Fritz Kreisler, Violin - Praeludium in E Major, J.S. Bach (1912)

Fritz Kreisler, Violin with Piano acc. (by George Falkenstein) – Praeludium (from Partita No. 3 in E Major) (J.S. Bach) Arr. F. Kreisler, Monarch Record Gramophone 1912 (Austria) NOTE: I selected this wonderful recording to celebrate, in the company of best music and best works of the painting masters, the Day of Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. In spite of the gloomy circumstances of the virus epidemy in Europe as well as in other parts of the world, let us however find in our sore hearts a joy, which descends upon us when we remember that sublime and encouraging line from the Gospel: It is Him, Who brought us the Redemption and Who overcame the death... ------------------------------   Fritz KREISLER ( b. 1875 in Vienna – d. 1962 in New York) – Austrian violist and composer, one of the greatest violin vituosos of the 20th Century. Early in his childhood he was educated play the violin, and he performed in public as a child prodigy. In later years he received solid conservatory education in Wien and in Paris, in the age of 12 he was invited to tour in the United States. He returned to Europe to complete his musical education, studying with the French violin and composition masters Léo Delibes and Lambert Massart. In 1899, when he gave a concert with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Arthur Nikisch, which was followed by a series of American tours from 1901 to 1903 that brought him real acclaim. He traveled between Europe and USA for several years and in 1924 he settled in Berlin. In 1933, the anti-Semitic policy of the NSDAP regime made him leave Germany for Paris and to emigrate to USA, where he stayed until his death.