Ivry Gitlis
Ivry Gitlis | |
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Ivry Gitlis at home (Paris, 2010) | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Ivry (Yitzhak-Meir) Gitlis |
Born |
Haifa, Palestine Mandate, now Israel | 25 August 1922
Genres | Classical |
Occupation(s) | violinist, pedagogue, writer, actor |
Instruments | Violin |
Years active | 1949 to present |
Notable instruments | |
the "Giovanni Battista Rogeri", 1699 the "Chant du Cygne" Stradivarius, 1737 the "Ysaye" Guarnerius, 1740 the "Sancy" Stradivarius, 1713 |
Ivry Gitlis (Hebrew: עברי גיטליס; born Haifa, Israel 25 August,[1] 1922) is an Israeli violinist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. He has performed with the world's top orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Life
Yitzhak-Meir (Isaac) Gitlis, born in Haifa, Palestine Mandate, to Jewish parents, emigrated in 1921 from Kamianets-Podilskyi, Russia, now Ukraine. Gitlis got his first violin when he was 5 and started lessons under Mme Velikovsky together with his friend Zvi Zeitlin. He then studied privately with Mira Ben-Ami (a pupil of Joseph Szigeti).[2] When he was 8, she arranged for him to play for Bronisław Huberman which prompted a fundraising campaign to allow him to study in France.[3] In 1933 he arrived with his mother in Paris and started to take lessons with Marcel Chailley, husband of the pianist Céliny Chailley-Richez. Being very close to their family introduced him to George Enescu and Jacques Thibaud. In that period he decided to change his birth name (Isaac[4]) to Ivry. At 11, Gitlis (Jitlis) entered the Conservatoire de Paris in the class of Jules Boucherit, winning a Premier Prix in 1935. Later, in 1939–1940, his teachers included George Enescu[5] and Jacques Thibaud in Paris and Carl Flesch, in Spa, Belgium and later in London.
In 1951, as suggested by his teacher Alice Pashkus,[6] he participated at the Long-Thibaud Competition in Paris, where he took fifth place. During preliminary stages of the Competition, a rumor circulated that he'd stolen a Stradivarius during the war, which caused a scandal on the day of the final. Six years after the fall of Hitler, being a Jew in France was still causing debate.[7] In the same year, Gitlis made his debut in Paris, playing a recital at the 'Salle Gaveau', sponsored by the music manager Marcel de Valmalète (9 July 1951).
In the 50s, he moved to the United States where he met Jascha Heifetz. There he made several tours, including those conducted by Eugene Ormandy (Tchaikovsky, in Philadelphia) and George Szell (Sibelius, in New York). Back in Europe, between 1953 and 1955, he recorded for the Vox label concertos by Berg (Concerto "à la mémoire d'un ange" which won the Grand Prix du Disque, coupled with Kammerkonzert), Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Stravinsky (Violin Concerto, coupled with Duo Concertant) and with the conductor Jascha Horenstein, Bartók, Bruch and Sibelius.
In 1963, he was the first Israeli violinist to play in the Soviet Union. He gave a series of concerts under the cultural exchange program of the Soviet Union and Israel, starting from Vilna (23 October 1963). His other concerts were given in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev and Odessa.[8]
In 1968 he participated in John Lennon's project, The Dirty Mac, in The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus film project.
Many composers were fascinated by his sound and way of playing, among whom René Leibowitz who dedicated the "Violin Concerto Op.50" (1958) to him; Bruno Maderna writing "Pièce pour Ivry" (1971), which Gitlis never recorded commercially (but recorded live in Paris, 25 May 1983); Yannis Xenakis with "Mykka(s)", which Gitlis premièred in 1972; Roman Haubenstock-Ramati with "Sequences" for Violin and Orchestra (1972); Charles Harold Bernstein with two works for solo violin, inspired by Gitlis, "Rhapsodie Israélienne" and "Romantic Suite" (1984).
In 1972, he founded the Festival de Vence, famous for its innovative programming. He has often visited Japan where he is popular.[9]
In 1975 he acted in a dramatic role as Hypnotist in François Truffaut's film, The Story of Adele H..
In 1990 Gitlis was designated UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.[10] His stated aim is the "support of education and culture of peace and tolerance".
Ivry Gitlis is a commentator (along with Itzhak Perlman) all the way through the DVD The Art of Violin (2000) which showcases performances and gives biographical details of many of the great violinists of the 20th century.
Since the end of the sixties, Gitlis has resided in Paris, France.
In 2008, he became patron of the Paris-based Association "inspiration(s)", whose aim is to make classical music accessible to all.
At various stages in his career, he played on a 1699 Giovanni Battista Rogeri, which he sold to famed violin author Sidney Bowden,[11] the 1737 "Chant du Cygne" Antonio Stradivari[12] and the 1740 "Ysaye" Guarneri del Gesù.[13] Ivry Gitlis currently owns the 1713 "Sancy" Antonio Stradivari.[14]
He is a Fellow of the Royal Northern College of Music.[15]
Quotes
- "Dear young colleagues of the up-and-coming generation, please have the courage to be yourselves, to take risks and not be copies of your recordings or of others'. Practice your instrument in order to free yourself from any psycho-technical constraint, to be able to create when you play. Listen to your inner ear, which is connected directly to your hearth and spirit, the one that tells you what you feel is you! And the one you don't feel isn't you. Remember that a beautiful "wrong" note by a Kreisler, a Thibaud, a Casals or a Callas is worth more than a thousand so-called "right" notes and that playing that is hygienically and clinically correct is not necessarily a sign of good health! Take heart! Good health to you!" (I.G., January 2007)[16][17]
- "... don't be so polite with the music, it's like being in love!" (I.G., during a masterclass, 31 October 2011)
- "Sheet music is a bunch of black marks; they have no significance ... I play violin, but in order to play well you have to be much more than a violin player. There is an entire world that lives together with it, like the currents in the ocean; and in any event, often I don't use sheet music at all, but improvise." (I.G., October 2012)[18]
- "... rubato is the art of playing in tempo..." (I.G.)
Recordings
Sortable lists, in chronological order.
