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Alfredo Campoli - The Bel Canto Violin

Alfredo Campoli

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Format: 21CD

Cat No: ELQ4846278

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Release Date:  23 August 2024

Label:  Australian Eloquence

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  21

Barcode:  0028948462780

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    Collected for the first time and newly remastered, the complete Decca and L'Oiseau-Lyre recordings (from 1931 to 1978) of Alfredo Campoli, including unpublished tracks and the classical 78s (newly remastered by Mark Obert-Thorn).

    LIMITED EDITION.

    Born into a family of professional musicians in 1906, Campoli rapidly took to the violin, and before he turned eighteen, he was already secure in eleven major concertos. He subsequently toured with celebrated singers of the day including Nellie Melba and Clara Butt, before turning his attention to light music. During the 1930s he became a household name in the UK, known simply as 'Campoli', for his many recordings and broadcasts, especially with his Salon Orchestra.

    Campoli's impeccable technique and showman's instincts were combined with a rare purity of tone and beauty of phrasing, often likened to bel canto singing.

    He began recording for Decca in 1931, and these 78rpm discs have rarely been issued since, but they present the violinist on typically characterful form, in miniatures and arrangements which capture the essence of romantic violin-playing. Several tracks previously unpublished on Decca from a session in June 1940 include transcriptions of Chopin, Grainger and Stephen Foster, where Campoli turns on the charm in quintessential style.

    Decca captured the full range of Campoli's musicianship, from salon-orchestra serenades and Baroque-era sonatas to the first recording of the concerto which Sir Arthur Bliss wrote for him. He brought a special warmth and unmannered pathos to the Violin Concerto by Elgar, under the baton of Sir Adrian Boult in 1954, which stands out as a highlight of his legacy on record.

    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-Saens's Violin Concerto No. 3, the Kreisler/Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 and pieces by Sarasate and Wieniawski.

    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'.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Decca 78s - Music by Albeniz, Drigo, Kreisler, Elgar, Bazzini, Lehar, Paderewski, Mozskowski, et.al.

      Disc 2

      • 1. The Decca 78s - Music by Handel, Monti, Kreisler, Hubay, Hahn, Raff, Chopin, Foster, Grainger, Gossec, et.al.

      Disc 3

      • 1. The Decca 78s - Music by Heykens, Kalman, J. Strauss II, Waldteufel, Offenbach, Poldini, Fibich, et.al.

      Disc 4

      • 1. The Decca 78s - Music by Puccini, Herbert, Elgar, Rubinstein, Mendelssohn, Coates, Raff, et.al.

      Disc 5

      • 1. TARTINI Violin Sonata, Op. 1 No. 10 'Didone abbandonata'
      • 2. J.S. BACH Arioso (from Keyboard Concerto, BWV 1056)
      • 3. PAGANINI/KREISLER Caprices, Op. 1 Nos. 13 & 20; La Campanella
      • 4. J.S. BACH Air (Orchestral Suite No. 3)
      • 5. KREISLER/PAGANINI Concerto in one movement
      • 6. CORELLI Violin Sonata, Op. 5 No. 12 'La Folia'

      Disc 6

      • 1. J.S. BACH Partita No. 2
      • 2. TARTINI Violin Sonata in G minor 'The Devil's Trill'*
      • 3. Music by Bazzini, Hubay, Hummel, Debussy and Corelli

      Disc 7

      • 1. MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor
      • 2. Music by Poulenc, Albeniz, Tartini, Ravel, Brahms, Massenet, Chopin, Mozart

      Disc 8

      • 1. BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto

      Disc 9

      • 1. HANDEL Violin Sonatas

      Disc 10

      • 1. LALO Symphonie espagnole
      • 2. SAINT-SAENS Havanaise; Introduction et Rondo capriccioso

      Disc 11

      • 1. Campoli Encores - Music by Dohnanyi, Paganini, Fibich, Ponce, Drdla, Fiocco, Heuberger, Mendelssohn, et.al.

      Disc 12

      • 1. Homage to Fritz Kreisler

      Disc 13

      • 1. ELGAR Violin Concerto

      Disc 14

      • 1. TARTINI Violin Sonatas - 'Devil's Trill' & 'Didone abbandonata'
      • 2. BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1

      Disc 15

      • 1. BLISS Violin Concerto
      • 2. Theme and Cadenza

      Disc 16

      • 1. SAINT-SAENS Violin Concerto No. 3
      • 2. KREISLER/PAGANINI Concerto in one movement
      • 3. WIENIAWSKI Legende
      • 4. SARASATE Zigeunerweisen

      Disc 17

      • 1. TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
      • 2. Swan Lake (dances)

      Disc 18

      • 1. MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
      • 2. BRUCH Scottish Fantasy

      Disc 19

      • 1. Campoli Encores - Music by Albeniz, Bazzini, Brahms, Yamada, Paganini/Kreisler, Mozart

      Disc 20

      • 1. SARASATE Danzas espanolas; Navarra

      Disc 21

      • 1. WIENIAWSKI Music for Violin & Piano