Various Composers - Works for Violin & Piano (Benno Rabinof; Toscha Seidel)

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1. Edvard Grieg - Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45: I. Allegro molto ed appassionato
2. Edvard Grieg - Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45: II. Allegretto alla Romanza
3. Edvard Grieg - Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45: III. Allegro animato
4. César Franck - Violin Sonata in A: I. Allegretto moderato
5. César Franck - Violin Sonata in A: II. Allegro
6. César Franck - Violin Sonata in A: III. Recitativo–Fantasia
7. César Franck - Violin Sonata in A: IV. Allegretto poco mosso
8. Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 20 (arr. Joachim)
9. Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dance in G minor (arr. Kreisler)
10. Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen
11. Pablo de Sarasate - Introduction and Tarantella
12. Isaac Albéniz - Tango (arr. Kreisler)
13. Enrique Granados - Spanish Dance in E minor (arr. Kreisler)
14. Manuel de Falla - Jota
15. Fritz Kreisler - La Gitana
16. Fritz Kreisler - Gypsy Caprice

Benno Rabinof, violin / Harry Kaufman, piano (1-7)

Toscha Seidel, violin / Sylvia Rabinof, piano (8-16)

Date: 1955; 1964 / 2026

Label: Biddulph Recordings

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Leopold Auer, widely regarded as the greatest violin pedagogue of the twentieth century, trained many distinguished violinists, including Jascha Heifetz, Mischa Elman, and Nathan Milstein. Two other exceptional students, Benno Rabinof (1902–1975) and Toscha Seidel (1899–1962), though less internationally renowned, earned deep respect among string players. Rabinof, born in New York City, studied with Auer after the teacher emigrated to the United States in 1918 and made a celebrated Carnegie Hall debut performing the Elgar and Tchaikovsky concertos. Seidel, born in Odessa in 1899, debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1918 and later built a career in Hollywood as a studio violinist. Both artists performed on notable Stradivari instruments and left lasting artistic legacies.

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