Henri Marteau Vol. 5 - 24 Capricen, Op. 25 for Violin and piano Ingolf Turban And His Students

• Henri Marteau (1874 - 1934):
• 1 Improvisation, Terzenstudie 05:58
• 2 Praeludium, Sextenstudie 03:51
• 3 Cakewalk, Oktavenstudie 03:40
• 4 Im Anmarsch, Dezimenstudie 03:25
• 5 Walzer, Studie der 2. Lage 02:32
• 6 Appassionato, Studie der 2. Lage 02:21
• 7 Nocturno, Studie der 3. Lage 04:13
• 8 Impromtu, Studie der 4. Lage 03:33
• 9 Amerikanische Toccata, Studie der 4. Lage 04:02
• 10 Intermezzo, Studie der 5. Lage 02:56
• 11 Tarantella, Studie der 6. Lage 02:26
• 12 Herbststimmung, Saitenwechselstudie 06:37
• 13 An der Quelle, Triller- Und Tremolostudie 08:47
• 14 Am Spinnrad, Geläufigkeitsstudie 04:55
• 15 Caprice Vienois, Staccatistudie 04:14
• 16 Melancholie, Tremolostudie 07:24
• 17 Vergebliches Ständchen, Flageolettstudie 02:41
• 18 Harlekin, Pizzicatistudie 01:58
• 19 Bauerntanz, Studie der 7. Lage 03:34
• 20 Gigue, Rhytmische Studie 03:10
• 21 Perpetuum Mobile, Spiccatostudie 03:03
• 22 Lamento, Studie für den Ausdruck und die Zurückhaltung des Bogens 07:05
• 23 Phantastischer Walzer, Trillerstudie 04:36
• 24 Der Sturm, Chromatische Studie 02:34
• Total Runtime 01:39:35

Info for Henri Marteau Vol. 5 - 24 Capricen, Op. 25 for Violin and piano

If a composer writes 24 caprices for the violin, and if he himself is also a uniquely virtuoso violinist, then a comparison with the 24 caprices by Paganini is inevitable: Henri Marteau was not only appreciated and revered as one of the greatest violinists of his time, but his compositional work was lost in the background. He shared this fate with Niccolò Paganini, who was also experienced during his lifetime more as a ""warlock"" of the violin than as a serious composer and musician. So, if this comparison is almost inevitable, it must be mentioned that Paganini himself, with his main work published in 1820, also took up the example of other composers, such as the Etudes and Caprices of Rodolphe Kreutzer. The subtitle of Henri Marteau's Caprices: ""d'exécution transcendante"" is also very revealing. Moreover, Marteau has his miniatures accompanied throughout by the piano, unlike Paganini, who uses the violin alone. The violin virtuoso Ingolf Turban considered his own violin class at the Hochschule München predestined for this first recording of all 24 of Marteau's caprices. So together they dared to do the almost unbelievable: all twelve students in his class were involved in this mammoth task, the absolute peak of which, of course, lies in the very elaborate piano accompaniment. Here he engaged the pianist Tomoko Nishikawa, who confidently took on this mammoth task!

Ingolf Turban and his students in the violin class at Munich University

Ingolf Turban
With solo performances in greatest concert halls of the world including the Berlin and Munich Philharmonic; the Kennedy Center, Washington; Avery Fisher Hall, New York; Tonhalle, Zurich; Goldenen Saal, Vienna or the Scala, Milan; working with directors like Sergiu Celibidache, Charles Dutoit, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Yehudi Menuhin, Jun Märkl, Andris Nelsons and Marcello Viotti, Ingolf Turban commands a repertoire of works, some of which have rarely been performed on stage.

His virtuosic skill for Niccolò Paganinis works gained critical acclaim for his March 2006 performance with the New York Philharmonic, additionally his complete recording of the six violin concertos (Telos Records) and in the TV documentary „Paganinis Geheimnis“ (merkur.tv 2006).

His extensive repertoire in all branches has produced over 40 albums. His much celebrated premiere performances have gained world wide acclaim and are now recognized as standard concert works.

In 2005 he founded the Chamber Orchestra „I Virtuosi di Paganini“. In the 11 previous years, he was professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Stuttgart, Germany, then was called to the University for Music and Theater in Munich, Germany.

Ingolf Turban lives with his family in Munich.

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