Christian Ferras (1933-82; he committed suicide aged 49)
Kreisler’s first-movement cadenza.
Christian Ferras’s Deutsche Grammophon recordings with Herbert von Karajan & the Berlin Philharmonic – Violin Concertos by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky; all from the 1960s.
It is so sad we lost Ferras so early in his career.
I remember his Sibelius appearing on DG. Not only for its impeccable playing but for the painting of a young Sibelius not widely known at that time.
I had never seen it and it immediately began to shape my thinking of Sibelius, not as the old sage but as a young Turk with fire in his belly and romance in his heart
You are generous Col in sharing these recordings.
A lovely Easter surprise.
Thanks.
All of the above Ferras/HvK recordings, plus much more, are available in an Eloquence box of nineteen CDs, presented in the original artwork.
https://www.eloquenceclassics.com/releases/christian-ferras-edition/