Henri Vieuxtemps

The Airs variés No. 2 and No. 4 by the Belgian Henri Vieuxtemps, published here for the first time, stand as fascinating testimonies to an early developing major talent as violinist and composer. Both...

Henri Vieuxtemps composed the fantasia La Sentimentale in readiness for his second tour of Russia in 1839-1840. In terms of its character, the fantasia is marked by bel canto opera. Vieuxtemps himself...

The Variations on a Theme from Bellini's 'Norma' were written by Vieuxtemps as a youth for his 1834 concert tour. They offer a thrilling concert piece and can be used in the training of young violinis...

At the age of 15, several years before his well-known violin concertos, Henri Vieuxtemps wrote a so far unpublished violin concerto in E major. It is an ingenious work of his youth that already reveal...

Bring thrilling energy and virtuosic wit to the concert stage: "Souvenir d'Amérique op. 17" (Variations burlesques) is a musical firework full of charm, playfulness, and technical finesse. Based on th...

Experience a true masterpiece of Romantic violin literature: The "Ballade et Polonaise op. 38" effortlessly combines deep poetic lyricism with breathtaking virtuosity. The expressive opening of the Ba...

Cette œuvre donne à l'interprète l'occasion de faire preuve d'une belle sonorité et d'une grande maîtrise de la main gauche et de la main droite ; c'est aussi un merveilleux exercice de rubato. Destin...

À l'époque où les violonistes virtuoses voyageaient beaucoup, le Belge Henri Vieuxtemps, au XIXe siècle, comptait parmi les très grands, à côté de Paganini, Spohr, Bériot , Wieniawski et d'autres enco...