Henri Wieniawski
Henryk Wieniawski ([vʲɛˈɲafskʲi]; 10 July 1835 – 31 March 1880) was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer and pedagogue, who is regarded amongst the most distinguished violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski were also accomplished musicians, as was his daughter Régine, who became a naturalised British subject upon marrying into the peerage and wrote music under the name Poldowski. |
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berliner | 4803 | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1898 | Mazurka | Jennie Hoyle [i.e., Dorothy Hoyle] | Violin solo | composer | |
| Victor | B-1913 | 10-in. | 11/8/1904 | Fantasy : Gounod's Faust | Maud Powell | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | C-8814 | 12-in. | 4/7/1910 | Souvenir de Moscow | Mischa Elman | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-8824 | 10-in. | 4/9/1910 | Fantasie from garden scene | Mischa Elman | Violin solo, with piano | arranger | |
| Victor | C-9009 | 12-in. | 5/25/1910 | Romance | Maud Powell | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | C-9033 | 12-in. | 5/27/1910 | Capriccio valse, op. 7 | Maud Powell | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | C-12398 | 12-in. | 9/27/1912 | Polish dance | Maud Powell | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | C-13036 | 12-in. | 3/29/1913 | Légende, op. 17 | Efrem Zimbalist | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-13476 | 10-in. | 6/25/1913 | Garden scene | Sascha Jacobsen | Violin solo, with piano | arranger | |
| Victor | C-13878 | 12-in. | 9/30/1913 | Second concerto : Finale | Jan Kubelík | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | C-13891 | 12-in. | 10/1/1913 | Sielanka | Jan Kubelík | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-16458 | 10-in. | 9/7/1915 | Legende | Victor Concert Orchestra | Orchestra, with violin solo | composer | |
| Victor | B-18958 | 10-in. | 1/4/1917 | Kujawiak | Charles Kellogg | Whistling solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-21069 | 12-in. | 11/9/1917 | Scherzo-tarantelle | Jascha Heifetz | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | C-22266 | 12-in. | 10/3/1918 | Romance | Jascha Heifetz | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-23404 | 10-in. | 10/13/1919 | Caprice in E flat major | Jascha Heifetz | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | C-24777 | 12-in. | 1/3/1921 | Legende | Mischa Elman | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-24796 | 10-in. | 1/19/1921 | Le ménétrier | Jan Kubelík | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-24797 | 10-in. | 1/19/1921 | Sielanka (La champêtre) | Jan Kubelík | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-24799 | 10-in. | 1/19/1921 | Concerto no. 2 in D minor : Romance | Jan Kubelík | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | C-25127 | 12-in. | 3/29/1921 | Romance | Erica Morini | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | C-25128 | 12-in. | 3/29/1921 | Capriccio valse | Erica Morini | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-29622 | 10-in. | 10/27/1925 | Ländlicher Tanz | Cecilia Hansen | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-29622 | 10-in. | 3/5/1924 | Ländlicher Tanz | Cecilia Hansen | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-31574 | 10-in. | 1/5/1925 | Mazurek | Ignacy Dygas | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | CVE-32163 | 12-in. | 3/30/1925 | Kujawiak (Second mazurka) | Cecilia Hansen | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | C-32163 | 12-in. | 3/17/1925 | Kujawiak (Second mazurka) | Cecilia Hansen | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-45080 | 10-in. | 5/31/1928 | Caprice in E flat major (Alla saltarella) | Mischa Elman | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-55180 | 10-in. | 7/31/1929 | El vuelo de la abeja (Flight of the bumble bee) | Alfredo San Malo | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | CVE-58667 | 12-in. | 2/19/1930 | Scherzo-tarantelle | Yehudi Menuhin | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-59464 | 10-in. | 4/15/1930 | Sielanka | Gladys Posselt Ondricek ; Ruth Posselt | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | CVE-62244 | 12-in. | 5/26/1930 | Légende | Mischa Elman ; Carroll Hollister | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BS-78986 | 10-in. | 2/14/1934 | Souvenir de Moscow | Myrtle C. Eaver ; Alexander Schmidt | Violin and piano duet | composer | |