Official, commercial releases
composer | arranger | work | orchestra / conductor / accompanist / other musicians | rec. date | first release | A=audio V=video | info and note |
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Paganini, Niccolò | Wilhelmj, August | Violin Concerto No.1, in D Major (I. Allegro maestoso / Cadenza: Émile Sauret) | The Austrian Symphony Orchestra / Kurt Wöss | 1950, Vienna | LP, Remington RLP-149-20 | A | first official recording – no CD release |
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Violin Concerto, in D major, Op.35 (II. + first bars III. mvt) | Odette Pigault, piano | 1951/6 (Paris, Concours Long-Thibaud Competition – 5th Prize) | CD, Meloclassic MC2021 | A | broadcast: 1951/8/12 / First Edition, 2014 (Radio Studio recordings) | |
Bartók, Béla | Sonata for solo violin, Sz.117, BB 124 | 1951/12/8, Paris | CD, Meloclassic MC2021 | A | CD release 2015 (Radio Studio recordings) | ||
Chausson, Ernest | Poème, Op.25 | Odette Pigault, piano | 1953/3/13, Paris | CD, Meloclassic MC2021 | A | CD release 2015 (Radio Studio recordings) | |
Moszkovski, Moritz | Sarasate, Pablo de | Guitarre, Op.45/2 | Odette Pigault, piano | 1953/3/13, Paris | CD, Meloclassic MC2021 | A | CD release 2015 (Radio Studio recordings) |
Achron, Joseph | Hebrew Melody, Op.33 | André Collard, piano | 1953/3/25, Paris | CD, Meloclassic MC2021 | A | CD release 2015 (Radio Studio recordings) | |
Bloch, Ernest | Nigun (No.2 from "Baal-Shem") | André Collard, piano | 1953/3/25, Paris | CD, Meloclassic MC2021 | A | CD release 2015 (Radio Studio recordings) | |
Berg, Alban | Violin Concerto To the memory of an angel (1935) | Vienna Symphony (Pro Musica) Orchestra / William Strickland | 1953, Vienna | LP, VOX PL8660 | A | Grand Prix du Disque 1954 | |
Berg, Alban | Chamber Concerto, for violin, piano and 13 wind instruments (1923–25) | Vienna Symphony (Pro Musica) Orchestra Wind Ensemble / Charlotte Lois Zelka, piano / Harold Byrns | 1953, Vienna | LP, VOX PL8660 | A | no CD release / YouTube | |
Mendelssohn, Felix | Violin Concerto, in E minor, Op.64 | Vienna Symphony (Pro Musica) Orchestra / Hans Swarowsky | 1954, Vienna | LP, VOX PL8840 | A | ||
Mendelssohn, Felix | Violin Concerto, in E minor, Op.64 (I. Allegro molto appassionato) | Pro Musica Symphony Vienna (Vienna Symphony Orchestra) / Hans Swarowsky | 1954/1963 | TV footage, released by 'Meloclassic' | V | 1963 video playback over the 1954 VOX audio rec. / YouTube | |
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Violin Concerto, in D major, Op.35 | Vienna Symphony (Pro Musica) Orchestra / Heinrich Hollreiser | 1954, Vienna | LP, VOX PL8840 | A | ||
Bartók, Béla | Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112, BB 117 | Vienna Symphony (Pro Musica) Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein | 1954/9, Vienna | LP, VOX PL9020 | A | ||
Bartók, Béla | Sonata for solo violin, Sz.117, BB 124 | 1954/9, Vienna | LP, VOX PL9020 | A | |||
Tartini, Giuseppe | Kreisler, Fritz | Sonata in G minor, B.g5 Il Trillo del Diavolo | Antonio Beltrami, piano | 1955/2/18 (RAI, MIlano) | CD, Meloclassic MC2021 | A | CD release 2015 (Radio Studio recordings) |
Wieniawski, Henryk | Capriccio-Valse, Op.7 | Antonio Beltrami, piano | 1955/2/18, RAI Milano | CD, Meloclassic MC2021 | A | CD release 2015 (Radio Studio recordings) | |
Wieniawski, Henryk | Polonaise Brillante (No.1) in D major, Op.4 | Antonio Beltrami, piano | 1955/2/18, RAI Milano | CD, Meloclassic MC2021 | A | CD release 2015 (Radio Studio recordings) | |
Stravinsky, Igor | Violin Concerto in D (1931) | Concerts Colonne Orchestra / Harold Byrns | 1955, Paris | LP, VOX PL9410 | A | ||
Stravinsky, Igor | Duo Concertant, for violin and piano (1931–32) | Charlotte Lois Zelka, piano | 1955, Paris | LP, VOX PL9410 | A | no CD release | |
Bruch, Max | Violin Concerto No.1, in G minor, Op.26 | Vienna Symphony (Pro Musica) Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein | 1955/9/10, Vienna | LP, VOX PL9660 | A | ||
Sibelius, Jean | Violin Concerto, in D minor, Op.47 | Vienna Symphony (Pro Musica) Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein | 1955/9/10, Vienna | LP, VOX PL9660 | A | ||
Sibelius, Jean | Violin Concerto, in D minor, Op.47 | New York Philharmonic Orchestra / George Szell | 1955/12/18, New York | CD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | A | live, USA début – Diapason d'Or | |
Hindemith, Paul | Violin Concerto (1939) | Westphalia Symphony Orchestra / Hubert Reichert | 1961 | LP, VOX PL11980 | A | CD release 1999 | |
Leibowitz, René | Violin Concerto Op.50 (1958, dedicated to Ivry Gitlis) | Hannover Radio Symphonieorkester / René Leibowitz | 1961/1/20, Hannover | CD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | A | live, world première – Diapason d'Or | |
Hindemith, Paul | Violin Concerto (1939) | South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hans Rosbaud | 1962, Baden-Baden | CD, Music & Arts MACD0627 | A | live | |
Brahms, Johannes | Violin Sonata No.3, in D minor, Op.108 (I. Allegro) | Tasso Janopoulo, piano | 1962/6/5, Paris | DVD, EMI classic archive 50 | V | live, reprint 2007 | |
Bartók, Béla | Sonata for solo violin, Sz.117, BB 124 (III. Melodia. Adagio) | 1962/6/5, Paris | DVD, EMI classic archive 50 | V | live, reprint 2007 | ||
Elgar, Edward | La Capricieuse, Op.17 | Tasso Janopoulo, piano | 1962/6/5, Paris | DVD, EMI classic archive 50 | V | live, reprint 2007 | |
Wieniawski, Henryk | Polonaise brillante (No.1), in D major, Op.4 | Tasso Janopoulo, piano | 1962/6/5, Paris | DVD, EMI classic archive 50 | V | live, reprint 2007 | |
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Violin Concerto, in D major, Op.35 | Orchestre National de l'ORTF / Francesco Mander | 1965/6/13, Paris | DVD, EMI classic archive 50 | V | live, reprint 2007 | |
Paganini, Niccolò | Violin Concerto No.1, in D Major Op.6 (cadenza: Émile Sauret) | Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Stanislaw Wislocki | 1966, Warsaw | LP, Philips 6504 019 (Polskie Nagrania) | A | ||
Paganini, Niccolò | Violin Concerto No.2, in B minor Op.7 La Campanella (cadenza: Ivry Gitlis) | Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Stanislaw Wislocki | 1966, Warsaw | LP, Philips 6504 019 (Polskie Nagrania) | A | ||
Paganini, Niccolò | Violin Concerto No.2, in B minor Op.7 La Campanella (III. Rondò) | Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Stanislaw Wislocki | 1966/10/2, Paris | DVD, EMI classic archive 50 | V | video playback over the Philips audio rec. | |
Franck, César | Violin Sonata in A major, M.8 -segments- | Philippe Entremont, piano | 1966/5/14, Paris | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Hindemith, Paul | Violin Concerto (1939) | Bamberg Symphonieorkester / Sixten Ehrling | 1966/5/19, Bamberg | CD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | A | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Paganini, Niccolò | Kreisler, Fritz | La Campanella, Rondò (from Violin Concerto No.2) | Tasso Janopoulo, piano | 1967, Paris | LP, Philips 6504 023 | A | Le violon du diable |
