RH-016 | 5CD | JEAN TER-MERGUERIAN | l'âme du violon

                     

CD1 | 74:14
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (Cadenza: Kreisler)
Boston Symphony Orchestra | Arthur Fiedler
live | Symphony Hall, Boston | 13.VI.1975 -USA debut-
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op.56
Pierre Barbizet, piano | Jean Ter-Merguerian, violin | Yvan Chiffoleau, cello
Orchestre de Cannes-Provence-Côte d’Azur | Philippe Bender
live | Cour du Conservatoire, Marseille | 30.VII.1983

CD2 | 73:05
1982 | Carcasonne | recital with Monique Oberdoerffer:
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, Op.78
BACH Ciaccona (V. from Violin solo Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004)
MOZART Violin Sonata (No.26) in B-flat major, K.378/317d
SAINT-SAËNS Havanaise in E major, Op.83

CD3 | 67:27
encores/bis:
SARASATE
• Playera, Op.23/1 (Spanish Dance No.5)
• Caprice basque, Op.24
Monique Oberdoerffer, piano | live | Théâtre municipal, Carcasonne | 20.II.1982
encore/bis, announce by Jean Ter-Merguerian:
YSAŸE Violin solo Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.27/3 “Ballade”
live | Marseille | c.1998
1985 | Marseille | recital with Pierre Barbizet:
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas:
• No.1 in D major, Op.12/1
• No.7 in C minor, Op.30/2

CD4 | 74:35
• No.9 in A major, Op.47 “à Kreutzer”
encore/bis - announce by Pierre Barbizet:
• No.5 in F major, Op.24 “Spring” : II. Adagio molto espressivo
Pierre Barbizet, piano | live | Eglise du Sacré Coeur, Marseille | 28.VI.1985
MOZART Violin Sonata (No.17) in C major, K.296
Gérard Gasparian, piano | audience-live | Victoria Hall, Geneva | 19.XI.1998
GASPARIAN, Gérard (1960-) Sonate pour violon et piano [1990] -to J.T.-Merguerian-
Composer, piano | studio | Paris | ℗1999
 
CD5 | 79:12
1961 | Paris | 1st Grand Prize “Long – Thibaud Competition”:
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61 : III. Rondò. Allegro (Cadenza: Joachim)
• Henryk Szeryng, jury President, introduces and speaks with Jean Ter-Merguerian
(French interview by RTF after the Beethoven Concerto performance)
Orchestre national de la RTF | Louis Fourestier | live telecast | Paris | 27.VI.1961
1964-71 | Armenian recordings:
KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto in D minor (1940)
Armenian PO | Michael Maluntsian | live | Yerevan | 1964
KHACHATURIAN
• Dance in B-flat major, Op.1 [1925]
• Ayshe’s Dance (“Gayane”, Ballet-Suite No.2) (arr. Mikhael Fikhtengolts)
PROKOFIEV Masks (“Romeo and Juliet”, Suite Op.75) (arr. Jascha Heifetz)
SARASATE
• Habanera, Op.21/2 (Spanish Dance No.2)
• Romanza Andaluza, Op.22/1 (Spanish Dance No.3)
KOMITAS Three Armenian Songs:
• “Akh Maral djan” / Ah, dear Maral (arr. Aram Shamshyan)
• “Qeler-tsoler” / Striding, beaming (arr. A.Shamshyan)
• “Krunk” / The crane, for violin solo *
Nelli Daniel-Beck, piano | studio & live* | Yerevan | c.1968/71