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ENDRE WOLF (BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, 6 NOVEMBER, 1913 – SWEDEN, BLENTARP, 29 MARCH, 2011)

 

 

 

 

Wolf was born in Budapest to a Jewish family from Chernivtsi in Ukraine and raised in Hungary. His mother was a seamstress and his father a watchmaker from Chernivtsi, Ukraine. When he was four, Wolf persuaded his parents to buy him a violin and he was taught by the well known Hungarian musician Jenő Hubay along with Leó Weiner. He received his musical education at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and in 1936 was offered a post at the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden. The Hungarian police refused to give him a passport but after his aunt showed them a letter from Gothenburg and told them, “Here is another opportunity to get rid of a Jew”, he was allowed to leave Hungary to spend the war in neutral Sweden and emigrate to England after the war. Between 1954 and 1964, Wolf was a professor at the Academy of Music in Manchester and was elected to the Royal Academy of Music in 1973. He made appearances in the Henry Wood Proms and Royal Albert Hall in London. Endre Wolf played on a violin by Omobono Stradavari. He married twice, first to a German woman named Antoinette which ended in divorce during his time in Manchester and second to violinist Jennifer Nuttall-Wolf who was a professor at the Malmö Academy of Music. Wolf died in Sweden in 2011, aged 97.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 I. Allegro ma non troppo (Cadenza Joseph Joachim) (Beethoven)
2. Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 II. Largo (Beethoven)
3. Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 III. Rondo – Allegro (Cadenza – Joseph Joachim) (Beethoven)

Public concert in the Concert Hall of Gothenburg, February 25, 1973. The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Sergiu Commissiona, conductor. Recorded by Sven Kruckenberg for the domestic tape archive

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Sergiu Commissiona, Conductor

4. Sonata [No. 102634] in B Flat Major for Violin and Piano, K 378 (K 317 d) I. Allegro (Mozart)
5. Sonata [No. 102634] in B Flat Major for Violin and Piano, K 378 (K 317 d) II. Andantino sostenuto e cantabile (Mozart)
6. Sonata [No. 102634] in B Flat Major for Violin and Piano, K 378 (K 317 d) III. Rondeau. Allegro – Allegro – Come prima (Mozart)

Recorded by Swedish Radio, Studio 4, Stockholm, March 25, 1969. The archive of radio recordings, 5452-68/1458, tape.

Hans Leygraf, Piano

7. Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7 I. Sehr langsam – Rasch – Sehr langsam – Bewegt (Webern) Recorded by Swedish Radio, Studio 4, Stockholm, April 4, 1972. The archive of radio recordings 5452-72/1289, tape.

Hans Leygraf, Piano

 

Tchaikovsky / Bruch, Endre Wolf With The Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Erik Tuxen, Thomas Jensen – Violin Concerto In D Op. 35 / Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor Op. 26

Label: Mercury – MG 10064

Series: Tono Series

Format:

Records, LP, Mono

Country: US

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35

Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

A1 Allegro Moderato

A2 Canzonette: Andante

A3 Finale: Allegro Vivacissimo

Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor Op. 26

Composed By – Max Bruch

B1 Allegro Moderato

B2 Adagio

B3 Finale (Energy Allegro)

Conductor – Erik Tuxen (tracks: B), Thomas Jensen (tracks: A )

Orchestra – Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra

Violin – Endre Wolf

 

1-3. Brahms, Endre Wolf, Sinfonia Of London, Anthony Collins – Concerto For Violin And Orchestra In D Major

Label: World Record Club – T 30

Series: World Record Treasures

Format: Records, LP, Club Edition, Mono

Page: UK

Release date: 1959

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Violin Concerto In D Major, Opus 77

A I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo

B1 II. Adagio

B2 III. Allegro Giocoso, Ma Non Troppo Vivace

Recording company – The World Record Club Limited

Recording Studio – Hammersmith Town Hall

Composed By – Brahms

Conductor – Anthony Collins

Design [Sleeve] – David Ogden

Orchestra – Sinfonia Of London

Violin – Endre Wolf

4. Sonata No. 10 in G Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 96 I. Allegro moderato (Beethoven)
5. Sonata No. 10 in G Major for violin and piano, Op. 96 II. Adagio espressivo (Beethoven)
6. Sonata No. 10 in G Major for violin and piano, Op. 96 III. Scherzo Allegro Trio (Beethoven)
7. Sonata No. 10 in G Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 96 IV. Poco Allegretto – Adagio – Allegro – Poco Adagio – Presto (Beethoven)

Recorded by Swedish Radio, Studio 3, November 29, 1967. Not preserved in the archive of radio recordings. Aircheck by Endre Wolf, March 21, 1968, tape.

Hans Leygraf, Piano