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Broadcast from Main Hall in Carnegie Hall - April 17, 1950 Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 1 in f# minor, Op. 14. National Orchestral Association Charles Blackman, conductor
Bell Telephone Hour - August 7, 1950 Michael Rabin's debut on The Telephone Hour Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song Paganini: Caprice No. 17 in Eb Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e minor, Op. 64 - III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
Bell Telephone Hour - December 11, 1950 Mendelssohn. Song without Words, Op. 19, No. 1 Kreisler. Tambourin Chinois Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 - III. Finale (Allegro vivacissimo)
Bell Telephone Hour - July 9, 1951 Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 10 Kroll: Banjo and Fiddle Lalo : Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21 - V. Rondo (Allegro)
Bell Telephone Hour - October 22, 1951 Godowsky-Heifetz: Alt Wien Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 - I. Allegro moderato
Bell Telephone Hour - December 17, 1951 Brahms-Heifetz: Contemplation Kreisler: Caprice Viennois Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Broadcast from Main Hall in Carnegie Hall - December 12, 1951 Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 1 in f# minor, Op. 14. New York Philharmonic Dimiti Mitropoulos, conductor
Bell Telephone Hour - Carnegie Hall - April,28 1952 Bach Double Violin Concerto 1st Move with Zino Francescatti
Bell Telephone Hour - June 9, 1952 Glazunov: Violin Concerto in a minor, Op. 82 - III. Allegro Mendelssohn-Heifetz: Song without Words (Sweet Remembrance) Wieniawski-Kreisler: Etude-Caprice in a minor, Op. 18, No. 4 Wieniawski: Polonaise in D
Bell Telephone Hour - November 10, 1952 Chopin-Milstein: Nocturne in c# minor De Falla-Kreisler: Spanish Dance (from "La vida breve") Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20, No. 1
Bell Telephone Hour - August 17, 1953 Engel-Zimbalist: Sea-Shell Kreisler: Old Refrain Scriabin-Szigeti: Etude in Db ("Etude in Thirds"), Op. 8, No. 10 Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5 in a minor - Cadenza / II. Adagio / III. Allegro con fuoco
Bell Telephone Hour - November 9, 1953 Sarasate: Carmen Fantasie - movs III. and IV. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e minor, Op. 64 - I. Allegro molto appassionato
Standard Hour Broadcast from Santa Barbara California - 1953 Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 1 in f# minor, Op. 14 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Alfred Wallenstein, Conductor
Bell Telephone Hour - May 10, 1954 Saint-Saens: Havanaise, Op. 83 Debussy-Hartmann: La fille aux cheveux de lin Paganini-Kreisler: Moto perpetuo
Broadcast from Main Hall in Carnegie Hall - May, 1954 Glazunov: Violin Concerto in a minor, Op. 82 New York Philharmonic Orchestra Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor
Broadcast - July 2 1954 Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 1 in f# minor, Op. 14 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Alfred Wallenstein, Conductor
Bell Telephone Hour - August 23, 1954 Moszkowski-Sarasate : Guitarre Elgar : La capricieuse, Op. 17 Kreisler: Liebeslied Novacek: Moto perpetuo
Bell Telephone Hour - March 28, 1955 Rachmaninov-Kreisler: Variation 18 from Rhapsodie on a theme by Paganini Suk: Burleska (Four Pieces, Op. 17, No. 4) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 - III. Finale (Allegro vivacissimo)
Bell Telephone Hour - May 16, 1955 16th Anniversary Telephone Hour Broadcast including Michael Rabin saying his name Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e minor, Op. 64 - III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace Massenet: Elegie (with Brian Sullivan, tenor) This programme was issued on a Bell Telephone comemorative LP
Bell Telephone Hour - June 13, 1955 Dvorak-Kreisler: Slavonic Dance in e minor Kreisler: La Chasse Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 - III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
Bell Telephone Hour - October 24, 1955 Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song Kroll: Banjo and Fiddle Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20, No. 1
Bell Telephone Hour - June 18, 1956 Engel- Zimbalist: Sea-Shell Mendelssohn-Heifetz: Song without Words (Sweet Remembrance) Prokofiev-Heifetz: March from "Love for Three Oranges" Saint-Saëns-Ysaÿe : Caprice d'apres (Étude en forme de valse), Op. 52, No. 6
