Ernst Wallfisch - Hindemith- Chamber Music, Vol. VI (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Ernst Wallfisch (27 May 1920 in Frankfurt am Main – 8 May 1979 in Northampton, Massachusetts) was a prominent viola soloist, recording artist and pedagogue, primarily remembered along with his wife, pianist Lory Wallfisch, as partners of the Wallfisch Duo.

Born into a musical family, Ernst Wallfisch immigrated to Bucharest, Romania in 1926. He studied violin with Cecilia Nitzulescu-Lupu at the Bucharest Conservatory. Having a strong attraction to the sound of the viola, he turned his attentions to the instrument at the age of 14 and made his highly praised début on viola at 18. At the Conservatory, he met violinist-composer George Enescu, who was one of his greatest sources of inspiration, and his wife Lory, a pianist with whom he started to perform during the War. They married in November 1944. Yehudi Menuhin heard the duo perform in Bucharest in May 1946 on the occasion of his first trip to Romania. Menuhin was deeply moved by their playing and helped the couple immigrate to the United States. They became American citizens in 1953, and had their only child, musician Paul Wallfisch in 1962.

TRACKLIST

1. Ernst Wallfisch - Viola Sonata, IPH 172: I. Breit. Mit Kraft
2. Ernst Wallfisch - Viola Sonata, IPH 172: II. Sehr lebhaft
3. Ernst Wallfisch - Viola Sonata, IPH 172: III. Phantasie. Sehr langsam, frei
4. Ernst Wallfisch - Viola Sonata, IPH 172: IV. Finale. Leicht bewegt (mit zwei Variationen)
5. Ernst Wallfisch - Sonata for Unaccompanied Viola, Op. 11, No. 5: I. Lebhaft, aber nicht geeilt
6. Ernst Wallfisch - Sonata for Unaccompanied Viola, Op. 11, No. 5: II. Mäßig schnell, mit viel Wärme vortragen
7. Ernst Wallfisch - Sonata for Unaccompanied Viola, Op. 11, No. 5: III. Scherzo: Schnell
8. Ernst Wallfisch - Sonata for Unaccompanied Viola, Op. 11, No. 5: IV. In Form und Zeitmaß einer Passacaglia: Das Thema sehr gehalten/Im Hauptzeitmaß



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