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EDE ZATHURECZKY (SPIŠSKÁ NOVÁ VES, 24 AUGUST, 1903 – BLOOMINGTON, 31 MAY, 1959)

 

 

 

 

He applied to the Academy of Music at the age of fourteen following the generation of Stefi Geyer, Ferenc Vecsey and József Szigeti. Despite his young age Hubay admitted him into his own class directly, where he became one of the favorite students of the master soon. Zathureczky earned his artist degree in May of 1922, and was launched on his career ascending steeply in next January by his concert under the baton of his master in which his talent was discovered by the impresarios being present. He went to four very successful tours to Italy between 1923 and 1928, giving more than a hundred concerts there altogether and his fame surpassed even the ones of the greatest violinists. In the meantime he also performed in several other cities of Europe and in 1925 in America with success, playing under the baton of Bruno Walter in New York. In 1929 he was invited to teach at the Academy of Music by his former master. He established a close artistic collaboration with Béla Bartók in the middle of the 1930s. From the autumn of 1943 Zathureczky was appointed director at the Academy of Music as a successor of Dohnányi, though he could not conduct a peaceful creative work due to external conditions. Among the storms of World War II his tasks were the preservation of the values survived and then the guidance of the reconstruction following the devastation; while in the 1940s his margins were limited by the expectations of new political trends. At the same time the three years after 1946 brought the second golden age of the artistry of Zathureczky. His instrument could be heard at almost all the significant musical centers of Europe, he got acquainted with several composers personally that resulted in the enrichment of his repertoire with contemporary works. In November of 1956 he traveled to Vienna in connection with a radio recording, from where – being persuaded by friends who got a scholarship for him – he continued his travel to the United States of America. He undertook the position of Head of Violin Department at Indiana University in Bloomington from the academic year of 1957/1958, though he was working on the preparation of his returning to Hungary. However on May 31 of 1959 he suddenly died, and similarly to Bartók he could return to his home country no more.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

 

The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexandr Plocek, Karel Šejna, Ede Zathureczky – Ludwig van Beethoven/ Romance in G Major, Op. 40/ Romance in F Major, Op. 50

Label:  Supraphon – SUH 20284

Format: Vinyl, LP, 10″, Mono

Country: Czechoslovakia

Genre:  Classical

Style: Classical, Baroque, Romantic, Modern

Romance in G Major, Op. 40

Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven

Conductor – Karel Šejna

Orchestra – The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Violin – Alexandr Plocek

A2 Romance in F Major, Op. 50

Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven

Conductor – Karel Šejna

Orchestra – The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Violin – Alexandr Plocek

B1 Pastorale Gentile

Composed By – Girolamo Frescobaldi

Piano – Michal Karin

Violin – Ede Zathureczky

B2 The Dragon Fly

Composed By – Zsolt Nándor

Piano – Michal Karin

Violin – Ede Zathureczky

B3 Valse No. 15 A Major

Composed By – Johannes Brahms

Piano – Michal Karin

Violin – Ede Zathureczky

B4 For Children

Composed By – Béla Bartók

Piano – Michal Karin

Violin – Ede Zathureczky

Pressed By – Gramofonové Závody – MM 429

Pressed By – Gramofonové Závody – MM 474

Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): MM 429/0 1A1B

Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): MM 474/P 1A1B