Romantic Violin Favourites
Transcribed by Fritz Kreisler
Takako Nishizaki, Violin
Wolf Harden, Piano
01. HANDEL:Largo/Ombra mai fu from Serse
02. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Hindu Song from Sadko
03. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Oriental Dance from Scheherazade
04. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Hymn to the Sun from The Golden Cockerel
05. BIZET: Adagietto from LArlesienne
06. DVORAK: Songs My Mother Taught Me /Gypsy Song No.4
07. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Arabian Song from Scheherazade
08. Song of the Volga Boatmen/Traditional Violinist Takako Nishizaki was the first student to complete the Suzuki Method course at age nine. When she was in the U.S. in 1962, Takako Nishizaki was awarded the Fritz Kreisler Scholarship and, in 1964, took second place in the Leventritt Award. In 1969, she won first prize in Juilliard Concerto Competition while performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante]] with Nobuko Imai. Takako Nishizaki performed and recorded with pianists such as Andras Schiff, Jenö Jandó and Michael Ponti and performed in chamber music ensembles. She is married to Naxos record label owner Klaus Heymann. She teaches violin in Hong Kong.
ZT from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takako_Nishizaki
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