JOSEPH WHITE: 6 Études | Antal Zalai, violin

The talents of Cuban-born violinist Joseph White (born José Silvestre de los Dolores White y Lafitte) were recognized by the American pianist and composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) who had accompanied him on an early recital. Gottschalk raised the money so the young Afro-Cuban virtuoso could go to Paris and study with Jean-Delphin Alard, one of the great violinists and teachers of his day.
White won the "Premier Prix" at the conservatory in 1855 and received high accolades from such musical giants as Berlioz, Gounod, Rossini, and Saint-Saëns, as well as German violin virtuosi Ferdinand David and Joseph Joachim. Following his 1855 prize (one of several more to come) Joseph White became a major force in the cultural life of Paris for the next twenty years. His Six Etudes, Op. 13, demonstrate to those were never privileged to hear him his absolute command of his instrument.
The overall set is dedicated to Alard with individual studies dedicated to Alard and to four of Europes premiere violinists, Camillo Sivori, Henri Vieuxtemps, Henryk Wienawski, Hubert Léonard, as well as to his fellow Cuban, Secondino Arango.

Etude No 1 (Dedicated to Alard) Allegro moderato 00:00
Etude No 2 (Dedicated to Sivori) Allegro 04:11
Etude No 3 (Dedicated to Vieuxtemps) Moderato 08:10
Etude No 4 (Dedicated to Wieniawski) 12:42
Etude No 5 (Dedicated to Leonard) Allegro ma non troppo 15:18
Etude No 6 (Dedicated to Secundino Arango from Havana) Comodo 18:32

Antal Zalai, violin • Budapest, October 2023.
This unedited recording was made in a storage room.
Equipment used: iPhone 12; Shure MV88 microphone.

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