Paganini, Niccolò | Kreisler, Fritz | Caprice No.20, Op.1, MS 25 | Tasso Janopoulo, piano | 1967, Paris | LP, Philips 6504 023 | A | Le violon du diable |
Paganini, Niccolò | Kreisler, Fritz | Caprice No.13, Op.1, MS 25 | Tasso Janopoulo, piano | 1967, Paris | LP, Philips 6504 023 | A | Le violon du diable |
Paganini, Niccolò | Auer, Leopold | Caprice No.24, Op.1, MS 25 | Tasso Janopoulo, piano | 1967, Paris | LP, Philips 6504 023 | A | Le violon du diable |
Paganini, Niccolò | I Palpiti, Op.13, MS 77 | Tasso Janopoulo, piano | 1967, Paris | Philips 6504 023 | A | Le violon du diable | |
Paganini, Niccolò | Gitlis, Ivry | Cantabile, in D major, Op.17, MS 109 | Tasso Janopoulo, piano | 1967, Paris | LP, Philips 6504 023 | A | Le violon du diable |
Paganini, Niccolò | Sonatina in E minor, Op.3 No.6, MS 27 | Tasso Janopoulo, piano | 1967, Paris | LP, Philips 6504 023 | A | Le violon du diable | |
Paganini, Niccolò | Gitlis, Ivry | Minuetto, in F major (1836) | Tasso Janopoulo, piano | 1967, Paris | LP, Philips 6504 023 | A | Le violon du diable |
Paganini, Niccolò | Auer, Leopold | Caprice No.24, Op.1, MS 25 | Tasso Janopoulo, piano | 1967/5/31, Paris | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | video session of the Philips audio recording – Diapason d'Or |
Berg, Alban | Violin Concerto To the memory of an angel (1935) | Orchestre National de l'ORTF / Fritz Rieger | 1967/7/06, Paris | CD, Decca 5CD 5346246 | A | live, first release 2013 (CD4) | |
Saint-Saëns, Camille | Ysaÿe, Eugène | Caprice pour violon et orchestre, in D major (from Etude en forme de Valse, Op.52 No.6) | Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo / Edouard van Remoortel | 1968/3/7-10, Monte-Carlo | LP, Philips 6504 055 | A | world première recording |
Saint-Saëns, Camille | Violin Concerto No.2, in C major, Op.58 | Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo / Edouard van Remoortel | 1968/3/7-10, Monte-Carlo | LP, Philips 6504 055 | A | world première recording | |
Saint-Saëns, Camille | Violin Concerto No.4 Inachevé (Morceau de concert), in G major, Op.62 | Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo / Edouard van Remoortel | 1968/3/7-10, Monte-Carlo | LP, Philips 6504 055 | A | world première recording | |
Wieniawski, Henryk | Capriccio-Valse, in E major, Op.7 | Tasso Janopoulo, piano | 1968/4/12, Paris | DVD, EMI classic archive 50 | V | live, reprint 2007 | |
Franck, César | Violin Sonata in A major (II. Allegro – Quasi lento – Tempo I°) | Georges Pludermacher, piano | 1969/2/9, Paris | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Wieniawski, Henryk | Violin Concerto No.1, in F-sharp minor, Op.14 (version pratique with shortened orchestral introduction in the 1st mvmt) | Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo / Jean-Claude Casadesus | 1969/7/3-8, Monte-Carlo | LP, Philips 6504 001 | A | ||
Wieniawski, Henryk | Violin Concerto No.2, in D minor, Op.22 | Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo / Jean-Claude Casadesus | 1969/7/3-8, Monte-Carlo | LP, Philips 6504 001 | A | ||
Brahms, Johannes | Double Concerto, for violin and cello, in A minor, Op.102 | Orchestre National de l'ORTF / Maurice Gendron, cello / Michel Tabachnik | 1970/12/08, Paris | CD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 / CD, Decca 5346246 (2013) | A | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Saint-Saëns, Camille | Introduction et rondo capriccioso, in A minor Op.28 | Georges Pludermacher, piano | 1971/11/17, Paris | DVD, EMI classic archive 50 | V | live, reprint 2007 | |
Paganini, Niccolò | Violin Concerto No.2, in B minor Op.7 La Campanella (cadenza: I.Gitlis) | Stuttgart Radio Symphonieorkester / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski | 1972/06/13, Stuttgart | CD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | A | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman | Sequences für Violine und Orchester | ORF-Symphonieorchester / Milan Horvat | 1972/11/29, Vienna | LP, Amadeo 415 314–1 | A | vinyl release, 1984 – no CD release | |
Moszkovski, Moritz | Sarasate, Pablo de | Guitarre, Op.45 No.2 | Georges Pludermacher, piano | 1973/8/21, Paris | DVD, EMI classic archive 50 | V | live, reprint 2007 |
Albéniz, Isaac | Kreisler, Fritz | Malagueña, Op.165 No.3 (from "España") | Georges Pludermacher, piano | 1973/8/21, Paris | DVD, EMI classic archive 50 | V | live, reprint 2007 |
Franck, César | Violin Sonata, in A major (II. Allegro – Quasi lento – Tempo I°) | Georges Pludermacher, piano | 1974/10/5, Paris | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Mendelssohn, Felix | Violin Concerto, in E minor, Op.64 (III. Allegro molto vivace -without intro-) | Orchestra conducted by Michel Legrand | 1974/10/5, Paris | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Bartók, Béla | Sonata for solo violin, Sz.117, BB 124 (III. Melodia. Adagio -fragment-) | 1974/11/22, Paris | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | live – Diapason d'Or | ||
Paganini, Niccolò | 24 Caprices for violin solo, Op.1, MS 25 | 1976/1-3, Paris | CD, Philips 4428960 | A | first release 2007 | ||
Franck, César | Violin Sonata, in A major, M.8 | Martha Argerich, piano | 1976/10, Milano | LP, Ricordi RCL-27018 | A | 2001 CD release: RCA Red Seal BVCC-35110 | |
Debussy, Claude | Violin Sonata, in G minor, L 140 | Martha Argerich, piano | 1976/10, Milano | LP, Ricordi RCL-27018 | A | 2001 CD release: RCA Red Seal BVCC-35110 | |
Ravel, Maurice | Pièce en forme de Habañera (Vocalise) | unknown, piano | 1977/10/31, Paris | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Mendelssohn, Felix | Violin Concerto, in E minor, Op.64 | Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo / David Josefowitz | 1978/6/13, Monte-Carlo | CD, Doron 4013 | A | first release 2012 | |
Sibelius, Jean | Violin Concerto, in D minor, Op.47 | Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo / Antonio de Almeida | 1978/6/14, Monte-Carlo | CD, Doron 4013 | A | first release 2012 | |
Vivaldi, Antonio | Concerto for 4 violins, in B minor, Op.3 No.10 RV 580 (from "L'estro Armonico") | Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Ida Haendel, Isaac Stern, Shlomo Mintz / Zubin Mehta | 1982/12/13-19, Tel-Aviv | 2LP, DGG 2741026 | A + V | The Huberman Week Festival, 30th Anniversary, Dec. 1982 | |
Bartók, Béla | Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112, BB 117 | Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta | 1982/12/13-19, Tel-Aviv | CD, helicon 02-9667 | A | The Huberman Week Festival, 30th Anniversary, Dec. 1982 (4-CD set) | |
