{"product_id":"haendel-holecek-czech-po-prague-sym-ida-haendel-prague-recordings-1957-1965","title":"Haendel \/ Holecek \/ Czech Po \/ Prague Sym: Ida Haendel-Prague Recordings (1957-1965) - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eIda Haendel-Prague Recordings (1957-1965)\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eHaendel \/ Holecek \/ Czech Po \/ Prague Sym\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eSupraphon\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e099925416225\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2014-08-12\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e5\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eAdditional Details: \u003c\/b\u003eBOXED SET\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Such attributes as charismatic, singular, exceptional are somewhat overused today. Yet in the case of Ida Haendel they are justified. Born in 1928 into a Polish Jewish family, she was a child prodigy, playing Beethoven's violin concerto at the age of five... and leading master classes in London at the age of 85. After her Prague debut in 1957, she returned to the city throughout the 1960s, either to give concerts (most frequently with the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Karel Ancerl, and exclusively accompanied by the pianist Alfréd Holecek at chamber recitals) or to work in the studio. This 5-CD box features the complete live and studio recordings Ida Haendel made in Prague from 1957-65 and deposited in the Supraphon and Czech Radio archives, with a number of them being released for the first time. Alongside \"virtuoso pieces\" and sonatas, the CDs include concertos by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Wieniawski, as well as her \"flagship\" Sibelius. Ida Haendel radiates an elemental, ecstatic musicality, one peculiar to Gypsy virtuosos, here refined into a perfectly cultivated form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Preludium and Allegro \u003cbr\u003e1.2 I. Larghetto \u003cbr\u003e1.3 II. Allegro Moderato \u003cbr\u003e1.4 III. Adagio \u003cbr\u003e1.5 IV. Allegro Assai \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Mose-Fantasia \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Banjo and Fiddle \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Habanera \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20, No. 1 \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Hungarian Dance No. 17 \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Bot TÁNC - Jocul Cu Bta - Allegro Moderato \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Brul - Allegro \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Pé-Loc - Andante \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Buciumeana - Moderato \u003cbr\u003e1.15 Poarga Romneasca - Allegro \u003cbr\u003e1.16 Aprózó - Allegro \u003cbr\u003e1.17 Saltarello \u003cbr\u003e1.18 La Fontaine D'aréthuse, Op. 30, No. 1 \u003cbr\u003e1.19 I. Sinfonia \u003cbr\u003e1.20 II. Danses Suisses \u003cbr\u003e1.21 III. Scherzo \u003cbr\u003e1.22 IV. Pas de Deux - Adagio - Variation - Coda \u003cbr\u003e2.1 I. Allegro Con Brio \u003cbr\u003e2.2 II. Adagio Cantabile \u003cbr\u003e2.3 III. Scherzo - Allegro \u003cbr\u003e2.4 IV. Finale - Allegro - Presto \u003cbr\u003e2.5 I. Allegro Assai \u003cbr\u003e2.6 II. Tempo Di Minuetto, Ma Molto Moderato E Grazioso \u003cbr\u003e2.7 III. Allegro Vivace \u003cbr\u003e2.8 I. Adagio Sostenuto - Presto \u003cbr\u003e2.9 II. Andante Con Variazioni \u003cbr\u003e2.10 III. Finale - Presto \u003cbr\u003e3.1 Romance in G Major, Op. 40 \u003cbr\u003e3.2 Romance in F Major, Op. 50 \u003cbr\u003e3.3 Scherzo - Tarantelle, Op. 16 \u003cbr\u003e3.4 Mazurka - Obertass, Op. 19, No. 1 \u003cbr\u003e3.5 Polonaise de Concert in D Major, Op. 4 \u003cbr\u003e3.6 I. Molto Moderato \u003cbr\u003e3.7 II. Allegretto \u003cbr\u003e3.8 I. Toccata - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e3.9 II. Aria I - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e3.10 III. Aria II - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e3.11 IV. Capriccio - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e3.12 Tzigane - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e4.1 I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e4.2 II. Larghetto - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e4.3 III. Rondo - Allegro - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e4.4 I. Allegro Moderato - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e4.5 II. Adagio Di Molto - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e4.6 III. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e5.1 I. Allegro Non Troppo - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e5.2 II. Scherzando - Allegro Molto - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e5.3 III. Intermezzo - Allegretto Non Troppo - Ida Haendel\/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e5.4 IV. 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