 2
The Decca 78s – Music by Handel, Monti, Kreisler, Hubay, Hahn, Raff, Chopin, Foster, Grainger, Gossec, et.al.
Sidney Crooke, piano
Welbeck Light String Quartet
FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA

CD 3
The Decca 78s – Music by Heykens, Kálmán, J. Strauss II, Waldteufel, Offenbach, Poldini, Fibich, et.al.
Alfredo Campoli and the Dorchester Hotel Orchestra
Alfredo Campoli and his Salon Orchestra
FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA

CD 4
The Decca 78s – Music by Puccini, Herbert, Elgar, Rubinstein, Mendelssohn, Coates, Raff, et.al.
Alfredo Campoli and his Salon Orchestra
Alfredo Campoli and his Grand Orchestra
Alfredo Campoli and his Concert Orchestra
FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA

CD 5
TARTINI Violin Sonata, Op. 1 No. 10 ‘Didone abbandonata’
J.S. BACH Arioso (from Keyboard Concerto, BWV 1056)
PAGANINI/KREISLER Caprices, Op. 1 Nos. 13 & 20; La Campanella
J.S. BACH Air (Orchestral Suite No. 3)
KREISLER/PAGANINI Concerto in one movement
CORELLI Violin Sonata, Op. 5 No. 12 ‘La Folia’
Eric Gritton, piano
National Symphony Orchestra / Victor Olof
FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA

CD 6
J.S. BACH Partita No. 2
TARTINI Violin Sonata in G minor ‘The Devil’s Trill’*
Music by Bazzini, Hubay, Hummel, Debussy and Corelli*
Eric Gritton, piano
*FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA

CD 7
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor
Music by Poulenc, Albéniz, Tartini, Ravel, Brahms, Massenet, Chopin, Mozart*
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Eduard van Beinum
Eric Gritton, piano
*FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA

CD 8
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
Josef Krips

CD 9
HANDEL Violin Sonatas
George Malcolm

CD 10
LALO Symphonie espagnole
SAINT-SAËNS Havanaise; Introduction et Rondo capriccioso
Eduard van Beinum; Anatole Fistoulari

CD 11
Campoli Encores – Music by Dohnányi, Paganini, Fibich, Ponce, Drdla, Fiocco, Heuberger, Mendelssohn, et.al.
George Malcolm; Eric Gritton

CD 12
Homage to Fritz Kreisler
Eric Gritton

CD 13
ELGAR Violin Concerto
Adrian Boult

CD 14
TARTINI Violin Sonatas – ‘Devil’s Trill’ & ‘Didone abbandonata’
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
George Malcolm; Royalton Kisch

CD 15
BLISS Violin Concerto
Theme and Cadenza
Arthur Bliss

CD 16
SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3
KREISLER/PAGANINI Concerto in one movement
WIENIAWSKI Légende
SARASATE Zigeunerweisen
Piero Gamba
FIRST CD RELEASE IN STEREO

CD 17
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Swan Lake (dances)
Ataúlfo Argenta; Anatole Fistoulari

CD 18
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
BRUCH Scottish Fantasy
Adrian Boult

CD 19
Campoli Encores – Music by Albéniz, Bazzini, Brahms, Yamada, Paganini/Kreisler, Mozart
Norihiko Wada

CD 20
SARASATE Danzas españolas; Navarra
Daphne Ibbott

CD 21
WIENIAWSKI Music for Violin & Piano
Daphne Ibbott

Alfredo Campoli, violin