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...

From his Suite op. 43 for violin and piano, Vieuxtemps himself orchestrated the two movements Aria and Gavotte and also played them regularly at his concerts. The accompaniment can be played with stri...

Vieuxtemps was one of the very first composers to combine a solo string instrument with a wind ensemble. While the Song without words is a beautiful, not too difficult, romance, La Chasse is a virtuos...

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At the age of 15, several years before his well-known violin concertos, Henri Vieuxtemps wrote a so far unpublished violin concerto in E major.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

The Tarantella op. 22, No. 5 by the Belgian violin virtuoso and composer Henri Vieuxtemps belongs to the standard works of violin literature. It frequently appears on competition and concert programme...

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...

The Airs variés Nos. 6 and 7 by the young Henri Vieuxtemps, published here for the first time, mark a significant step forward in the highly gifted composer’s development. With these works, he succeed...

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...

The Airs variés Nos. 6 and 7 by the young Henri Vieuxtemps, published here for the first time, mark a significant step forward in the highly gifted composer’s development. With these works, he succeed...

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...

The Tarantella op. 22, No. 5 by the Belgian violin virtuoso and composer Henri Vieuxtemps belongs to the standard works of violin literature. It frequently appears on competition and concert programme...