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JULIAN (YULIAN) GRIGORYEVICH SITKOVETSKY (KIEV, UKRAINE 7 NOVEMBER 1925 – MOSCOW, RUSSIA 23 FEBRUARY 1958)

 

 

 

 

Sitkovetsky was born in Kiev. He started violin lesson at age 4, first with his father, then with David Bertie at the Central School in Kiev. As a child prodigy, he was chosen to play for Jacques Thibaud at age 8. One year later, he played the Mendelssohn concerto with the Kiev Symphony. In 1939, he enrolled in the Moscow Central Music School, class of Abram Yampolsky, whose students include Leonid Kogan, Igor Besrodny and Rotislav Dubinsky. In 1945 Julian Sitkovetsky won the All Soviet Union Young Performers Competition of piano, cello and violin (Sviatoslav Richter and Mstislav Rostropovich were the winners in piano and cello). In 1947, he shared First Prize at the Prague Festival with Leonid Kogan and Igor Besrodny. He married pianist Bella Davidovich in 1950 and their son Dmitry Sitkovetsky (who became an eminent violinist and conductor) was born four years later. In 1952, he shared Second prize in the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition with Wanda Wilkomirska (first prize was Igor Oistrakh). In 1955 he won Second Prize at the Queen Elizabeth Music Competition. (Of which Yehudi Menuhin said: “…David Oistrakh and I were on the jury…he should have had First Prize…”). Julian Sitkovetsky never toured much, as he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1956. He died in Moscow in 1958 at age 32.

  

 

TRACKLIST

 

The Art of Julian Sitkovetsky

Label: Melody – 33С 10-06827-36

Format: 5 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation

Box-Set

Land: USSR

Published: 1976

Genre: Classical

Style: Classical

First record

Concerto For Violin With Orc. D Minor, Op. 47

Composed By – J. Sibelius

Conductor – Nikolay Anosov

Orchestra – Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

A1a 1. Allegro Moderato

A1b 2. Adagio di Molto

B1 3. Allegro Ma Non Tanto

Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 7

Composed By – N. Paganini

Conductor – Mark Paverman

Orchestra – Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio and Television *

B2 Part 3. Campanella

Second record

Partita No. 2 for Violin Solo in D Minor, BWV 1004

Composed By – J. S. Bach

C1a 1. Allemante

C1b 2. Courante

C1c 3. Sarabande

C1d 4. Gigue

D1 5. Chaconne

D2 Sonata No. 6 for Violin Solo in E Major, Op. 27 No. 6

Composed By – E. Ysa e

Third record

Sonata No. 26 for Violin and Piano, B Flat Major, KV 378

Composed By – W. A. Mozart

Piano – Bella Davidovich

E1a 1. Allegro Moderato

E1b 2. Andantino Sostenuto E Cantabile

E1c 3. Round. Allegro

F1 Scherzo No. 2, C Minor, Op. 42 No. 2

Composed By – P. Tchaikovsky

Piano – Bella Davidovich

F2 Song Without Words, in F Major, Op. 2 no 3

Composed By – P. Tchaikovsky

Piano – Vladimir Yampolsky

From “Five Melodies” for Violin and Piano, Op. 35bis

Composed By – S. Prokofiev

Piano – Vladimir Yampolsky

F3a 1. Andante

F3b 2. Lento Ma Non Tanto

F3c 3. Animato Ma Non Allegro

F3d 4. Allegretto Leggero And Scherzando

F4 Preludes, From Op. 34 No. 10, 15, 16, 24

Arranged By – D. Tsyganov

Composed By – D. Shostakovich

Piano – Walter Nahum

Fourth record

G1 Dance of the Witches, Op. 8

Composed By – N. Paganini

Piano – Bella Davidovich

G2 Introductions on a Theme from the Opera “Moses” by G. Rossini

Composed By – N. Paganini

Piano – Bella Davidovich

H1 Konzertstuk

Composed By – C. Saint-Saëns

Piano – Andrey Mytnik

H2 Etude In The Form Of A Waltz, Op. 52 No. 6

Composed By – C. Saint-Saëns

Piano – Vladimir Yampolsky

Fifth record

I1 The Last Rose of Summer, Etude No. 6 For Violin Solo G Minor

Composed By – G. Ernst

I2 Rondo, E minor

Composed By – A. Bazzini

I3 Malaguena, No. 1 from Spanish Dances, Op. 21

Composed By – P. Sarasate

Piano – Bella Davidovich

I4 Habanera No. 2 from Spanish Dances, Op. 21

Composed By – P. Sarasate

Piano – Bella Davidovich

K1 Sonatina, D Major

Composed By – B. Bartok

Piano – Bella Davidovich

K2 Caprice, D Major, Op. 20 No. 3

Composed By – K. Lipinskiy

K3 The myth of the Arethusa Fountain, Op. 30 No. 1

Composed By – K. Szymanowski

Piano – Bella Davidovich

K4 Caprice Cadenza, A Major, Op.10 No. 7

Composed By – H. Wieniawski

K5 Polonaise, D Major, Op.4

Composed By – – H. Wieniawski

Piano – Walter Nahum

Gepresst durch – All-Union Recording Studio

Editor – I. Chumakova

Engineer [restoration and stereophonization] – N. Andreeva

Violin – Julian Sitkovetsky