Henryk Wieniawski
Born: 10th July 1835, Lublin, Poland
Died: 31st March 1880, Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Polish
Henryk Wieniawski was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer, and pedagogue, who is regarded amongst the most distinguished violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski were also accomplished musicians, as was his daughter Régine, who became a naturalised British subject upon marrying into the peerage and wrote music under the name Poldowski.
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The violinist talks to Katherine about her new album of music by Wieniawski, Szymanowski, Karłowicz and Moszkowski, released last Friday on Chandos Records.
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- Adagio Elégiaque Op.5 (2)
- Capriccio Valse in E major, Op. 7 (13)
- Caprice in E flat major (Alla Saltarella) (2)
- Étude-caprice, Op. 18 No. 1 in G minor (2)
- Étude-caprice, Op. 18 No. 2 in E flat major (2)
- Étude-caprice, Op. 18 No. 4 in A minor (22)
- Étude-caprice, Op. 18 No. 5 in E major (1)
- Étude, Op. 44 No. 22 (1)
- Fantaisie brillante on themes from Gounod's Faust, Op. 20 (24)
- Fantasie Orientale Op. 24 (2)
- Gigue in E minor, Op. 23 (4)
- Grand caprice fantastique, Op. 1 (1)
- Grand Duo Polonaise Op. 8 (2)
- Kujawiak in C major (1)
- L'école moderne, Op. 10 (12)
- L'école moderne, Op. 10: La cadenza (4)
- L'école moderne, Op. 10: Le staccato (5)
- Le carnaval russe, Op. 11 (2)
- Légende in G minor, Op. 17 (78)
- Mazurka in A minor (2)
- Mazurka in A minor, Op. 3 No. 2 'Kujawiak' (19)
- Mazurka in D major, Op. 12 No. 1 'Sielanka' ('La Champêtre') (2)
- Mazurka in D major, Op. 19 No. 2 'Dudziarz' (8)
- Mazurka in G major, Op. 19 No. 1 'Obertas' (12)
- Mazurka in G minor, Op. 12 No. 2 'La ménetrier' (Chanson polonaise) (3)
- Mazurkas (2), Op. 12 (4)
- Mazurkas (2), Op. 19 (2)
- Piesn Polska (2)
- Polonaise brilliante No. 1 in D major, Op. 4 (81)
- Polonaise brilliante No. 2 in A major, Op. 21 (26)
- Reverie in F sharp minor for viola & piano (5)
- Romance (1)
- Romance sans paroles in D minor, Op. 9 (4)
- Romans bez slow (1)
- Saltarella (2)
- Scherzo-Tarantelle in G minor, Op. 16 (85)
- Sonata Op. 2 (Allegro) (1)
- Souvenir de Moscou, Op. 6 (15)
- Souvenir de Posen, Op. 3 (3)
- Souvenir de Poznan (1)
- String Quartet in A minor, Op. 32 (1)
- Ten Tempo di Saltarella (aus Etudes-Caprices Op. 18/4) (1)
- Variations on an Original Theme in A major, Op. 15 (23)
- Variations on the Austrian National Anthem (2)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 14 (21)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 (74)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22: Romance (10)
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