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Bell Telephone Hour - September 10, 1956 Kreisler: Old Refrain Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 - I. Allegro moderato
Broadcast - Januar 28, 1957 Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op.63 Koelner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester (WDR Broadcast Orchestra) Andre Cluytens, Conductor
Bell Telephone Hour - June 3, 1957 Sarasate: Romanza Andaluza Wieniawski-Francescatti. Caprice in a minor Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra - III. Andante sostenuto & IV. Finale
Bell Telephone Hour - February 3, 1958 Godowsky-Heifetz: Alt Wien Gardner: From the Cane Break Sarasate: Habañera (Spanish Dances, Op. 23, No. 2) Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26 - III. Finale (Allegro energico)
Broadcast - March 1, 1960 Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 National Orchestral Association John Barnett, Conductor
Broadcast - Philharmonic Auditoriam Los Angeles - November 17, 1960 Creston Violin Concerto No 2 op 78 (World Premier) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra George Solti conductor
Broadcast from Sender Fries (Berlin) - October 17, 1961 Faure - Violin Sonata No.1 in A major, Op 13 Sarasate - Zapateado, Op.23/2 Lothar Broddack, Piano Paganini - From 24 Capricen, op.1 - No.5, 9, 13, 14, 17, 24 Ysaye - Sonata for solo violin No.3 "Ballade", Op.27/3
Broadcast - November 10, 1961 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 Philadelphia Orchestra William Smith, Conductor
Bell Telephone Hour - February 2, 1962 [soundtrack from color TV broadcast on NBC] Kreisler : Caprice Viennois Kreisler : Tambourin Chinois
Town Hall New York - March 19, 1962 Creston: Violin Concerto No.2, Op.78 (1960) Little Orchestra Society Thomas Scherman, Conductor
Broadcast from Baden-Baden - October 4, 1962 Saint Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 Sudwestfunks Symphony Orchestra, Ernest Bour, Conductor
RIAS broadcast from Berlin - October 30, 1962 Beethoven - Violin Sonata No.8 in G, Op.30/3 Engel-Zimbalist: Sea-Shell Milhaud-Levy: Piece No.8 "Tijuca" from the suite Saudades du Brasil Szymanowski: Three Mythen , Op.30 - No.1 "La Fontaine d'Arethuse" Spalding: Dragonfly for Solo Violin Lothar Borddack, Piano
Broadcast - Ravinia Festival - August 3, 1967 Brahms : Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Rafael Kubelik, Conductor
Broadcast - July 11, 1968 Prokofiev : Violin Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 63. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Andre Vandernoot, Conductor
Broadcast - March 3, 1969 Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Orchestre symphonique de Québec Walter Susskind, Conductor Part of Cadenza missing from this performance
Broadcast - June 12 1969 Sarasate; Malauena Sarasate; Carmen Fantaisia Tchikovsky; Meditation Wieniawski; Caprice in a minor Kroll; Banjo and Fiddel Satasate; Habanera Sarasate; Zapateardo Pianist Lottar Broddack
Broadcast - 1969 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 Montreal Symphony Orchestra Franz-Paul Decker, Conductor Part of Cadenza missing from this performance
Broadcast - January 18, 1970 Beethoven Violin Concerto D dur Op61 first movement only Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra Gregory Malar
WQXR FM New York by Talbert American Corporation - January 20, 1970 Interview with Michael Rabin before solo Saint-Saens - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Op.28 Interview with Michael Rabin before solo Paganini - Caprice No.9, Op.1 "La Chasse" Sarasate - Habanera Op.21 No2 Mitchell Andrews, piano
Broadcast from Severance Hall, Cleveland - November 16, 1971 Bruch - Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra , Op.46 Cleveland Orchestra Arthur Fiedler Conducted by Donald Voorhees **All performance on Bell Telephone Hour are with Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra **
WNYC New York - Michael Rabin Special - date unknown Programme by and with Sara Fishko |
KEY TO ORIGINS AND SOURCES OF THESE ARCHIVE RECORDINGS
This list has been compiled with information supplied from collectors of "Off the Air" throughout the world. Any additional information will be gratefully acknowledged Origins of recordings and Corrections and additional information Jack Bell of Chicago
Steve Winkler
Tom Vendetti
William Palmer
Daniel Orenstein
Michael Waiblinger(MW)
and a very generous New York collector(J.A.)
