Description

JACQUES THIBAUD (BORDEAUX, FRANCE, 27 SEPTEMBER, 1880 – NEAR MT. CEMET, FRENCH ALPS, 1 SEPTEMBER, 1953)

 

 

 

 

Thibaud was born in Bordeaux and studied the violin with his father before entering the Paris Conservatoire at the age of thirteen. In 1896 he jointly won the conservatory’s violin prize with Pierre Monteux (who later became a famous conductor). He had to rebuild his technique after being injured in World War I. In 1943 he and Marguerite Long established the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Competition for violinists and pianists, which takes place each year in Paris. From 2011, it has included singers and is now known as the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition, in honour of the soprano Régine Crespin. Thibaud was noted not only for his work as a soloist, but also for his performances of chamber music, particularly in a piano trio with the pianist Alfred Cortot and cellist Pablo Casals. He undertook concert tours with pianist Yves Nat and George Enescu. He was a friend of violinist Eugène Ysaÿe, who dedicated his 2nd Sonata for solo violin to him. Among his students were Manuel Quiroga (the dedicatee of Ysaÿe’s 6th solo sonata), Eric Rosenblith, Joan Field and Yfrah Neaman. On 1 September 1953, Thibaud and 41 others died in the crash of Air France Flight 178. The aircraft, registration F-BAZZ, was on final approach to Nice when it struck Mt Cemet in the French Alps. His 1720 Stradivarius violin was destroyed in the crash. The accident investigation established “controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)” as the cause.

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Gavotte en rondeau form Partita for Solo Violin No.3 E-dur, BWV.1006 (Bach arr. R. Schumann) Fonotipia 39087 XPH 532.3, Paris 1905

Le Cygne from Suite Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns) Fonotipia 39231 XPH 366, Paris 1905

Méditation from THAÏS (arr.Marsick) Fonotipia 39054 XPH 524, Paris 1905

Mélodrame de Piccolino from Opéra-Comique PICCOLINO (Guiraud) Fonotipia 39209 XPH 526, Paris 1905

Scherzando from 2 Piece,Op.6-2 (arr. Kreisler) (Marsick) Fonotipia 39222 XPH 697, Paris 1905

Sérénité from Voix IntimesOp.45-5 (Vieuxtemps) Fonotipia 39208 XPH 531, Paris 1905

 

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Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, op.28 (Saint-Saëns) Pathé 9527, Paris 1916

Andante from Concert for Violin e-moll,Op.64 (Mendelssohn) Pathé 9526 A, Paris 1916

Allegro molto vivace from Concert for Violin e-moll,Op.64 (Mendelssohn) Pathé 9526 B, Paris 1916

Polonaise brillante No.2 in A major, Op.21 (Wieniawski) Pathé 9560, Paris 1916

Mélodrame de Piccolino from Opéra-Comique “PICCOLINO” (Guiraud) Pathé 9522 5590, Paris 1916

Méditation from “THAÏS” (Massenet arr. Marsick) Pathé 9522 5587, Paris 1916