Kreutzer (1766 - 1831) - 42 Etudes for violin solo (World Premiere)

Composer:
Rodolphe Kreutzer (France, 1766 - 1831)

Kreutzer was born in Versailles, and was initially taught by his father, who was a musician in the royal chapel, with later lessons from Anton Stamitz. He became one of the foremost violin virtuosi of his day, appearing as a soloist until 1810. He was a violin professor at the Paris Conservatoire from its foundation in 1795 until 1826. He was co-author of the Conservatoire's violin method with Pierre Rode and Pierre Baillot, and the three are considered the founding trinity of the French school of violin playing. For a time, Kreutzer was leader of the Paris Opera, and from 1817 he conducted there too.

Kreutzer is probably best known as the dedicatee of Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 (1803), though he never played the work, and indeed declared it unplayable. Kreutzer had made the acquaintance of Beethoven in 1798, when at Vienna in the service of the French ambassador, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (later King of Sweden and Norway). The sonata had originally been dedicated to the violinist George Bridgetower, but he had a quarrel with the composer, who revised the dedication in favour of Kreutzer.

Kreutzer died in Geneva.

Kreutzer's compositions include nineteen violin concertos and around forty operas. His best known works, however, are the 42 études ou caprices (1796), which are fundamental pedagogic studies.

French violinist and composer of world fame Rodolphe Kreutzer wrote his 42 Etudés for violin training in 1796. Since then, these Etudés became a major source for both violin students and also experts. Kreutzer Etudés had never been recorded on CD, until by Cihat Askin in 2003. The CD is now published in Turkey , by Kalan Music.

Kreutzer Etudés' superiority was accepted world wide, they were played by the major violinists of the time and set the pace for future violinists. Wieniawski , Auer , Szigeti , Kogan emphasized the importance of Kreutzer Etudés. Heifetz praised them as “ The Holy Book of a Violinist ”.

These Etudés are relevant for both the right and the left hand techniques. They reflect the technical characteristics of the 18 th century French School . Rodolphe Kreutzer was a great artist who inspired many of his contemporaries. Thus Beethoven dedicated his famous sonata to him, Tolstoy titled one of his novels “ Kreutzer Sonata ”, Janacek composed a quartet in his name.

Performer:
Cihat Askin (Violin)



Street Date: 2006
Record year: 2003


Tracklist:
01. No 1, A minor Adagio ma non troppo, 4/4 7'28
02. No 2, C major Allegro moderato, 4/4 1'01
03. No 3, C major Allegro moderato, 4/4 0'41
04. No 4, C major, 4/4 1'46
05. No 5, E flat major Allegro moderato, 4/4 1'15
06. No 6, C major Moderato e sempre martellato, 4/4 1'35
07. No 7, D major Allegro assai 4/4 1'43
08. No 8, E major Allegrp non troppo, 6/8 1'39
09. No 9, F major Allegro moderato, 3/4 2'29
10. No 10, G major Allegro, 4/4 2'04
11. No 11, E major andante (dolce), 4/4 1'50
12. No 12, A minor Allegro moderato, 4/4 1'26
13. No 13, A major Moderato, 4/4 3'21
14. No 14, A major Moderato, 4/4 2'16
15. No 15, B flat major Allegro non troppo, 4/4 2'24
16. No 16, D major Moderato, 12/8 2'40
17. No 17, B flat major Maestoso (Moderato), 12/8 3'00
18. No 18, G major Moderato, 4/4 3'25
19. No 19, D major Moderato, 4/4 3'00
20. No 20, A major Allegro, 4/4 2'13
21. No 21, D major Moderato e sempre marcato, 12/8 1'56
22. No 22, A flat major Moderato, 4/4 2'24
23. No 23, B flat major Adagio (quasi Cadenza), 4/4 4'45
24. No 24, G minor Allegro, 4/4 1'21
25. No 25, G major, 4/4 1'29
26. No 26, E flat major Moderato, 4/4 2'04
27. No 27, D minor Moderato, 4/4 2'54
28. No 28, E minor Grave, 4/4 4'55
29. No 29, D major Moderato (dolce), 4/4 2'32
30 .No 30, B flat major Moderato, 4/4 2'54
31. No 31, C minor Vivace, 4/4 4'32
32. No 32, F major Andante, 4/4 3'08
33. No 33, F major Andante, 4/4 2'56
34. No 34, D major Moderato, 4/4 2'02
35. No 35, E flat major Marcia (Moderato), 4/4 3'50
36. No 36, E minor Allegretto, 4/4 2'41
37. No 37, F minor Allegro vivace, 4/4 2'35
38. No 38, D major Moderato, 4/4 4'17
39. No 39, A major Allegretto, 2/4 4'58
40. No 40, B flat major 4'22
41. No 41, F major Adagio, 4/4 7'13
42. No 42, D minor Allegro (Fuga), 6/8 3'58