Bernstein, Charles Harold | Rhapsodie Israélienne (1984), for violin solo | 1984 | CD, Arcobaleno 93922 | A | CD release, 1996 | ||
Bernstein, Charles Harold | Romantic Suite (1984), for violin solo | 1984 | CD, Arcobaleno 93922 | A | CD release, 1996 | ||
Cosma, Vladimir | Concerto de Berlin, for violin and orchestra (from the film "Le Septième Cible" of Claude Pinoteau) | Berliner Philharmoniker / Vladimir Cosma | 1984 | CD, Larghetto Music 004/8 | A | soundtrack release, 2009 | |
Legrand, Michel | Stanislas se souvient (from the film "La Bûche" of Danièle Thompson) | Orchestra conducted by Michel Legrand | 1980s | CD, EmArcy Records 982908-1 | A | 'Le cinéma de Michel Legrand' release, 2005 | |
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Violin Concerto, in D major, Op.35 (III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo) | Orchestre Symphonique de Radio Tele Luxembourg / Leopold Hager | 1985/2/18, Luxembourg | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Sarasate, Pablo de | Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs) Op.20 | Orchestre Symphonique de Radio Tele Luxembourg / Leopold Hager | 1985/2/18, Luxembourg | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Saint-Saëns, Camille | Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op.28 | Orchestre Symphonique de Radio Tele Luxembourg / Leopold Hager | 1985/2/18, Luxembourg | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Violin Sonata No.5, in F major, Op.24 Spring (III. Scherzo. Allegro molto) | Pierre Barbizet, piano | 1985/2/18, Luxembourg | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Brahms, Johannes | Violin Sonata No.3, in D minor, Op.108 (III. Un poco presto e con sentimento) | Pierre Barbizet, piano | 1985/2/18, Luxembourg | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Wilhelmj, August | Air on G string (from Orchestral Suite No.3, BWV 1068) | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI TOCE-9063/65 | A | 'Legendary Virtuoso', 3CD |
Bazzini, Antonio | La Ronde des Lutins, scherzo fantastique Op.25 | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI TOCE-9063/65 | A | Legendary Virtuoso, 3CD | |
Bloch, Ernest | Nigun -Improvisation- (No.2 from "Baal Shem", Three Pictures of Chassidic Life) | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Debussy, Claude | Hartmann, Arthur | La fille aux cheveux de lin | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD |
Dinicu, Grigoras | Heifetz, Jascha | Hora Staccato | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD |
Dvořák, Antonín | Kreisler, Fritz | Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op.55 No.4 (from "Gypsy Songs") | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD |
Dvořák, Antonín | Kreisler, Fritz | Humoresque, in G flat major, Op.101 No.7 | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD |
Elgar, Edward | Salut d'amour, Op.12 | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Gabriel-Marie, Jean | La Cinquantaine (1894) | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Kreisler, Fritz | The Londonderry Air, 'Farewell to Cucullain' (old Irish melody) | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Kreisler, Fritz | Liebesfreud (Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen, No.1) | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Kreisler, Fritz | Liebesleid (Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen, No.2) | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Kreisler, Fritz | Schön Rosmarin (Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen, No.3) | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Kreisler, Fritz | Caprice Viennois, Op.2 | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Kreisler, Fritz | Rondino on a Theme of Beethoven (based on an unused theme, from the rejected final movement of a Wind Octet in E flat of 1793) | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Massenet, Jules | Marsick, Martin-Pierre | Méditation de Thaïs | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD |
Mendelssohn, Felix | Heifetz, Jascha | Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song), Op.34 No.2 | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD |
Paganini, Niccolò | Gitlis, Ivry | Cantabile, in D major, Op.17, MS 109 | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD |
Paradis, Maria Teresa von | Dushkin, Samuel | Sicilienne | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD |
Poldini, Edward (Ede) | Kreisler, Fritz | Poupée valsante (d'après l'Album 'Marionnettes') | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD |
Rachmaninoff, Sergei | Kreisler, Fritz | Daisies (Marguerite), Op.38 No.3 | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD |
Raff, Joachim | Cavatina, Op.85 No.3 | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Ravel, Maurice | Pièce en forme de Habañera (Vocalise) | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Sarasate, Pablo de | Habanera, Op.21 No.2 (Spanish Dance No.2) | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI TOCE-9063/65 | A | 'Legendary Virtuoso', 3CD | |
Sarasate, Pablo de | Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), Op.20 | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Mélodie, in E flat major, Op.42 No.3 (from "Souvenir d'un lieu cher") | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Valse sentimentale, in F minor, Op.51 No.6 | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Wieniawski, Henryk | Capriccio-Valse Op.7 | Shigeo Neriki, piano | 1985/5/8-11, Tokyo | CD, Toshiba EMI CC33-3308/3309 | A | 'The best of violin melodies', 2CD | |
Massenet, Jules | Marsick, Martin-Pierre | Méditation de Thaïs | Yves Henry, piano | 1988/1/13, Paris | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | live – Diapason d'Or |
Mendelssohn, Felix | Kreisler, Fritz | Romance sans paroles No.25, in G Major Op.62,1 'Brise de Mai' | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1989/6/14-15, Tokyo | CD, EMI 54774 | A | 'Extravaganza' |
Sarasate, Pablo de | Heifetz, Jascha | Introduction et Tarantelle, Op.43 | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1989/6/14-15, Tokyo | CD, EMI 54774 | A | 'Extravaganza' |
Kreisler, Fritz | Syncopation (1926) | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1989/6/14-15, Tokyo | CD, EMI 54774 | A | 'Extravaganza' | |
Falla, Manuel de | Kochansky, Paul | Jota (No.6 from "Suite populaire espagnole") | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1989/6/14-15, Tokyo | CD, EMI 54774 | A | 'Extravaganza' |
Glazunov, Alexander | Méditation, Op.32 | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1989/6/14-15, Tokyo | CD, EMI 54774 | A | 'Extravaganza' | |