KEY TO ORIGINS AND SOURCES OF THESE ARCHIVE RECORDINGS Date format of "off the air" recording DD/MM/YY
Michael Rabin - The Commercial Recordings
"Rabin's fantastic....[he] sails trough the difficult Paganini with a display of technical virtuosity to make you gasp. The agility with which he hurdles the staccati, his precise double-stopping; and the sheer virility of his attack virtually overpower a work celebrated for its formidable difficulty..." John Thornton in HiFi Stereo Review (January 1961)
PAGANINI Caprices op 1
Nos 1 5 9 11 13 14 16 17 18 21 24 Columbia Masterworks ML2168 recorded May 19 1950 (nos 1 13 16 18) recorded May 25 1950 (nos 14 17 21 11)1.Dvorak - Slavonic Dance op 10 No 2 E moll 2.Wieniawski - Etude A moll op 18 No 4 3.Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy op 25 Finale 4.Kreisler - La Chasse op 2 5.Engle - Sea Shells (arr Zimbalsit) 6.Kroll - Banjo and Fiddle Artur Balsam (piano) Columbia Masterworkes LP AAL 30 (10") recorded March 5 1952 (items 1 5 6) recorded March 18 1952 (items 2 3 4) >
MICAEL RABIN PLAYS
Paganini - Perpetuuum Mobile op 11 Novacek - Perpetuuum Mobile op 5 Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen op 20 No 1 Columbia Symphony orchestr conducted Donald Voorhees Columbia AL38 (10") recorded January 29 1953
MICAEL RABIN AND DONALD VOORHEES
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted Matacic (Cadenza by Carl Flesch) Columbia 33CX 1281 recorded December 1954
PAGANINI Violin Concerto in D major op 6
GLAZOUNOV Violin Concerto in A op 82
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted Matacic Columbia 33CX 1281 recorded December 1954Bach - Solo Sonata No 3 C dur Ysaye - Solo Sonata op27 No 3 D moll "Ballade" Dedicated to Georges Enescu Ysaye - Solo Sonata op27 No 4 C moll Dedicated to Fritz Kreisler Angel 35302 Recorded in 1955
MICHAEL RABIN
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted Alceo Galliera Columbia 33CX 1422 recorded 1956
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto D dur op 35
SAINT-SAENS Introduction and Rondo Cappriccioso op 28
Violin and Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra conducted Alceo Galliera Columbia 33CX 1422 recorded 1956Philharmonia Orchestra conducted Sir Adrian Boult Columbia 33CX 1538 recorded 1957
BRUCH Scottish Fantasy op 46
WIENIAWSKY Violin Concerto No 1 F# moll op 14
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted Sir Adrian Boult Columbia 33CX 1538 recorded 1957 Capital PBR 8477Recorded 5 -9 September 1958
PAGANINI 24 caprices op 1
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted Sir Aidrian Boult Columbia 33CX 1597 reorded 1958
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concert E moll op 64
RAVEL Tzigane (Rhapsody de Concert) (1924)
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted Sir Aidrian Boult Columbia 33CX 1597 reorded 1958SAINT-SAENS Havanaise op 83
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted Sir Aidrian Boult Columbia 33CX 1597 reorded 1958Chopin - Nocturne op 27 No2 Wieniawski - Caprice A moll Mompou - Jeunes Filles au Jardin No 5 Scriabin - Etude in Thirds op 8 No 10 Debussy - La plus Que Lente - valse (1910) Sarasate - Habanera op 21 Elgar - La Capricieuse op 17 Engle - Sea Shells (arr Zimbalist) Sarasate - Zapateado op 23 Ravel - Piece en form de Habanera Prokofiev - March (Love of Three Oranges) op 33 (1919) Suk - No 4 Burleska Leon Pommers piano Capitol SP 8506 recorded 1958
MOSSAICS
Kreisler - Caprice Viennois op 2 Dinicu-Heifetz - Hora Staccato Massenet - Meditation "Thais" Sarsate - Zigeunerweisen op 20 No 1 Paganini - Kreisler - Moto Perpetuo Brandl - Kreisler - The Old Refrain Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumble Bee Saint-Saens - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Conducted Felix Slatkin Capital K60690 recorded 1960
THE MAGIC BOW
The Paganini Moto Perpetuo on this disc was recorded in one take. The story goes that the engineer wanted to get sound levels. Rabin started the Paganini and immediately everyone realised it was something special and within a fraction of a second conductor orchestra and soloist were as one. It was decided to issue the take for its perfection and sheer driving pace. As one listens to it, it is indeed one of those great moments in the recording history of the violin - thank you Michael Rabin.MICHAL RABIN IN MEMORIAM
The Magic Bow was later reissued on Seraphin label S-60199Philharmonia Orchestra conducted Sir Eugene Goossens (Cadenza by Carl Flesch) Capital K70434 recorded 1960
PAGANINI Violin Concerto in D major op 6
WIENIAWSKY Violin Concerto No 2 D moll op 22
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted Sir Eugene Goossens Capital K70434 recorded 1960
Michael Rabin - The Motion Pictures
RHAPSODY
MGM 1954 Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Vittorio Gassman Sound Track recorded by Michel Rabin Who does not appear in the film
