CD3/2009
Alfredo Campoli & Peter Katin play Mozart, Beethoven & Brahms
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Peter Katin, piano
The Fairfield Halls, Croydon
and Campoli’s home, Southgate
Recordings: 24th September 1963 & c. 1973
| A special Chamber Music addition to our catalogue |
MusicWeb International
“…this release consists of entirely discography-filling material … The recorded sound is excellent … A warm welcome […] to this disc, which offers considerable rarity value to the violin aficionado.”
—Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International, August 2009
Audiophile Audition
“The live recordings […] show some of the ‘bel canto’ playing for which Campoli was so well known … The recording is very good indeed though the violin is quite closely miked, giving an intimate feel to the playing.” [Rating ****]
—Peter Joelson, Audiophile Audition, 28th September 2009
Fanfare
“…I’ve never heard [Campoli’s] fabled tone (nor perhaps anyone else’s) in such vivid fidelity; a similar lushness characterizes the piano’s tone as well … even if the performance didn’t flow so smoothly as it does, the recorded sound would magnify all the reading’s virtues in ratio in which many recordings diminish them.”
“At moments, Campoli’s sound could freeze a windsock in a hurricane … these live performances sound communicative as well as brilliant … This issue deserves to be a part of most collections … Very strongly recommended.”
—Robert Maxham, Fanfare 33:4, March/April 2010
American Record Guide
“The beauty of this recording is in the stellar playing, the sincerity of the musicianship, the straightforward sophistication of the interpretations, and the intimacy and high quality of the recorded performances.”
—Elaine Fine, American Record Guide , July/August 2010
| Track listing | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in A major, K526 | 22' 26" | |
| 1 | I Molto allegro | 9' 30" |
| 2 | II Andante | 6' 34" |
| 3 | III Presto* | 6' 22" |
| Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata in C minor, op 30 no 2 | 24' 52" | |
| 4 | I Allegro con brio | 7' 27" |
| 5 | II Adagio cantabile | 9' 06" |
| 6 | III Scherzo: Allegro† | 3' 26" |
| 7 | IV Finale: Allegro | 4' 53" |
| The Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 24th September 1963 | ||
| Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata no 3 in D minor, op 108 | 22' 28" | |
| 8 | I Allegro | 7' 36" |
| 9 | II Adagio | 5' 36" |
| 10 | III Scherzo: Un poco presto e con sentimento | 2' 49" |
| 11 | IV Finale: Presto agitato | 6' 27" |
| Campoli’s home, Southgate, c. 1973 | ||
| Total time: | 69' 46" | |
*Sample extract (control with the Sound Sample tab at the top of the page)
†This track may be heard on the Sampler CD