RICARDO ODNOPOSOFF

Vol. 1: DHR-7874-9    6CDs set

CD1
BRAHMS: Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, Op.77
Frankfurt Opera Orchestra, Carl Bamberger conductor (Rec. c. 1954)
BRUCH: Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 1 in G minor, Op.26
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Goehr conductor (Rec. c. 1953 )
DEBUSSY: Sonata for violin and piano in G minor
Leonid Hambro - piano (Recorded C. 1952)
PAGANINI: La Campanella (arr. Kochanski)
Valentin Pavlovsky - piano (Recorded 1945)
CD2
SARASATE: Habañera Spanish dance for violin and piano Op. 21/2
Gregory Ashman - piano (Recorded 1947)
PAGANINI: Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 1 in D major, Op.6
Geneva Radio Sym. Orch., Gianfranco Rivoli cond. (Rec. c. 1954)
PAGANINI: Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 2 in B minor, Op.7
Utrecht Sym. Orch., Paul Hupperts conductor (Rec. c. 1950)
SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen for violin and orchestra Op. 20
Geneva Radio Sym. Orch., Gianfranco Rivoli cond. (Recorded C. 1955)
SARASATE: Malagueña Spanish dance for violin and piano Op.21/1
Gregory Ashman - piano (Recorded 1947)
NOVACEK: Perpetuum mobile for violin and piano Op. 5 No. 4
Otto Herz - piano (Recorded 1946)
CD3
SAINT-SAENS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Op. 28
Geneva Radio Sym. Orch., Gianfranco Rivoli cond. (Recorded C. 1955)
GLAZUNOV: Concerto for violin and orchestra in A minor, Op. 82
Les Concerts de Paris Sym. Orch., Walter Goehr cond. (Recorded C. 1953)
DVORAK: Concerto for violin and orchestra in A minor, Op. 53
Les Concerts de Paris Sym. Orch., Walter Goehr cond. (Recorded C. 1953)
SAINT-SAENS: Havanaise for violin and orchestra in E major, Op. 83
Geneva Radio Sym. Orch., Gianfranco Rivoli cond. (Recorded C. 1955)
YSAYE: Sonata for solo violin Ballade in D minor, Op. 27 No. 3
(Recorded C. 1951)
PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf: Theme & processional (arr. D.J.Grunes)
Valentin Pavlovsky - piano (Recorded 1945)
CD4
MENDELSSOHN: Concerto for violin and orchestra in E minor, Op.64
Geneva Radio Sym. Orch., Gianfranco Rivoli cond. (Rec. c. 1954)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, Op.35
Netherlands Philharmonic SO, Walter Goehr conductor (Rec. c. 1952)
CHAUSSON: Poème for violin and orchestra, Op.25
Geneva Radio Sym. Orch., Gianfranco Rivoli cond. (Recorded C. 1955)
VILLA-LOBOS: O Canto do cysne negro (Song of the black swan)
Otto Herz, piano (Recorded 1946)
CD5
VITALI: Chaconne in G minor
Heinz Wehrle (Organ) Recorded C. 1950)
BACH: Chaconne for violin solo from Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004
BACH: Concerto for violin and orchestra in E major, BWV 1042
Netherlands Philharmonic SO, Walter Goehr conductor (Rec. c. 1952)
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for violin, cello & piano in C major Op. 56
with Stefan Auber (cello), Angelica Morales (piano), Vienna PhO, Felix Weingartner (Recorded Oct. 1937)
CD6
VIVALDI: Violin sonata in A major, RV 31
with Leo Rostal (cello),Benjamin Oren (Harpsichord), Heinz Wehrle (Organ), (Recorded C. 1950)
LALO: Symphonie Espagnole for violin and orchestra, Op. 21
Utrecht Sym. Orch., Walter Goehr conductor (Rec. c. 1951)
PROKOFIEV: Concerto for violin and orchestra No.1 in D major, Op.19
Zürich Radio Sym. Orch., Heinrich Hollreiser cond. (Recorded C. 1957)
VILLA-LOBOS: Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 1
Leonid Hambro - piano (Recorded c .1952)
VIVALDI: Violin sonata in F minor, RV 21
with Leo Rostal (cello), Benjamin Oren (Harpsichord), Heinz Wehrle (Organ), (Recorded C. 1950)

One of the finest violinists of all time, Ricardo Odnoposoff was born in Buenos Aires on February 24, 1914, the son of Russian immigrants. Following early studies in Buenos Aires and Berlin, he was accepted at thirteen to the Berlin Hochschule für Musik, where he studied violin with Carl Flesch from 1928 to 1931 and composition under Paul Hindemith. At the end of these studies, his career was inaugurated by an appearance, at 17, as a featured soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Erich Kleiber. Shortly afterwards, he took the first prize at the 1932 Vienna Competition, and followed up this triumph five years later winning the second prize of the 1937 legendary Queen Elisabeth Competition in Bruxelles - a notable achievement since it was the great David Oistrakh who won the first prize. At the time, he was concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic (a position he held for several years). In this period, he also taught at the Vienna Conservatory, where one of his students (1933-1935) was Norbert Brainin, later leader of the famed Amadeus Quartet.
Odnoposoff had a brilliant career as a concert soloist, performing extensively on five continents.
In the early 1940s he moved to the USA where his Carnegie Hall "debut" took place in 1944. Among the conductors he worked with were Arturo Toscanini, Bruno Walter Ernest Ansermet, Leonard Bernstein, Fritz Busch and André Cluytens. In 1956 he returned to Vienna, where he again taught in the Vienna Conservatory. From 1975 to 1984 he was a professor of violin performance at the Zurich Hochschule für Musik in Switzerland.
An examination of his recorded legacy reveals a supreme artist, equipped with a brilliant technical command. His sonority, which emerges with great fidelity on these recordings, was astonishingly beautiful, big and round, with an exciting, penetrating quality. He was an electrifying artist, a virtuoso who must be accorded a place of honour in the pantheon of twentieth century violin legends.
Odnoposoff passed away on October 26, 2004 in Vienna.

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