Sarasate, Pablo de | Romanza andaluza, Op.22 No.1 (Spanish Dance No.3) | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1989/6/14-15, Tokyo | CD, EMI 54774 | A | 'Extravaganza' | |
Kreisler, Fritz | Tambourin Chinois, Op.3 (1910) | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1989/6/14-15, Tokyo | CD, EMI 54774 | A | 'Extravaganza' | |
Albéniz, Isaac | Kreisler, Fritz | Malagueña, Op.165 No.3 (from "España") | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1989/6/14-15, Tokyo | CD, EMI 54774 | A | 'Extravaganza' |
Brahms, Johannes | Joachim, Joseph | Hungarian dance No.1, in G minor W.o.O.1, Allegro molto | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1989/6/14-15, Tokyo | CD, EMI 54774 | A | 'Extravaganza' |
Falla, Manuel de | Kreisler, Fritz | Danse espagnole No.1 (from "La vida breve") | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1989/6/14-15, Tokyo | CD, EMI 54774 | A | 'Extravaganza' |
Tartini, Giuseppe | Kreisler, Fritz | Sonata in G minor, B.g5 Il Trillo del Diavolo | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1989/6/14-15, Tokyo | CD, EMI 54774 | A | 'Extravaganza' |
Chopin, Frédéric | Milstein, Nathan | Nocturne No.20, in C sharp minor, Op. posth. | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1989/6/14-15, Tokyo | CD, EMI 54774 | A | 'Extravaganza' |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Partita No.2, in D minor, BWV 1004 (V. Ciaccona) | 1990/6/30, Tokyo | DVD, Toshiba EMI 3527 | V | live, Casals Hall Tokyo | ||
Bartók, Béla | Sonata for solo violin, Sz.117, BB 124 | 1990/6/30, Tokyo | DVD, Toshiba EMI 3527 | V | live, Casals Hall Tokyo | ||
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Sonata No.3, in C major, BWV 1005 (II. Fuga) | 1990/6/30, Tokyo | DVD, Toshiba EMI 3527 | V | live, Casals Hall Tokyo | ||
Gitlis, Ivry | Improvisation – Impromptu "...for you, ...for Japan, ...for Music" | 1990/6/30, Tokyo | DVD, Toshiba EMI 3527 | V | live, Casals Hall Tokyo | ||
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Partita No.3, in E major BWV 1006 (III. Gavotte en rondeau) | 1990/6/30, Tokyo | DVD, Toshiba EMI 3527 | V | live, Casals Hall Tokyo | ||
Berg, Alban | Violin Concerto To the memory of an angel (1935) | WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln / Hans Vonk | 1992/1/24, Köln | DVD, Doremi DHR-7981-3 | V | live – Diapason d'Or | |
Simonetti, Achille | Madrigale, in D major (1901) | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' | |
Schumann, Robert | Kreisler, Fritz | Romance in A major Op.94 No.2 | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' |
Kreisler, Fritz | Menuet in the style of Porpora (1910) | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' | |
Kreisler, Fritz | Marche Miniature Viennoise (1925) | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' | |
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Andante cantabile (2nd mvmt, from String Quartet No.1, in D major, Op.11) | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' | |
Kreisler, Fritz | Chanson Louis XIII et Pavane in the style of Couperin (1910) | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' | |
Couperin, François | Bachmann, Alberto | Les Chérubins (from Suite XX, No.3) | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' |
Haendel, Georg Friederich | Violin Sonata in E major Op.1 No.15 HWV 373 (doubtful) | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' | |
Fauré, Gabriel | Bachmann, Alberto | Après un rêve, Op.7 No.1 | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' |
Fauré, Gabriel | Berceuse, Op.16 | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' | |
Chaminade, Cécile | Kreisler, Fritz | Sérénade espagnole, Op.150 | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' |
Fibich, Zdeněk | Kubelik, Jan / Gitlis, Ivry | Poème, Op.41 No.6 | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' |
Dawes, Charles Gates | Kreisler, Fritz | Melody, in A major (1912) | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' |
Bartók, Béla | Székely, Zoltán | (6) Danses populaires roumaines, Sz.56, BB 58 | Shuku Iwasaki, piano | 1994/12-1995/1, Tokyo | CD, Philips 456 192–2 | A | 'Le violon enchanté' |
Franck, César | Violin Sonata, in A major, M.8 | Martha Argerich, piano | 1998/11/28, Japan | CD, EMI TOCE-55260 | A | live, from Beppu Argerich Festival | |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Violin Sonata No.9, in A major Op.47 Kreutzer | Martha Argerich, piano | 1999/11/20, Japan | CD, EMI TOCE-55260 | A | live, from Beppu Argerich Festival | |
Live, private, radio TV archives, uncommercial
composer | arranger | work | orchestra / conductor / accompanist / other musicians | rec. date | rec. source | A=audio V=video | info and note |
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Hindemith, Paul | Violin Sonata in E flat, Op.11 No.1 | Maurice Perrin, piano | 1949/11/21, Lausanne (Studio 1) | Swiss broadcast | A | private archive / Gitlis's earliest recording | |
Szymanowski, Karol | La Fontaine d'Aréthuse (from "Mythes" Op.30) | Maurice Perrin, piano | 1949/11/21, Lausanne (Studio 1) | Swiss broadcast | A | private archive / Gitlis's earliest recording | |
Bloch, Ernest | Nigun (No.2 from "Baal-Shem") | Maurice Perrin, piano | 1949/11/21, Lausanne (Studio 1) | Swiss broadcast | A | private archive / Gitlis's earliest recording | |
Ravel, Maurice | Pièce en forme de Habañera (Vocalise) | Eugenio Bagnoli, piano | 1955/2/18, Milano | RAI broadcast | A | not included in CD Meloclassic MC2021, 2014 | |
Hindemith, Paul | Violin Concerto (1939) | RSO Köln / Peter Richter de Rangenier | 21/11/1961 Köln, Gr. Sendesaal des WDR | A | never released | ||
Leibowitz, René | Violin Concerto Op.50 (1958, dedicated to Ivry Gitlis) | Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI / René Leibowitz | 1962/3/10, Roma | RAI broadcast | A | YouTube | |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Ciaccona (from Partita No.2, in D minor, BWV 1004) | 1963/7/01, Spoleto | RAI broadcast | A | RAI Archives only | ||
Brahms, Johannes | Violin Sonata No.3, in D minor, Op.108 | Florencia Batzin, piano | 1963/7/02, Spoleto | RAI broadcast | A | ||
Bartók, Béla | Sonata for solo violin, Sz.117, BB 124 | 1963/7/13 | RAI broadcast | A | |||
Franck, César | Violin Sonata, in A major, M.8 | George Pludermacher, piano | 1964/2/01 | RAI broadcast | A | ||
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Wilhelmj, August | Air on G string (from Suite No.3, BWV 1068) | 'Ecole des fans, Jacques Martin' / Yves Henry, piano | 1988 ca, Paris | TV broadcast | V | YouTube |
Franck, César | Violin Sonata, in A major, II. Allegro – Quasi lento – Tempo I° | Daniel Wayenberg, piano | 1990 ca, Amsterdam | TV broadcast | V | YouTube | |
Bloch, Ernest | Nigun -Improvisation- (No.2 from 'Baal Shem', Three Pictures of Chassidic Life) | Daniel Wayenberg, piano | 1990 ca, Amsterdam | TV broadcast | V | YouTube | |
