As someone who enjoys violin playing, I
have built up over the decades a considerable collection of
recordings of short salon pieces. 39 different recordings of
Tchaikovsky's Mélodie. 42 recordings of Kreisler's
Liebesfreud: 16 recordings of Elgar's Salut d'Amour.
Even 24 recordings of William Kroll's meretricious Banjo &
Fiddle, a piece I heartily dislike. But in all my collection, I only
have four – FOUR – recordings of Sergei Rachmaninov's Danse
Hongroise (Op 6 No.2 of his Morceaux de Salon.) How on
earth is this piece almost always overlooked in collections of short
violin pieces? It is attractive music, lasting just under four
minutes. The only four violinists in my collection to have recorded
it are Akiko Suwanai, David Frühwirth, Sacha Sitkovetsky, and
Ruggiero Ricci. Really odd how some pieces of music are so often
overlooked. If I were several decades younger, I'd go out and buy the
music and play it myself.
Monday, 6 January 2020
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