FRENCH VIOLINIST JACQUES THIBAUD GRAMOPHONE RECORDINGS 2 CDR

 

JACQUES THIBAUD (BORDEAUX, FRANCE, 27 SEPTEMBER, 1880 – NEAR MT. CEMET, FRENCH ALPS, 1 SEPTEMBER, 1953)

 

 

Thibaud was born in Bordeaux and studied the violin with his father before entering the Paris Conservatoire at the age of thirteen. In 1896 he jointly won the conservatory’s violin prize with Pierre Monteux (who later became a famous conductor). He had to rebuild his technique after being injured in World War I. In 1943 he and Marguerite Long established the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Competition for violinists and pianists, which takes place each year in Paris. From 2011, it has included singers and is now known as the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition, in honour of the soprano Régine Crespin. Thibaud was noted not only for his work as a soloist, but also for his performances of chamber music, particularly in a piano trio with the pianist Alfred Cortot and cellist Pablo Casals. He undertook concert tours with pianist Yves Nat and George Enescu. He was a friend of violinist Eugène Ysaÿe, who dedicated his 2nd Sonata for solo violin to him. Among his students were Manuel Quiroga (the dedicatee of Ysaÿe’s 6th solo sonata), Eric Rosenblith, Joan Field and Yfrah Neaman. On 1 September 1953, Thibaud and 41 others died in the crash of Air France Flight 178. The aircraft, registration F-BAZZ, was on final approach to Nice when it struck Mt Cemet in the French Alps. His 1720 Stradivarius violin was destroyed in the crash. The accident investigation established “controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)” as the cause.

TRACKLIST

Aria (Bach) Gramophone DB 1017 CC 9945

Chaconne (Vitali) Gramophone DB2799

Danza española, n. 5 – Andaluza (Granados) Gramophone 5-07933 Cc 11714

Danza española, n. 6 – Rondalla aragonesa (Granados) Gramophone 5-07934 Cc 9912

Golliwog’s Cake Walk (Debussy) Gramophone DA758

Habanaise (Saint-Saëns) Gramophone DB1990 32-3822

Himno al sol (Rimsky-Korsakov) Gramophone DB 1017 CC 9913

La Fille aux Cheveux de lin (Debussy) Gramophone DA866 7-7963

Moment Musical (Schubert) Menuet Caprice (Rode) Gramophone 5-7955

Petit Suite (Debussy) Gramophone DA620

Poupee Valsante (Poldini) Gramophone DA1339 5793

Prélude (Saint-Saëns) Gramophone DA620 6-7945

Romance in F (Beethoven) Gramophone DB904 4-07962

Tambourin (Rameau) Santarello (Wieniawski) Gramophone DA441 5-7953

Tango (Albeniz) Gramophone DA1339 0B6795

Valse (Brahms) Gramophone DA866 7-7911

Malaguena from Espana Op. 165-3 (arr. Kreisler) with Tasso Janopoulo (p) 1933 7 1

Berceuse, Op.16 (Fauré) with Alfred Cortot (p) 1931 7 2

Rondo from Serenade No.7 Haffner D.250 (arr. Kreisler) with Tasso Janopoulo (p) 1936 3 21

Prelude to Le Deluge Op. 45 (Saint-Saëns) with Georges de Lausnay (p) 1929 5 29

Fantasie Norveggienne (Lalo) with Tasso Janopoulo (p) 1930 4 24-25

Minstrels from Préludes, Livre 1 (Debussy) (arr. Hartmann) with Alfred Cortot (p) 1929 6 7

Tango from Espana Op.165-2 (arr. Kreisler) (Albéniz) with Tasso Janopoulo (p) 1933 7 1

Jota from 7 Canciones Populares Espanolas (arr. Kochanski) (Falla) with Tasso Janopoulo (p) 1930 4 23

Andante from Concert for Piano No. 21,C-dur. K. 467 (arr. Saint-Saëns) (Mozart) with Tasso Janopoulo (p) 1930 4 24-25

Danse Espagnole form La Vida Breve (arr. Kreisler) Gramophone DB1338 32-616