Olaf Adler

Henri Vieuxtemps began composing at the age of eight, initially in rather improvisatory manner on the violin. In the Air varié No. 3, presented here for the first time in print, which was composed in...

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...

De sa Suite op. 43 pour violon et piano, Vieuxtemps a lui-même orchestré les deux mouvements Aria et Gavotte et les a également joués régulièrement lors de ses concerts. L'accompagnement peut être jou...

Vieuxtemps est l'un des tout premiers compositeurs à avoir associé un instrument à cordes soliste à un ensemble de vents. Alors que la Chanson sans paroles est une belle romance, pas trop difficile, L...

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...

Vieuxtemps' 8th Violin Concerto, dedicated to Eugène Ysaye, could not be completed by him before his death, the autograph sketches have been lost, and only a contemporary transcript of the piano reduc...

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...

Vieuxtemps wrote these variations when he was barely 18 years old, before a concert tour to Russia. They fulfill the classical ideal of a 'pure, innocent' expression to a particular degree and can be...

Vieuxtemps became acquainted with the Rákóczi March in 1843 during a concert tour to Pest and wrote his own version of it there, which he immediately premiered with great success. The concerts in Pest...

At the age of 15, several years before his well-known violin concertos, Henri Vieuxtemps wrote a so far unpublished violin concerto in E major.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...

Vieuxtemps' 'Bohémienne' was published in 1864 as No. 3 of the 'Three Album Pieces' Op. 40. At that time, however, he had already revised his work and made a version with orchestral accompaniment from...

La tarentelle op. 22, n° 5 du violoniste virtuose et compositeur belge Henri Vieuxtemps fait partie des œuvres classiques de la littérature pour violon. Elle figure souvent dans les programmes de conc...

Henri Vieuxtemps wrote in 1880 'In any case, I' ve already written my funeral march, it exists!' Whether this refers to the sketches preserved in the Royal Library of Belgium entitled Marche funèbre....

Henri Vieuxtemps began composing at the age of eight, initially in rather improvisatory manner on the violin. In the Air varié No. 3, presented here for the first time in print, which was composed in...

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...

Les Airs variés n° 6 et 7 du jeune Henri Vieuxtemps, publiés ici pour la première fois, marquent une étape importante dans le développement de ce compositeur très doué. Avec ces œuvres, il a réussi à...

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...

Les Airs variés n° 6 et 7 du jeune Henri Vieuxtemps, publiés ici pour la première fois, marquent une étape importante dans le développement de ce compositeur très doué. Avec ces œuvres, il a réussi à...

Vieuxtemps' 8th Violin Concerto, dedicated to Eugène Ysaye, could not be completed by him before his death, the autograph sketches have been lost, and only a contemporary transcript of the piano reduc...

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...

Vieuxtemps wrote these variations when he was barely 18 years old, before a concert tour to Russia. They fulfill the classical ideal of a 'pure, innocent' expression to a particular degree and can be...

Vieuxtemps became acquainted with the Rákóczi March in 1843 during a concert tour to Pest and wrote his own version of it there, which he immediately premiered with great success. The concerts in Pest...

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...

Vieuxtemps' 'Bohémienne' was published in 1864 as No. 3 of the 'Three Album Pieces' Op. 40. At that time, however, he had already revised his work and made a version with orchestral accompaniment from...

La tarentelle op. 22, n° 5 du violoniste virtuose et compositeur belge Henri Vieuxtemps fait partie des œuvres classiques de la littérature pour violon. Elle figure souvent dans les programmes de conc...