Adila Fachiri, Donald Francis Tovey & Marie Soldat, Otto Schulhof - Adila Fachiri & Marie Soldat (2024) [24/44]

This release features rare recordings by two important female violinists: Adila Fachiri and Marie Soldat. Both of them studied with the great Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim, and Adila Fachiri was his great-niece.

Adila Fachiri (1893-1962) was born in Budapest and inherited Joachim’s 1715 Strad. The two solo Bach movements reissued on this CD display her classical pedigree, but the most important recordings she made were those with the remarkable British musician Donald Francis Tovey (1875-1940). Renowned for his Essays in Musical Analysis, Tovey was dubbed by Joachim himself as ‘the greatest musician of our times, since Brahms’. In her recordings with Tovey, Fachiri noted that Tovey ‘preserved that freedom of rhythm which is not connected with time, but is the essence of all that makes a real musical genius’.

The artistry of Marie Soldat (1863-1955) is particularly because of her close friendship with Brahms. After hearing her play, the venerable composer invited her to give a concert with him and helped sponsor her studies with his friend Joachim. He was so impressed by her playing that he once said that her name Soldat (‘soldier’ in German) should be changed to General. Soldat had a long solo career that lasted until the Great War, when she eventually became the leader of an all-female string quartet that bore her name. Soldat’s only solo recordings are extremely rare and are among the most valuable aural documents from a nineteenth-century violinist. More importantly, they convey the loftiness and nobility of her musicianship.

Tracklist:
01 - Bach Violin Sonata No. 2, Andante
02 - Beethoven Sonata No 10 i) Allegro moderato
03 - Beethoven Sonata No. 10 - ii) Adagio espressivo
04 - Beethoven Sonata No. 10 - iii) Scherzo
05 - Beethoven Sonata No. 10 - iv) Poco Allegretto
06 - by Donald Francis Tovey
07 - Bach Art of Fugue XIV completion
08 - Bach Solo Violin Partita No. 1, Sarabande
09 - Bach Solo Violin Partita No. 3, Gavotte
10 - Bach-Wilhelmj Air on the G String (arr. Wilhelmj)
11 - Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5, Allegro aperto
12 - Beethoven Romance No. 2, Op. 50
13 - Spohr Violin Concerto No. 9, Adagio
14 - Schumann-Wilhelmj Abendlied (arr. Wilhelmj)
15 - Bach Solo Violin Sonata No. 3, Largo
16 - Bach Solo Violin Partita No. 3, Prelude


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