Joseph Szigeti
Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973) was a Hungarian violinist, one of the great violin artists of the twentieth century. He was admired for musical intelligence, individuality and a searching, unsentimental style.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Bloch, Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart, Bartók and other repertory, with artists including Thomas Beecham, Egon Petri and Bruno Walter.
Szigeti’s playing was not merely beautiful in the convent...
BACH Violin Sonatas 1 & 2
BACH Concerto for Two Violins
HANDEL Violin Sonata No. 4
TARTINI Violin Sonata in G
TARTINI Violin Concerto in D minor
MOZART Violin Sonata No. 21
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
short works by BACH, EXAUDET, TARTINI, VERACINI
Studio recordings, 1927-37
Total duration: 2hr 19:10
Joseph Szigeti, violin
Carl Flesch, violin
Nikita Magaloff, piano
Kurt Ruhrseitz, piano
Walter Goehr ∙ Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham ∙ London Philharmonic Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
WEBER Violin Sonata No. 3
PAGANINI Caprices
SCHUBERT Rondo
Studio recordings, 1926-1936
Total duration: 74:23
Joseph Szigeti, violin
Kurt Ruhrseitz, piano
Nikita Magaloff, piano
British Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Bruno Walter
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3
Music by Berlioz, Hubay, Elgar, Kreisler, Dvořák, Chabrier, Rimsky-Korsakov, Falla
Studio recordings, 1926-1946
Total duration: 2hr 27:05
Joseph Szigeti, violin
Egon Petri, piano
Kurt Ruhrseitz, piano
Nikita Magaloff, piano
Constant Lambert ∙ Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham ∙ London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Hamilton Harty ∙ Hallé Orchestra
WARLOCK Capriol Suite
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto
BARTÓK Hungarian Folk Tunes
BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances
IVES Violin Sonata No. 4
BLOCH Violin Concerto
music by Debussy, Ravel, Milhaud, Lie, Szymanowski, Scriabin, Stravinsky
Studio recordings, 1926-46
Total duration: 2hr 4:59
Joseph Szigeti, violin
Nikita Magaloff, Kurt Ruhrseitz, Béla Bartók, Andor Foldes, piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Constant Lambert
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conducted by Charles Munch
