Christian Ferras ∙ Violin Recitals in Germany 1953-1965 ∙ 2CD

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Christian Ferras and Pierre Barbizet repeatedly returned to Germany where they had gained tremendous popularity during their recital tours. They had been traveling to the country since 1950 making also extensive broadcast recordings for various German radio stations. For their recital in Ettlingen in 1959 both offered a program of sonatas by Beethoven, Schumann and Enescu, a wide range of their comprehensive repertoire, demonstrating the technical and interpretative excellence of both these musicians. In the Enescu Violin Sonata in A Minor, the violin part is made to sound like the improvisation of a brilliant and imaginative Roumanian fiddler, while the piano is transformed into an impressive cimbalom. The duo never commercially recorded Schubert’s Sonatina in G Minor, presented in the double album as an enrichment of their discography.

Meloclassic would like to thank Yann Barbizet, son of Pierre Barbizet, for his assistance with this release.

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CHRISTIAN FERRAS & PIERRE BARBIZET Violin Recitals in Germany 1953-1965

CD 1

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 5 in F Major, Op 24
SCHUMANN: Violin Sonata No 2 in D Minor, Op 121
ENESCU: Violin Sonata No 3 in A Minor, Op 25

Recorded ∙ 25 September 1959 ∙ Ettlingen ∙ Schloss ∙ SDR ∙ Live Recording

RAVEL: Tzigane ‘Rapsodie de concert’
Recorded ∙ 12 November 1953 ∙ Stuttgart ∙ Krone ∙ SDR ∙ Radio Studio Recording

Christian Ferras ∙ violin
Pierre Barbizet ∙ piano

CD 2

SCHUBERT: Sonatina No 3 in G Minor, D 408, Op 137
Recorded ∙ 05 May 1954 ∙ Köln ∙ Saal 2 ∙ WDR ∙ Radio Studio Recording

BARTÓK: Violin Sonata No 2, Sz 76
Recorded ∙ 02 October 1959 ∙ Hamburg ∙ Studio 10 ∙ NDR ∙ Radio Studio Recording

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 4 in A Minor, Op 23
Recorded ∙ 30 April 1960 ∙ Frankfurt ∙ Studio 3 ∙ HR ∙ Radio Studio Recording

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 10 in G Major, Op 96
Recorded ∙ 19 March 1965 ∙ Köln ∙ Saal 2 ∙ WDR ∙ Radio Studio Recording

Christian Ferras ∙ violin
Pierre Barbizet ∙ piano

Article number: MC 2048
UPC barcode: 791154050910
Release date: 1 April 2022
Booklet: 12 Pages
Total timing: 78:17 CD1 ∙ 74:55 CD2
From the Original Masters ∙ © 2021 Meloclassic

July 2022 ∙ French Diapason ∙ Jean-Michel Molkhou ∙ Christian Ferras ∙ Violin Recitals in Germany 1953-1965
Ces deux nouveaux volumes de documents puisés par Meloclassic dans les archives des radios européennes enrichissent significativement la discographie de Christian Ferras, qui mit fin à ses jours voici tout juste quarante ans. Le premier réunit un ensemble d’enregistrements de sonates, d’excellente qualité sonore et tous inédits. Aux côtés de Pierre Barbizet, exemplaire partenaire dune vie, on retrouve le jeune Christian dans de vigoureuses interprétations de trois sonates de Beethoven (dont un « Printemps» d’une poignante tendresse), une 2e de Schumann enflamnmée, et une 3e de son vénéré maitre Enesco, dune bouleversante authenticité. A peine âgé de vingt ans, il révèle déjà toute la richesse de son àme comme une spectaculaire virtuosité dans une version très personnelle de Tzigane. Une lecture à la fois robuste et pleine de charme de la Sonatine no 3 de Schubert, totalement nouvelle dans sa discographie, ainsi qu’une vision intensément habitée de la Sonate no 2 de Bartok, dont il na laissé aucune gravure officielle, complètent ce passionnant double album.
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July 2022 ∙ French Classica ∙ Michel Le Naour ∙ Christian Ferras ∙ Violin Recitals in Germany 1953-1965
Avec Pierre Barbizet en récital en Allemagne en 1959 ou en studio en 1953, la Sonate « Le Printemps » de Beethoven, la Sonate n° 2 de Schumann ou Tzigane de Ravel sont soulevés par un élan communicatif. Quant à la Sonate n° 3 d’Enesco, elle constitue un inédit à marquer d’une pierre blanche. La sensibilité lumineuse du violoniste se marie au timbre vif-argent et à la force vitale du pianiste.
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May 2022 ∙ MusicWeb International ∙ Jonathan Woolf ∙ Christian Ferras ∙ Violin Recitals in Germany 1953-1965
Ferras’ legacy remains in safe hands over two and a half hours, during which we are introduced to works new to his discography as well as those that he had played many times before but in different circumstances. The booklet documentation is first class and pays due thanks to Yann Barbizet for his assistance.
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