Saint-Saëns, Camille | Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op.28 | Daniel Wayenberg, piano | 1990 ca, Amsterdam | TV broadcast | V | YouTube | |
Paganini, Niccolò | Violin Concerto No.1, in D major, Op.6 | Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI / Eliahu Inbal | 1997/2/6-7, Torino | RAI broadcast | A | ||
Chausson, Ernest | Poème, Op.25 | Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI / Eliahu Inbal | 2000/2/10, Torino | RAI broadcast | A | YouTube | |
Saint-Saëns, Camille | Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op.28 | Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI / Eliahu Inbal | 2000/2/10, Torino | RAI broadcast | A | YouTube | |
Gitlis, Ivry | Improvisation sur RAI (Re-La-Si) + interview | 2000/2/10, Torino | RAI broadcast | A | YouTube | ||
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Piano Trio, in A minor, Op.50 'In memory of a great artist' | Steven Isserlis, cello / Nelson Goerner, piano | 2002/1/16, London | Wigmore Hall | A | YouTube | |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Violin Sonata No.9, in A major Op.47 "Kreutzer" | Martha Argerich, piano | 2003/6/07, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | A | YouTube | |
Kreisler, Fritz | Liebesleid (Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen, No.2) | Martha Argerich, piano | 2003/6/07, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | A | YouTube | |
Bartók, Béla | Rhapsody No.1, Sz 86, for violin and piano | Akane Sakai, piano | 2004/6/26, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | A + V | YouTube | |
Debussy, Claude | Violin Sonata, in G minor, L 140, III. Final: Très animé | Martha Argerich, piano | 2004/6/26, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | A | YouTube | |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Concerto for 2 Violins, in D minor, BWV 1043 | Kammerorchester der Musikhochschule Karlsruhe / Nachum Erlich, violin2 | 2004, Karlsruhe | private archive | V | YouTube | |
Saint-Saëns, Camille | Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op.28 | Kammerorchester der Musikhochschule Karlsruhe | 2004, Karlsruhe | private archive | V | YouTube | |
Cohen, Samuel | Gitlis, Ivry | 'Hatikvah' (Israel national anthem) for violin and strings | Kammerorchester der Musikhochschule Karlsruhe | 2004, Karlsruhe | private archive | V | YouTube |
Brahms, Johannes | Violin Sonata No.3, in D minor, Op.108 | Polina Leschenko, piano | 2005/6/12, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | A | YouTube | |
Mendelssohn, Felix | Octet for Strings, in E-flat major, Op.20 | Dora Schwarzberg, Alissa Margulis, Lucia Hall, violins / Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg, Lyda Chen, violas / Mark Drobinsky, Jorge Bosso, cellos | 2005/6/14, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | A | YouTube | |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Violin Sonata, in G major, KV 301 | Martha Argerich, piano | 2006/6/14, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | A | YouTube | |
Franck, César | Violin Sonata, in A major, M.8 | Sergio Tiempo, piano | 2006/6/18, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | A | YouTube | |
Gitlis, Ivry | "Westwind-Eastwind: Close encounters and fantasies between Orient and Occident" – improvisations on: Gershwin, Okura, Bach, traditional, Kreisler... | Shonosuke Okura, percussions / Cyril Barbessol, piano | 2008/6/11, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | A | YouTube | |
Gershwin, George | Gitlis, Ivry | Porgy & Bess Fantasy – improvisations on: It Ain't Necessarily So – Summertime – Night And Day – The Man I Love – Over The Rainbow (by H. Arlen) – Bess You Is My Woman Now – Theme of 'An American in Paris' | Cyril Barbessol, piano | 2010/7/01, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | A | YouTube |
Gitlis, Ivry | Ivry Gitlis presents the concert 'in memoriam Vitaly Margulis' + improvisation on Japanese tunes | Shonosuke Okura, percussions | 2011/6/19, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | A + V | YouTube | |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Violin Concerto No.2, in E major, BWV 1042, II. Adagio (arr. for violin ad string quartet) 'performed in memoriam Vitaly Margulis' | Michael Guttman, Alissa Margulis, violins / Lyda Chen, viola / Natalia Margulis, cello | 2011/6/19, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | A + V | YouTube | |
Kreisler, Fritz | Schön Rosmarin (1st version: violin and piano + 2nd version: 'in Japanese language') | Martha Argerich, piano / Shonosuke Okura, percussions | 2011/6/19, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | A + V | YouTube | |
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Mélodie, Op.42 No.3 (from 'Souvenir d'un lieu cher') | Yuja Wang, piano | 2011/7/22, Verbier | Verbier Festival | V | YouTube | |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Violin Concerto No.2, in E major, BWV 1042, II. Adagio | Orchestra Platform Seven / Yuka Matsumoto, leader / Frederique Legrand, cello | 2012/2/17, London | private archive | V | YouTube | |
Chausson, Ernest | Poème, Op.25 | Orchestra Platform Seven / Julian Jacobson, conductor | 2012/2/17, London | private archive | V | YouTube | |
Paradis, Maria Teresa von | Dushkin, Samuel | Sicilienne (encore #1) | Julian Jacobson, piano | 2012/2/17, London | private archive | V | YouTube |
Kreisler, Fritz | Schön Rosmarin (encore #2) | Julian Jacobson, piano | 2012/2/17, London | private archive | V | YouTube | |
Bartók, Béla | 9 from "44 Duos for 2 violins", BB104, Sz.98: 1. Párosíto (Teasing Song); 2. Kalamajkó (Maypole Dance); 4. Szentivánéji (Midsummer Night Song); 5. Tót Nóta (Slovak Song 1); 6. Magyar Nóta (Hungarian Song 1); 26. Ugyan Édes Kománasszony (Teasing Song); 27. Sánta-Tánc (Limping Dance); 36. Szól a Duda (Bagpipes); 36a. Szól a Duda (Bagpipes – variant to 36) | Dora Schwarzberg, violin | 2012/6/17, Lugano | Project Martha Argerich | V | YouTube | |
Gitlis, Ivry | podcast | 'Carrefour de Lodéon' – radio interview FR | Frédéric Lodéon, commentator | 2012/3/22, Paris | FranceInter.fr | A | listen in FR |
Gitlis, Ivry | podcast | 'Au Diable Beauvert' – radio interview FR – (available online till 2016/10/22) | Thierry Beaubert (commentator), with telephone complicity of Vladimir Cosma, composer, and David Grimal, violinist | 2014/1/26, Paris | FranceMusique.fr | A | listen in FR |
Missing or lost
composer | arranger | work | orchestra / conductor / accompanist / other musicians | rec. date | rec. source | A=audio V=video | info and note |
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Berg, Alban | Violin Concerto 'To the memory of an angel' (1935) | ORTF / André Jolivet | 1959 November 12, Paris | Radio RTF | A | private archive | |
