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ARNOLD EIDUS (BRONX, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, 28 NOVEMBER, 1922 – DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, 3 JUNE, 2013)

 

 

 

 

Eidus’s father (Harry Eidus, 1897–1984), a Jewish immigrant from Dvinsk, Latvia, was a violinist; his mother (Sadie “Sonia” Birkenfeld, 1901–1983), who was born in New York, played piano. A child prodigy, Eidus made his performance debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 11. He studied at the Juilliard School under Louis Persinger (who also taught Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, and Ruggiero Ricci). He met his future wife, piano student Doris Dresher, at Juilliard. In 1946 Eidus became the first American violinist to win the coveted Jacques Thibaud Award in Paris. In the 1950s, he emerged as one of the most sought-after commercial violinists in New York, working in TV, radio, and films, on the concert stage, and in recording sessions. His classical repertoire included works by Kodály, Beethoven, Elgar, Copland, de Falla, Henryk Wieniawski, Sibelius, Brahms, and others. In reviewing a February 7, 1950 recital at Carnegie Hall, The New York Times wrote, “Mr. Eidus is a brilliant virtuoso with a flair for the dramatic—perhaps one might say the theatrical—and his recital was never dull for a moment.” This concert featured the debut and only public performance of jazz/pop composer Raymond Scott’s Suite for Violin and Piano (which reportedly was composed as a showcase for Eidus) during the composer’s lifetime. In the United States, Eidus performed as soloist with the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein, the Chicago Symphony under Izler Solomon, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Antal Dorati (at the Hollywood Bowl). In Europe Eidus performed as soloist with the London Symphony (at Royal Albert Hall), the Vienna Philharmonic, the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, the Budapest Radio Orchestra, and at other prestigious venues. Eidus served as Concertmaster for the American Broadcasting Company, performing on and directing a weekly chamber music series.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

Arnold Eidus, Gloria Agostini – Intermezzo

Label: Period Records – SPL 748

Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo

Country: US

Released: 1959

Genre: Classical

A1 Meditation – From “Thais”

Arranged By – Martin Pierre Marsick

Composed By – Jules Massenet

A2 Spanish Dance No. 5 In E Minor

Arranged By – Fritz Kreisler

Composed By – Enrique Granados

A3 Stimmungen

Composed By – Joseph Achron

A4 Piece En Forme De Habanera

Arranged By – Georges Catherine

Composed By – Maurice Ravel

A5 Humoresque Op. 101, No. 7

Composed By – Antonín Dvořák

A6 Melodie In E Flat, Op. 42, No. 3

Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

A7 Nocturne In C Sharp Minor, No. 20

Arranged By – Nathan Milstein

Composed By – Frédéric Chopin

B1 Canzonetta

Composed By – Alfredo D’Ambrosio

B2 Intermezzo

Composed By – Heinz Provost

B3 Girl With The Flaxen Hair – From “Preludes” I, No. 8

Arranged By – Andreas Hartmann

Composed By – Claude Debussy

B4 Ave Maria

Composed By – Charles Gounod, Johann Sebastian Bach

B5 The Bee

Composed By – Franz Anton Schubert

B6 Melodie – From “Orphee Et Eurydice”

Arranged By – Fritz Kreisler

Composed By – Christoph Willibald Gluck

B7 Elegie – From “Les Erinnyes”

Composed By – Jules Massenet

Harp – Gloria Agostini

Violin – Arnold Eidus

Harp – Gloria Agostini

Violin – Arnold Eidus