Violin-Bibliothek

Not much is known about the origin of the 'Berceuse' Op. 16 composed in 1878 or 1879 although it surely is one of the most famous works by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). Later, Fauré even arranged the wor...

The composer Bertold Hummel used to give musical presents at birthdays. Thus, he created many pieces which are easy to play and could be performed ad hoc at family parties. The four violin pieces in t...

Thorwald Nielsen (1891-1965) who first studied with Anton Svendsen in Copenhagen, was a member to the Danish Court Chapel since 1914 and led the Thorwald Nielsen-Kvartet as first violinist since 1924,...

As a musician, Franz Ries (1846-1932) is almost forgotten today: the composer, violinist and 'Königl. Sächs. Hofmusikalienhändler' studied at the famous Paris Conservatoire to be a violinist. Then, th...

In 2011, the International Violin Competition 'Henri Marteau' for the first time commissioned a composer to write the compulsory piece for the competition. This composer was Faz?l Say who forms a mean...

Lebanon-born composer Naji Hakim, one of the most important organ composers of today, wrote this piece for solo violin under the spell of a painting. 'Edvard Munch's painting Unge mennesker pa strande...

Edward Elgar wrote great symphonic works for solo instruments with orchestral accompaniment, but also chamber music works and occasional works, especially for the violin: for example 'Salut d'amour' o...

Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908), undoubtedly, is one of the most important and most successful violin virtuosos of the second half of the 19th century and has become immortal through his virtuoso and hi...

This virtuosic arrangement of the world-famous movement from 'Carmina Burana' is suitable both as an effective encore and competition piece. Printed with two versions in each edition, it is designed a...

Heinz Holliger composed the three short pieces of 2014 for the violinist Isabelle Faust. For the dedicatee, they are 'real gems which, in a very intimate way, tell about the composer's soul, about his...

Requiem for solo violin, composed by the Georgian composer Igor Loboda for Lisa Batiashvili, is dedicated to the victims of the Ukraine conflict in 2014. It is based on the melody of a Ukrainian folks...

It was the Devil's Trill Sonata that immortalized Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) although said work is just one of a vast number of concertos and sonatas for strings and especially for his instrument, t...

This little suite is particularly suitable as a first introduction to contemporary music. The outer movements seem to pursue a melismatic dialogue, the middle pieces cover a variety of moods.

This short 'Pizzicato Etude' is a sparkling mood piece and brilliantly effective as an encore piece.

Rota developed this quite spectacular, short chamber music work from the music he composed for the film 'Amanti senza amore (1947). The piece has been recorded for Teldec by Gidon Kremer And Oleg Mais...

Das kleine Irgendwas is a short humorous and surrealist story written by the six-year-old daughter of Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Heinz Holliger made it into an adorable virtuoso encore piece for violin...

Jörg Widmann paraphrases Mendelssohn's famous wedding march from the Midsummer Night's Dream solo in this piece for violin solo. The paraphrase was actually written for a wedding that took place in Ro...

Heinz Holliger set to music melancholy texts for his eight-part cycle of songs, premiered in 2013, which remind the listeners of the transience and progress of life. The texts range from the medieval...