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Violin Concerto, in D major, Op.35 | ORTF / Dean Dixon | 1961 March 22, Paris | Radio RTF | A | private archive | |
Sibelius, Jean | Violin Concerto, in D minor, Op.47 | ORTF / Gérard Devos | 1964 October 15, Paris | Radio RTF | A | private archive | |
Lalo, Édouard | Symphonie espagnole, Op.21 | Gothenburg Symphony O / John Frandssen | 1968 November 7 | Radio | A | private archive | |
Bartók, Béla | Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112, BB 117 | ORTF / André Vandernoot | 1969 May 28, Paris | Radio RTF | A | private archive | |
Rota, Nino | Violin Sonata in G (1937) | Nino Rota, piano | 1970s, Paris | RTV France | Gitlis himself, remembers this broadcast recording | ||
Nielsen, Carl | Violin Concerto Op.33 (1911) | Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF / Marius Constant | 1972 January 25, Paris | Radio broadcast | A | private archive | |
Brahms, Johannes | Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 | Roumanian Radio TV Orchestra / Iosif Conta | 1980 Janauary 24, Bucharest, Radio Hall | Radio broadcast | A | private archive | |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61 | Orchestre National de Belgique / Frank Collera | 1981 December 11 & 13, Bruxelles | "pirate" live | A | private archive | |
Ravel, Maurice | Tzigane, Rhapsodie de concert | New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta | 1982, New York | NYPO archives | the only known 'Tzigane' recording | ||
Saint-Saëns, Camille | Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op.28 | New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta | 1982, New York | NYPO archives | |||
Saint-Saëns, Camille | Havanaise, Op.83 | New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta | 1982, New York | NYPO archives | the only known 'Havanaise' recording | ||
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Violin Concerto, in D major, Op.61 | NHK Symphony Orchestra / Yuzo Toyama | 1981 December 18, Tokyo, Suntory Hall | Radio | A | private archive | |
Viotti, Giovanni Battista | Violin Concerto No.1 | NHK Symphony Orchestra / Yuzo Toyama | 1981 December 18, Tokyo, Suntory Hall | Radio | A | private archive | |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Violin Concerto, in D major, Op.61 | Orchestre Léonard de Vinci de Rouen / David Stern | 2002 December 7 & 8, Rouen, Opéra | RadioTV | A | private archive | |
Mozart, Wolfgang | Violin Concerto No.5, in A major, 'Turkish' KV 219 | Orchestre Léonard de Vinci de Rouen / David Stern | 2002 December 7 & 8, Rouen, Opéra | RadioTV | A | private archive | |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Tognetti, Richard | Sonata 'à Kreutzer' (arranged for violin and string orchestra) | Australian Chamber Orchestra | 2003 | live | ||
Filmography
original title | year | director / producer | starring / other musicians | Gitlis role / content | genre | info and note |
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Ivry Gitlis – Musica da Camera | 1968, Milano | Elisa Quattrocolo (RAI) | Loredana Franceschini, piano | Debussy, Violin Sonata / Paganini, Cantabile Op.17 / Wieniawski, Capriccio-Valse Op.7 / Moszkowski/Sarasate, Guitarre | TV Recital, 23'35 | RAI5 Classica / also on YouTube |
Ivry Gitlis – Journal de Paris (ina.fr) | 1966/10/11, Paris | Jacqueline Barsac | Yves Henry, piano | rehearsal Paganini Caprice No.24 / Brahms Sonata No.3 Op.108 + interview | TV footage | ina.fr, watch video |
Ivry Gitlis – Un violon, une valise (ina.fr) | 1968/10/06, Paris | Jacques Busnel | Girolamo Arrigo (composer) | rehearsing Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No.2 Op.58, at his home in Paris + interview | TV footage | ina.fr, watch video |
Rock and Roll Circus | 1968 | Rolling Stones | John Lennon, Yoko Ono | violin solo improvisations | filmed concert | watch video / DVD release, 1996 |
Ivry Gitlis, – avec les Tziganes | 1970s | fragment discovered by 'Meloclassic' | improvisations in gypsy style | TV archives | watch video | |
Ivry Gitlis – Vence Music Festival | 1972, Vence | fragment discovered by 'Meloclassic' | Georges Cziffra, Dizzy Gillespie, Georges Moustaki, François-René Duchable, Zubin Mehta | Chopin, Fantasie Impromptu Op.66 (Georges Cziffra) / Bach, Chaconne BWV 1004 (Ivry Gitlis) / jam sessions (Gitlis & Dizzy Gillespie & Moustaki) / Zubin Mehta, conducting string orchestra / Schubert, "Trout Quintet" (Ivry Gitlis, Zubin Mehta, François-René Duchable, & friends) | TV archives | watch video |
Ivry Gitlis – an Ambassador for Children, Young People and Music | 1973, Vence | fragment discovered by 'Meloclassic' | explaining music to Children / Beethoven, Violin Concerto Op.61 (fragments) | TV archives | watch video | |
Jean Arp ou le nageur énigmatique (ina.fr) | 1975/5/17, Paris | Georges Alain Baudry (Antenne 2) | Ivry Gitlis, violin / Schola Cantorum / Jean Arp | TV footage | ina.fr, watch video | |
L'Histoire d'Adèle H. | 1975 | François Truffaut | Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson | The Hypnotist | film-drama | IMDB |
Léo Ferré, 'Les Etrangers' | 1975, Paris | Gitlis improvising the violin part in the song "Les Etrangers" (official video) | TV footage | watch video | ||
Ivry Gitlis – Musique en fête (ina.fr) | 1977/9/01, Bordeaux | Jacques Schreiber (France Region 3) | Improvisation workshop with children | TV footage | ina.fr, watch video | |
La vie devant soi | 1977 | Moshé Mizrahi | Simone Signoret, Michal Bat-Adam | violin solo | film-drama | IMDB |
Ivry Gitlis – Les violons qui 'miaulent' (ina.fr) | 1979/11/24, Paris | Pierre Leherle (TF1) | TV footage | ina.fr, watch video | ||
Ivry Gitlis – Les mystères de l'hérédité (ina.fr) | 1979/12/10, Paris | Jean Archimbaud (TF1) | Pierre Paul Grasse, André Langaney, Jean Didier Vincent, Jacques Mehler | TV footage | ina.fr, watch video | |
Ivry Gitlis – Ecole maternelle, musique (ina.fr) | 1981/1/28, Paris | Martine Chardon (Antenne 2) | TV footage | ina.fr, watch video | ||
Les Enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | 1981 | Jean Richard | René Vivien, a violin-playing tramp (episode: "Maigret et l'homme tout seul") | TV fiction | Télévision Française, 1982 | |
Festival de musique de Bonifacio (ina.fr) | 1984/9/06, Bonifacio | Pierre Jean Luccioni (France 3 Corse) | TV footage | ina.fr, watch video | ||
Un amour de Swann | 1984 | Volker Schlöndorff | Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti | violinist | film-drama | IMDB |
La Septième Cible | 1984 | Vladimir Cosma, soundtrack | "Berlin Concerto" from the French film "La Septième cible" at Berliner Philharmoniker played by Gitlis | film-drama | IMDB / watch video | |
Ivry Gitlis – Journal de Paris (ina.fr) | 1987/1/01, Paris | André Halimi (Editing Prod.) | TV footage | ina.fr, watch video | ||
