George Enescu ∙ French Radio Recordings 1948-1952 ∙ 2CD

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GEORGE ENESCU plays Beethoven and Ravel ∙ 20 Interviews

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 7 in C minor, Op 30, No 2
George Enescu (vln)
Georges de Lausnay (pn)
Recorded ∙ 17 June 1948 ∙ Paris ∙ Salle de l’ancien Conservatoire ∙ Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française ∙ Live Recording

Beethoven: Septet in E-flat Major, Op 20
Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet & String Quartet
George Enescu (vln) ∙ Ulysse Delecluse (cl) ∙ Georges Alès (vln) ∙ Pierre Jamet (hp) ∙ Fernand Oubradous (bassoon) ∙ Gaston Marchesini (vlc) ∙ Jean Devémy (hrn) ∙ Gaston Crunelle (fl) ∙ Henri Moreau (double bass)
Recorded ∙ 01 March 1951 ∙ Paris ∙ Salle de l’ancien Conservatoire ∙ Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française ∙ Live Recording

CD 2 ∙ This is a data CD with files recorded in MP3 format. It can be played by a PC or modern CD device.

20 Entretiens avec George Enescu ∙ 20 interviews with George Enescu in French ∙ Présentateur et producteur ∙ Bernard Gavoty ∙ 1952
25 January 1952 ∙ 1er ∙ naissance en Roumanie, l’enfance
01 February 1952 ∙ 2ème ∙ les débuts
08 February 1952 ∙ 3ème ∙ premiers essais de composition
15 February 1952 ∙ 4ème ∙ Vienne, fantômes et vivants
28 February 1952 ∙ 5ème ∙ deuxième apprentissage a Vienne
29 February 1952 ∙ 6ème ∙ au conservatoire de Paris en 1895
07 March 1952 ∙ 7ème ∙ les classes au Conservatoire de Paris
14 March 1952 ∙ 8ème ∙ le double talent, compositeur et violoniste
21 March 1952 ∙ 9ème ∙ heurs et malheurs de sa vie de compositeur
28 March 1952 ∙ 10ème ∙ son ennemi intime, le violon
04 April 1952 ∙ 11ème ∙ sur l’estrade
18 April 1952 ∙ 12ème ∙ ses Dieux
02 May 1952 ∙ 13ème ∙ les deux guerres
25 April 1952 ∙ 14ème ∙ il rève à Oedipe
02 May 1952 ∙ 15ème ∙ à propos de l’Opéra Oedipe
09 May 1952 ∙ 16ème ∙ Yehudi Menuhin
16 May 1952 ∙ 17ème ∙ de l’estrade au papier règlé
23 May 1952 ∙ 18ème ∙ comment il compose
30 May 1952 ∙ 19ème entretien ∙ les grands hommes dans sa carrière
06 June 1952 ∙ 20ème entretien ∙ Enesco intime

Article number: MC 2022 ∙ Double CD
UPC barcode: 791154054123
Recording dates: 1948-1952
Release date: March 2015
Total timing: CD 1: 73:54 ∙ CD 2: 05h:30 mp3
Booklet: 8 Pages
From the Original Masters ∙ © 2015 Meloclassic

September 2015 ∙ MusicWeb International ∙ George Enescu plays Beethoven and Ravel ∙ 20 Interviews
This ‘First CD Release’ from Meloclassic of Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2 is an important addition to the violinist’s discography. It is a live radio recording from 1948, in which Enescu is partnered by Georges de Lausnay (1882-1964), who was a professor of piano at the Paris Conservatoire. The Ravel Introduction and Allegro is given an idiomatic airing and secures a convincing interpretation. The harpist, Pierre Jamet, shows his mettle in some assured playing. Announcements in French between the items are retained. CD 2 contains 20 interviews with George Enescu in French, over five hours’ worth, all in remarkably good sound. Although I had seen some silent footage of the man, I had never heard him speak. The interviews were carried out over a six month period in 1952 with Bernard Gavoty, the French organist, musicologist and music critic. The interview where he discusses his pupil Menuhin includes some musical excerpts. Meloclassic has provided an excellent biographical account of the musician in his annotations, and quotes Enescu at the beginning: ‘I have only one language: music. I try to speak it’. This aptly sums the man up.
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