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BRONISLAV GIMPEL (LEMBERG, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, PART OF POLISH GALICIA (NOW LVIV, UKRAINE), JANUARY 29, 1911 – LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, MAY 1, 1979)

 

 

 

 

He was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (then part of Polish Galicia; now Lviv, Ukraine) to a family of Jewish origin. Gimpel’s grandfather, Jaakov Ber Gimpel, founded the Jewish Theatre in Lviv. His father, Samuel, originally a clarinetist, also played the violin and conducted the small theatre orchestra in which Bronislav performed at about eight years of age. Gimpel’s older brother, Jakob Gimpel, became a noted concert pianist who also recorded music for motion pictures, while his eldest brother, Carol, was a gifted pianist who accompanied Bronislav on his 1926 concert tour of Italy.

Gimpel began piano and violin lessons with his father at the age of five. At eight, he entered the Lwów Conservatory, studying with Maurycy Wolfsthal. After 1922 he continued his studies with Robert Pollak at the Vienna Conservatory. In 1925, at the age of fourteen, he performed the Goldmark Violin Concerto with the Vienna Symphony. The following year, an extended concert tour in Italy brought him a series of triumphs of historic proportions, including command performances before King Victor Emmanuel III and Pope Pius XI, as well as invitations to play Paganini’s celebrated Guarneri violin and to perform at the virtuoso’s grave.

While touring Italy in June 1926, Gimpel was presented with a silver box inlaid with precious stones, inscribed “From one infant prodigy to another.” It was gifted to him by Gabriele d’Annunzio, who also gave him a signed photograph and advised him: “Always love your art more than your notoriety.” Tours of South America and Europe soon followed. In 1928–29 he studied at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik under Prof. Carl Flesch, after which he continued his solo career while holding concertmaster positions in Königsberg and Gothenburg.

Gimpel immigrated to the United States in 1937. On the initiative of Otto Klemperer, he became concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in July of that year. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1942 until the end of World War II, he resumed his European solo career, receiving once again wide acclaim. In 1963 he founded The Warsaw Piano Quintet with Władysław Szpilman. His recording of Dvořák’s Violin Concerto is regarded as one of the finest interpretations of this work.

In 1967 Gimpel accepted a professorship at the University of Connecticut, where he led the New England String Quartet. From 1973 he served as professor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England. During this period he also resumed extensive solo appearances throughout Europe, the United States, and South America.

Bronislav Gimpel died in Los Angeles at the age of 68.

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Bronislaw Gimpel – Jean Sibelius / Glazounow, Hokan von Eichwald, Pro Musica Orchester, Stuttgart – Violinkonzert A-moll Op. 82 / Violinkonzert D-moll, Op. 47

Label: Opera – 1046, Pantheon – XP 2680

Format: Vinyl, LP, Club Edition, Mono

Country: Germany

Released: 1956

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

 Violinkonzert A-moll, Op. 82

Composed By – Alexander Glazunov

A1 Moderato

A2 Andante Sostenuto

A3 Più Animato

A4 Allegro

Violinkonzert D-moll, Op. 47

Composed By – Jean Sibelius

B1 Allegro Moderato

B2 Adagio Di Molto

B3 Allegro Ma Non Tanto

Record Company – Europäischer Phonoklub Verlags-GmbH

Conductor – Håkan Von Eichwald

Orchestra – Pro Musica Orchester, Stuttgart

Violin – Bronislaw Gimpel

Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 9550-A

Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 9550-B

 

Beethoven, Orchestre D’Etat De Stuttgart, Walter Davisson – Concerto Triple En Do Majeur Pour Violon, Violoncelle, Piano Et Orchestre, Opus 56

Label: VOX (6) – XPV 1049

Series: Collection Panthéon

Format: Vinyl, LP, 10″

Country: France

Released: 1956

Genre: Classical

Style: Classical

Concerto Triple En Do Majeur Pour Violon, Violoncelle, Piano Et Orchestre, Opus 56

A1 1er Mouvement: Allegro

A2 2è Mouvement: Largo

B1 3è Mouvement: Rondo Alla Polacca

Artwork – Gentil

Cello – Joseph Schuster

Composed By – Beethoven

Conductor – Walter Davisson

Liner Notes – Arthur Holde

Orchestra – Orchestre D’Etat De Stuttgart

Piano – Friedrich Wührer

Violin – Bronislaw Gimpel

UltraHigh Fidelity

Longplaying Microgroove

Matrix / Runout (Side A): XPart 33125 21 – M3 179.037

Matrix / Runout (Side B): XPart 33126 21 – M3 179.038

Other (On Label, Side A): XPart 33125 – M3 179.037

Other (On Label, Side B): XPart 33126 – M3 179.038

 