| Victor | CS-023337 | 12-in. | 6/8/1938 | Scherzo-tarantella | Louis Persinger ; Ruggiero Ricci | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | CS-068172 | 12-in. | 11/7/1941 | Capriccio-valse | Max Lanner ; Erica Morini | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | [Trial 1919-10-16-02] | Not documented | 10/16/1919 | Concerto II : Finale | Ota Gÿgi | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | [Trial 1921-02-21-02] | 12-in. | 2/21/1921 | Valse caprice | Erica Morini | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 19772 | 10-in. | 2/23/1912 | Romance | Lila Isaacs | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 81055 | 10-in. | 6/6/1923 | Kuiawiak (Second mazurka) | Duci De Kerékjártó ; Maurice Eisner | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 81473 | 10-in. | 1/10/1924 | Capriccio valse | Samuel Chotzinoff ; Sascha Jacobsen | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 36521 | 12-in. | 12/27/1912 | Obertass | Eugène Ysaÿe | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 48584 | 12-in. | 2/7/1916 | Romance | Frank Gittelson | Violin solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 48605 | 12-in. | 2/19/1916 | Mazurka | Kathleen Parlow | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 48662 | 12-in. | 3/28/1916 | Faust : Fantaisie | Kathleen Parlow | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 49271 | 12-in. | 11/14/1917 | Finale : A la zingara | Eddy Brown ; L. T. Greenberg | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 49356 | 12-in. | 3/25/1918 | Polish dance | Eddy Brown | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 49447 | 12-in. | 6/17/1918 | Concerto no. 2 : Romance | Louis T. Gruenberg ; Toscha Seidel | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 49613 | 12-in. | 4/19/1919 | Souvenir de Moscow | Sascha Jacobsen | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 49930 | 12-in. | 2/10/1921 | Capriccio valse | Duci De Kerékjártó ; Mr. F. Moore | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 49951 | 12-in. | 3/17/1921 | Légende | Toscha Seidel | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 98016 | 12-in. | 3/8/1922 | Scherzo torantelle | Eddy Brown | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 98052 | 12-in. | 1/11/1923 | Souvenir de Moscow | Duci De Kerékjártó ; Maurice Eisner | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 98090 | 12-in. | 6/23/1923 | Légende | Duci De Kerékjártó ; Maurice Eisner | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | W140713 | 10-in. | 6/23/1925 | Mazurka | Russian National Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 6090 | 12-in. | approximately 1910 | Valse capriccio | Leo Strockoff | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 6116 | 12-in. | approximately 1911 | Polonaise de concert | Leo Strockoff | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 6636 | 12-in. | approximately 1915 | Légende, op. 17 | Albert Sammons | Violin and piano duet | composer | |
| OKeh | S-766 | 10-in. | ca. July 1919 | Faust : Fantasie | Fred Landau | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | X9641 | 12-in. | approximately Jan. 1923 | Capriccio valse | Paul Frenkel ; Bronislaw Huberman | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | 7219-7220 | 10-in. | approximately Jan. 1922 | Second mazurka | Paul Frenkel ; Bronislaw Huberman | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | X9962-X9965 | 12-in. | 2/21/1923 | Romance | Paul Frenkel ; Bronislaw Huberman | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | 13838-13840 | 10-in. | 9/22/1924 | Le carnaval russe | Mishel Piastro | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | 15023-15025 | 10-in. | 2/28/1925 | Caprice in A minor | Max Rosen | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | 15093-15096 | 10-in. | 3/9/1925 | Caprice in A minor | Max Rosen ; Richard Wilens | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | E20271-E20272 | 10-in. | 9/27/1926 | Souvenir de Moscow | Max List ; Mishel Piastro | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | E24609-E24611 | 10-in. | 9/30/1927 | Le carnaval russe | Frank Black ; Mishel Piastro | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | C2723 | 10-in. | 12/28/1928 | Obertass mazurka | Joseph Brinkman ; Alexander Sebald | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | XC4771 | 12-in. | 11/30/1929 | Romance | Orchestra (unidentified; Brunswick Records) | Orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 893 | 10-in. | 12/28/1911 | Souvenir of Moscow | André Benoist ; Albert Spalding | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 1016 | Not documented | 5/1/1912 | Polonaise in D | Kathleen Parlow | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 2043 | 10-in. | 12/6/1912 | Legende | Gregor Skolnik | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 2395 | 10-in. | 7/24/1913 | Polonaise in A | André Benoist ; Albert Spalding | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 2398 | 10-in. | 7/24/1913 | Souvenir of Moscow | André Benoist ; Albert Spalding | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 2939 | 10-in. | 4/7/1914 | Le menetrier | Carl Flesch | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 2971 | 10-in. | Mar. 1914 | Legende (G minor) | Daniel Melsa | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 2973 | 10-in. | Mar. 1914 | Polonaise in D | Daniel Melsa | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 2974 | 10-in. | Mar. 1914 | Second concerto in D minor : Romanza | Daniel Melsa | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 2975 | 10-in. | Mar. 1914 | Second concerto in D minor : Finale | Daniel Melsa | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 2978 | 10-in. | Mar. 1914 | Fantasie | Daniel Melsa | Violin solo, with piano | arranger | |
| Edison | 3297 | 10-in. | between 9/12/1914 and 9/16/1914 | Legende | Richard Czerwonky | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 3323 | 10-in. | Sept.-Oct. 1914 | Romance from 2nd concerto | André Benoist ; Albert Spalding | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 3778 | 10-in. | 5/12/1915 | Souvenir of Moscow | André Benoist ; Albert Spalding | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 4327 | 10-in. | 12/10/1915 | Souvenir of Moscow | André Benoist ; Albert Spalding | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 4849 | 10-in. | 7/6/1916 | Scherzo-tarentelle | Walter Golde ; Mary Zentay | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 6975 | 10-in. | 10/13/1919 | Scherzo-tarentelle | André Benoist ; Albert Spalding | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 8018 | 10-in. | 5/25/1921 | Kujawiak (Seconde mazurka) | André Benoist ; Albert Spalding | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 9233 | 10-in. | 10/30/1923 | Valse capriccio | André Benoist ; Albert Spalding | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 10820 | 10-in. | 2/8/1926 | Légende, op. 17; arranged | Carl Flesch ; Kurt Ruhrseitz | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 10843 | 10-in. | 2/20/1926 | Romance op. 44, no. 1 | Carl Flesch ; Kurt Ruhrseitz | Violin solo, with piano | arranger | |
| Gramophone | 670c | 12-in. | 6/14/1906 | Souvenir de Moscow | Mischa Elman | Violin solo | composer | |
| Gramophone | Bb983 | 10-in. | 2/7/1922 | Tambourin | Harold Craxton ; Jacques Thibaud | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Gramophone | 8772b | 10-in. | 8/24/1906 | Fantasie from garden scene | Mischa Elman | Violin solo | arranger | |
| Gramophone | 2B6067 | 12-in. | 2/23/1934 | Scherzo tarantelle | Jascha Heifetz ; Arpad Sandor | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Gennett | 8700 | 10-in. | 1/10/1924 | Scherzo tarantelle | Celso B. Hurtado | Marimba solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WAX2510 | 12-in. | between January and April 1927 | Romance | Yovanovitch Bratza | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CB6933 | 10-in. | 5/27/1935 | Scherzo | Ernesto Castro ; Narciso Pujol | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WLX175 | 10-in. | approximately January 24, 1928 | Air russe | René Bénédetti | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WLX176 | 10-in. | approximately January 24, 1928 | Air russe | René Bénédetti | Violin solo, with piano | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wieniawski, Henri," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102719.
Wieniawski, Henri. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102719.
"Wieniawski, Henri." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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