Léo Ferré, 'Les Etrangers' (ina.fr) | 1988/4/23, Paris | Michel Drucker (France 2) | TV footage | ina.fr, watch video | ||
Ivry Gitlis – Afrique (ina.fr) | 1990/05/15 | Arnaud Hamelin, Jean Pierre Van Geirt (Sunset) | TV footage | ina.fr, watch video | ||
Un violon dans la tête | 1992 | Claude Edelmann (Arte video) | Ivry Gitlis, Vinh Pham | music and neurosciences | scientific documentary | Institut français / VHS PAL only |
The Soul of The Violin | 1993 | André Delacroix (France 3) | Pierre Amoyal, Patrice Fontanarosa, Ivry Gitlis, Sergei Krilov, Hugh Maguire, Yehudi Menuhin, Anne-Sophie Mutter | documentary | medici.tv | |
Ivry Gitlis & Ana-Maria Vera – recital | 1999 | Yvon Gérault (Qualite Communication, 2000) | Ana-Maria Vera, piano | Concert recorded at the Abbaye Saint-Léonard de Corbigny (Nièvre): Mozart, Violin Sonata K.301 / Chopin, Fantaisie-Impromptu Op.66 (piano solo) / Bloch, Nigun (No.2 from "Baal Shem") / Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen Op.20 / Kreisler, Liebesleid / Beethoven, Violin Sonata No.9 Op.47 "Kreutzer" | filmed concert | MEZZO.tv (broadcast, 2004/2/19) / also on YouTube |
Beppu 2001 ! | 2001 | fragment discovered by 'Meloclassic' | Martha Argerich | A film for insiders (Beppu 2001) | TV archives | watch video |
The Art of Violin | 2001 | Bruno Monsaingeon | Itzhak Perlman | commentator/performer, 1. The Devil's Instrument & 2. Transcending the Violin | documentary | DVD release, 2010 / also on YouTube |
Sansa | 2003 | Siegfried | Roschdy Zem, Emma Suarez, Martha Argerich | Monsieur Click | film-drama | IMDB |
Ivry Gitlis, documentary | 2003 | Robertie Nahoum Valee | Australia Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti | Beethoven/Tognetti, Sonata "Kreutzer" (arranged for violin and string orchestra) | documentary | Ivry Gitlis, also on YouTube |
Ivry Gitlis and the Great Tradition | 2004 | Tony Palmer | performer | documentary | DVD release, 2012 / also on YouTube | |
Ruggiero Ricci – Life is a Violin | 2006 | Fernando Casablancas (Xochil Prod.) | Ruggiero Ricci, Ivry Gitlis | documentary | medici.tv | |
Ivry Gitlis, le violon sans frontières | 2009 | Sandra Joxe, Christian Labrande | performer | documentary | Classifilms, ARTE, INA / also on YouTube | |
Inspiration, Playing by Heart | 2009 | Marlies Huitink, Fried-jan van den Eerenbeemt | David Stern, Daniel Rowland, Anna Korpalska, Jaap van Zweden, 't Stift Weerselo, Kim Cramer, Pete Saunders, Peter Ziegler | performer | documentary | Crossmarkpictures, Avro / also on YouTube |
Ivry Gitlis & Michel Legrand | 2009 | Tandem (France 2) | Ivry Gitlis and Michel Legrand, playing a joke, imitating 'Contemporary Music' | TV footage | watch video | |
Ivry Gitlis, le violon sans frontières | 2009 | Sandra Joxe, Christian Labrande | performer | documentary | Classifilms, ARTE, INA / DVD, 2010 | |
Ivry Gitlis, improvisation | 2009/10/18 | Brigitte Engerer, Boris Berezovsky | recorded during Pianoscope de Beauvais, Festival 2009 – improvisation sur le nom 'Brigitte' (Ivry Gitlis, violin – Boris Berezovsky, piano) | private recording | watch video | |
Ivry Gitlis, interview – wallcast No. 13 | 2011/7/27, Verbier | Matthieu Escande (MUSEEC/medici.tv) | Verbier Festival | documentary | medici.tv, watch video | |
Ivry Gitlis, in Italy – Film in 5 Parts | 2011/10/30-31 & 11/01 | Emilio Pessina (epicmusic.net) | Alberto Cantù, musicologist / Paolo Pessina, interviewer / Andrea Rucli, piano / Priya Mitchell, violin / David Briatore, viola / Luigi Puxeddu, cello | Part 1 – recital violin and piano (M.T.von Paradis, Sicilienne; Kreisler, Liebesleid and Schön Rosmarin; Tchaikovsky, Valse sentimentale) / Part 2 – Schumann, Piano Quintet Op.44 / Part 3 – masterclass / Part 4 – violin and orchestra (Bach, Concerto for 2 violins BWV 1043, II. Adagio; M.T.von Paradis, Sicilienne; Kreisler, Liebesleid and Schön Rosmarin) / Part 5 – in conversation | documentary | 3 DVD, not for sale / also on YouTube |
Legends Interview Series – Ivry Gitlis | 2011/12/17, London | Steven Isserlis, Josè Lasheras | Steven Isserlis, interviewer / Stephen Hough, piano | Interview at Wigmore Hall, London + concert with piano / M.T.von Paradis, Sicilienne / Kreisler, Liebesleid | documentary | also on YouTube |
Ivry Gitlis – Un violon pour la paix dans le monde | 2012/04/02 | Patrick Simonin (L'Invité, TV5Monde) | TV interview | watch video | ||
Masterclass with Ivry Gitlis | 2012, Thessaloniky | Angela Maria Arbeláez, Thanasis Protatos | Institut Français de Thessalonique | documentary | watch video | |
Des gens qui s'embrassent | 2013 | Danièle Thompson | Monica Bellucci | Aron, the patriarch of a Jewish family | film-comedy | IMDB / watch film |
References
Notes
- ↑ Gitlis, L'Âme et la corde, p. 28 (2013)
- ↑ Gitlis, L'Âme et la corde (2013)
- ↑ Gitlis, L'Âme et la corde (2013)
- ↑ Gitlis, L'Âme et la corde, p. 62 (2013)
- ↑ Violinist Ivry Gitlis remembers George Enescu, The Strad, 19 August 2013.
- ↑ Profile of Theodore and Alice Pashkus on Rudolf Bruil's 'The Remington Site'
- ↑ Gitlis, L'Âme et la corde, p. 152 (2013)
- ↑ Israeli Violinist Gives Successful Concerts in Soviet Cities, JTA Archive, 25 October 1963.
- ↑ ‘Debris violins’ pull at heartstrings, Instruments crafted from homes, trees washed away by tsunami at center of musical relay project – The Japan Times, 26 April 2012
- ↑ Ivry Gitlis – UNESCO Celebrity Advocates | UNESCO.org
- ↑ Documented in handwritten letter dated 31 March 2008, from Bowden
- ↑ http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=540
- ↑ http://www.cozio.com/instrument.aspx?id=64
- ↑ http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=491
- ↑ "Fellows and Honorary Members". Royal Northern College of Music.
- ↑ Gitlis – CD Booklet for the first release of Paganini's 24 Caprices (Philips, January 2007)
- ↑ Gitlis – L'Âme et la corde, foreword (Buchet-Chastel, 2013)
- ↑ Ben Zeev, Noam: "At 90, master violinist wants to bestow his knowledge onto a new generation", Haaretz, 5 October 2012
Sources
- Gitlis, Ivry, L’Âme et la corde (2nd edition, Buchet-Chastel, Paris 2013) ISBN 978-2-283-02514-7 (FR)
Further reading
- Ben Zeev, Noam: "At 90, master violinist wants to bestow his knowledge onto a new generation", Haaretz, 5 October 2012
- Campion, Alexis: "Ivry Gitlis, esprit violon", le JDD, 14 December 2013 (FR)
- Coppey, Nicole: Interview to Ivry Gitlis, "se créer au moment de créer" Revue musicale suisse, July/August 2008 (FR)
- Sánchez-Penzo, José: "The way famous instruments went", relevant well informed website
- Shumsky, Eric: "Ageless Virtuosos Still Going Strong: Violinist Ivry Gitlis and violist Emanuel Vardi still active", The Epoch Times, 9 July 2010
External links
- Ivry Gitlis at the Internet Movie Database
- Media related to Ivry Gitlis at Wikimedia Commons
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