Ciajkovskij – Johannes Schüler / Orchestra Sinfonica Di Bamberg – Concerto In Re Maggiore Per Violino E Orchestra Op. 35

Label: Curcio – TMC 35

Series: I Tesori Della Musica Classica – 35

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Country: Italy

Released: 1981

Genre: Classical

Concerto In Re Maggiore Per Violino E Orchestra Op. 35

A1 Allegro Moderato

B1 Canzonetta (Andante)

B2 Finale (Allegro Vivacissimo)

Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Conductor – Johannes Schüler

Orchestra – Bamberger Symphoniker

Violin – Bronislaw Gimpel

 

Dvorak, Goldmark, Bronislaw Gimpel, Southwest German Radio Orchestra (Baden-Baden), Rolf Reinhardt – Dvorak & Goldmark Violin Concertos

Label: VOX (6) – PL 10.290

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue

Country: US

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Dvorak Violin Concerto In A Minor, Op. 53

A1 Allegro Ma Non Troppo

A2 Quasi Moderato; Adagio Ma Non Troppo

A3 Finale: Allegro Giocoso, Ma Non Troppo

Goldmark Violin Concerto In A Minor, Op. 28

B1 Allegro Moderato

B2 Andante

B3 Moderato

Pressed By – Allentown Record Co. Inc.

Copyright © – Vox Productions, Inc.

Artwork – Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Conductor – Rolf Reinhardt

Liner Notes – Russell Smith (9)

Mastered By – RVG

Orchestra – Southwest German Radio Orchestra (Baden-Baden)

Violin – Bronislaw Gimpel

Similar to Antonín Dvořák, Karl Goldmark, Bronislaw Gimpel, Südwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden, Rolf Reinhardt – Dvorak & Goldmark Violin Concertos, but no Printed in U.S.A. on cover.

Cover image: “The Harvesters” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Printed in U.S.A. (back cover only).

In Runout date of 4-30-4 the “30” is difficult to read and could be wrong.

Matrix / Runout (Side A): PL-10290-A – M-1413A IG ARC RVG

Matrix / Runout (Side B): PL-10290-B M-1413B IG ARC 4-30-4 RVG

Pressing Plant ID (Labels): A

 

Fritz Kreisler – Bronislaw Gimpel, Pro Musica Orchestra, Stuttgart, Curt Cremer – Gimpel Plays Kreisler

Label: VOX (6) – APL 10,950

Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono

Country: New Zealand

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

A1 Liebesfreud

Composed By – Fritz Kreisler

A2 Liebesleid

Composed By – Fritz Kreisler

A3 Schon Rosmarin

Composed By – Fritz Kreisler

A4 Polichinelle, Serenade

Composed By – Fritz Kreisler

A5 Chanson Arabe From ‘Scheherazade’

Composed By – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

A6 Fugue

Composed By – Giuseppe Tartini

A7 La Gitana

Composed By – Fritz Kreisler

B1 Caprice Viennois

Composed By – Fritz Kreisler

B2 Tambourin Chinois

Composed By – Fritz Kreisler

B3 Marguerite (Album Leaf)

Composed By – Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

B4 Danse Espagnole

Composed By – Manuel De Falla

B5 Praeludium And Allegro

Composed By – Gaetano Pugnani

B6 La Precieuse

Composed By – Louis Couperin

Record Company – Vox Productions (G.B.) Ltd, London

Distributed By – G.A. Wooller & Co. Ltd

Conductor – Curt Cremer

Orchestra – Pro Musica Orchestra, Stuttgart

Violin – Bronislaw Gimpel

Not marked with place of manufacture.

Rear states that GA Wooler is sole New Zealand distributor.

Probably a NZ release, but not certain.

Rights Society: MCPS

 

Henryk Wieniawski – Bronisław Gimpel, Arnold Rezler, Orkiestra Filharmonii Narodowej – Utwory Skrzypcowe (Pieces For Violin And Orchestra)

Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza – SX 0104

Format: Vinyl, LP, Black Label

Country: Poland

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

A1 Polonaise In A Major Op. 21

A2 Polonaise In D Major Op. 4

A3 Dudziarz (The Bagpipper) Characteristic Mazurka Op. 19 No. 2

A4 Kujawiak In A Minor 2:57

A5 Scherzo – Tarantelle IN G Minor Op. 16

B1 Fantasia On Themes From Gounod’s Opera “Faust” In A Major Op. 20

B2 Legende In G Minor Op. 17   7:24

B3 Obertas – Characteristic Mazurka Op. 19 No. 1

Conductor – Arnold Rezler

Orchestra – Orkiestra Filharmonii Narodowej

Rights Society: BIEM

Matrix / Runout (Side A): S3X 207-2 C

Matrix / Runout (Side B): S3X 208-2 C

Johann Sebastian Bach, Bronislav Gimpel – Sonatas (Partitas) For Unaccompanied Violin

Label: Dover Publications – HCR-5229

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Maroon Label

Country: US

Released: 1964

Genre: Classical

Style: Baroque

Sonata No. 1 in G Minor for Unaccompanied Violin

A1 Adagio

A2 Fuga

A3 Siciliano

A4 Presto

Sonata No. 4 in B Minor for Unaccompanied Violin

B1 Allemande

B2 Double

B3 Corrente

B4 Double

B5 Sarabande

B6 Double

B7 Bourrée

B8 Double

Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin – Bronislav Gimpel

RED (Maroon) record labels with SILVER lettering.

Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side 1): HCR 5229 A

Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side 2): HCR 5229 B

Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side 1): PB (overlapping)

Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side 2): PB (overlapping)

Matrix / Runout (Etched Side 1): 7-21-64

Matrix / Runout (Etched Side 2): 7-21-64

Lalo, Bronislav Gimpel, Münchener Philharmoniker, Fritz Rieger – Symphonie Espagnole

Label: Heliodor – 89 544

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo

Country: Germany

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Symphonie Espagnole Für Violine Und Orchester D-moll Op. 21

A1 1. Satz: Allegro Non Troppo

A2 2. Satz: Scherzando: Allegro Molto

A3 3. Satz: Intermezzo: Allegretto Non Troppo

B1 4. Satz: Andante

B2 5. Satz: Rondo: Allegro

Manufactured By – Deutsche Grammophon Hamburg

Made By – Deutsche Grammophon Hamburg

Printed By – Gebrüder Jänecke

Composed By – Edouard Lalo

Conductor – Fritz Rieger

Orchestra – Münchener Philharmoniker

Violin – Bronislav Gimpel

Cover:

– Stereo transcription [se below]

– Printed in Germany by Gebrüder Jänecke, Hannover

– Manufactured by Deutsche Grammophon, Hamburg

Center labels:

– D.P.

– Made in Germany by Deutsche Grammophon Hamburg (rimtext)

[Stereo transcription]:

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Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): ℗ 1956 C6 ◇K 89544 A C 1 Made in Germany

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): ℗ 1956 C6 ◇K 89544 B A 1 Made in Germany

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): ℗ 1956 1 C6 ◇K M 89544 A

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 1 ℗ 1956 C6 ◇K G 89544 B

Paganini, Wieniawski, Glazunov, Bronislaw Gimpel – Violin Concerto, D Major, Op. 6 / Violin Concerto, No. 2, D Minor, Op. 22 / Violin Concerto, A Minor, Op. 82

Label: VOX (6) – PL 10.450

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono

Country: US

Released: 1957

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic, Concerto, Orchestra, String Instrument

A1 Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 6

A2 Violin Concerto In D Major (Mvts. 1 & 2) Op. 22

B1 Violin Concerto In D Major (Mvt. 3) Op. 22

B2 Violin Concerto In A Minor, Op. 82

Arranged By – Wilhelmj (tracks: A1)

Composed By – Glazunov (tracks: B2), Wieniawski (tracks: A2, B1), Paganini (tracks: A1)

Conductor – Hokan Von Eichwald (tracks: B2), Rolf Reinhardt (tracks: A1, A2, B1)

Orchestra – Pro Musica Orchestra, Stuttgart* (tracks: B2), Symphony Orchestra Of The South German Radio, Baden-Baden (tracks: A1, A2, B1)

Violin – Bronislaw Gimpel

RVG Mastered

Matrix / Runout: RVG M1491A ARC

Matrix / Runout: RVG PL-10450-B M-1491B ARC

Tchaikowsky – Bronislaw Gimpel, Orchestre Da La Radio De Baden-Baden, Rolf Reinhardt – Concerto En Ré Majeur Por Violon Et Orchestre, Op. 35

Label: VOX (6) – XPV 1056

Series: Collection Panthéon

Format: Vinyl, LP, 10″, Mono

Country: France

Released: 1958

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Concerto Pour Violon Et Orchestre En Re Majeur, Op. 35

A Allegro Moderato

B1 Canzoneta (Andante)

B2 Finale (Allegro Vivacissime)

Printed By – Imprimerie F. Richir

Copyright © – Vox Productions, Inc.

Composed By – Tchaikowsky

Conductor [Direction] – Rolf Reinhardt

Orchestra – Orchestre de la Radio de Baden-Baden

Sleeve Notes [French] – Charles Stanley (2)

Violin – Bronislaw Gimpel

Sleeve notes in French only

Matrix / Runout (Label side A): X PART. 37.321

Matrix / Runout (Label side B): X Part. 37.322

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): XPV.1056.A. XPART-37321 M3-185598

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): XPART37322 21 M3 186331