Miniatures for Violin and Piano
HARTMANN, Arthur

Catalogue Number: TOCC0089
EAN: 5060113440891
Release Date: 01 June 2009
Duration: 71:56

Miniatures for Violin and Piano
Transcriptions of Debussy and MacDowell

Arthur Hartmann, transcriber
Solomia Soroka, violin
Arthur Greene, piano

Arthur Hartmann (1881–1956) was a Philadelphia-born violinist and composer – though he claimed he came from Hungary – whose Kreisler-like salon miniatures for violin and piano were once the toast of violinists everywhere. He was also a close friend of Debussy, a number of whose piano pieces he transcribed, performing them in Paris with the composer. This first recording of Hartmann’s charming pieces restores a forgotten but immediately attractive corner of the violin repertoire.

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Track No.	Track Title/Details	Duration	Sample	Download Track
	Miniatures for Violin and Piano Arthur Hartmann, composer Solomia Soroka, violin Arthur Greene, piano	60:11
1	L'Amour: Valse bluette	2:43
2	A Negro Croon	3:45
3	Autumn in Hungary: Romance	3:49
4	Nyiregyházi Emlék: Csardas	5:15
5	Szomorúság (Tristesse): Rhapsodische Skizze	8:20
6	Caprice	1:54
7	Valse	3:10
8	Danse Grotesque	0:57
9	Kossuth Lajos	3:04
10	Bogdan…	2:57
11	Esprit de Ravioli Polah… (Souvenir d’une Soirée inoubliable)	2:32
12	Prayer	6:47
13	La Tzigane	5:02
14	La Coquette: Valse Intermezzo	3:20
15	Tauga: A Bulgarian Sketch	2:57
16	A Cradle Song	3:39
	Transcriptions of Debussy and MacDowell Claude Debussy, composer Edward MacDowell, composer Arthur Hartmann, transcriber Solomia Soroka, violin Arthur Greene, piano	11:45
17	(transcription) Debussy: Beau Soir	2:32
18	(transcription) Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin	2:36
19	(transcription) Debussy: Il pleure dans mon cœur	3:12
20	(transcription) MacDowell: To a Wild Rose	3:25

Artists

Arthur Hartmann, composer

Claude Debussy, composer
[credit: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, photo ca. 1908]

Edward MacDowell, composer

Arthur Hartmann, transcriber

Solomia Soroka, violin

Arthur Greene, piano