Brahms Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E moll op 64 (Fragment) Saint-Saens Debussy La plus Que Lente - valse (1910) Paganini Caprice op1/#5 A moll Scale Passage Sarasate Zigeunerweisen op 26 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto D dur op 35 (Fragment) Claudio Arrau (piano)
Young Michael Rabin who celebrated his seventeenth birthday while recording the sound track for the motion picture "Rhapsody" plays through some of the music used in the film for two of the directors
Michael Rabin - The Video Recordings
Telecast "Milton Berl Show Texaco Star Theater" - May 29 1951
Kreisler Tambourin Chinois op 3
Telecast "Carnegie Hall" - 1954
Schubert Duo Sonata A op 162 1st Movement
Brahms Violin Sonata in D minor op 108 2nd Movement David Garvey piano
Telecast "Bell Telephone Hour" - 1960
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto D Major op 35 3rd Movement
Telecast "Bell Telephone Hour" - 1962
Kreisler Caprice viennois Kreisler Tambouin chinois
When Originally I wrote... Michael Rabin played on a beautiful example of the Cremonese maker Guarnerius del Gesu dated 1737. The 1737 violin can be seen to advantage in the photograph on page 172 of "How they Play" Volume 3. In "Michael Rabin Remembered - Henry Roth May 1986 Strad Magazine pages 44-47,on page 46 the date is again given as 1737 This was the only information I was able to include in this section at that time. Jack Bell of Chicago then contacted me to point out that the date was incorrect and that he had seen the violin when he met Michael Rabin who had told him that his violin was dated 1735. Years later Jack Bell in a meeting with Kyung Wha Chung after a concert when she had performed a Prokofiev concerto discovered that she had played on Rabin's violin that evening and she also gave the date of the violin as 1735. The violin as far as is know is still in the possession of the Kyung Wha Chung. After further research the following facts have come to light. The violin used by Michael Rabin was the Guarnerius del Gesu of 1735 "The Townley" some previous known keepers of the violin were Jan Kubelik (1880 - 1940)then Ferenc von Vecsey(1893 - 1935). From the time Michael Rabin acquired this violin, it was the only violin he used until his death and we are informed that it was used for all his recordings and concerts. In concert notices for Michael Rabin's 1971-72 season there is mention that he plays on a magnificent 1735 del Gesu violin. Details of the "Townley" del Gesu come from the Jaeger,Emmanuel. Laurent,Frederic and Molkhou, Jean-Michel, "Encyclopedia of the Violin"(1997) Multimedia CD. The story of "The Townley" 1735 violin, while in the hands of von Vecsey can be found in the Peter Longo book "The Violins of von Vecsey" ed SIEI. Unless the damage is corrected it would not be difficult to recognise this violin in a photograph or close up at a concert, especially a TV concert. It is distinguishable by the damage to the varnish on the right at the end of the finger-board (e-string side). This can be clearly seen in the photograph below. Michael Rabin - The Violin
Copyright Cheniston K Roland O.L. (Violin Historian) October 2000
Telecast "Famous Violinists and their Insruments" - 1969
A documentary in which Rabin talks about and shows his del Gesu violin.
Michael Rabin - The Bibliography
This first, authorized biography of one of the 20th century’s greatest violinists chronicles the life of Michael Rabin from his young boyhood to his premature death at the age of 35. By his teen years in the 1950s, he had already joined the ranks of violin greats and he was being compared to Heifetz, Milstein, Stern, and Francescatti. Lovingly detailed, rich in music history and drama, this biography documents the many forces that shaped Rabin’s extraordinary life and career, from his meteoric rise to his surprising decline. Feinstein charts Rabin’s many artistic successes, as well as his struggles to make the transition from wunderkind to adult virtuoso,and sheds light on the true reasons for his fall from grace, debunking the many rumors that surrounded him during that time. Feinstein also clarifies the facts relating to Rabin’s sudden death. What emerges is a unique profile of a prodigious talent and a tragic life. (from Amadeus Press web site)Fieinstein, Anthony. Michal Rabin, America's Virtuoso Violinist (2005),Amadeus Press, New
Jersey. An illustrated biography
Applebaum, Samuel & Sada The Way They Play Vol 3 (1975), Paganini Press New York pages 157 - 169. An illustrated article
Campbell, Margaret The Great Violinists(1980), Granada Publishing London page 275
Roth, Henry Violin Virtuosos From Paganini to the 21 Century (1997) California Classic Books Los Angeles. The author has some interesting comments and observations on the violinist Michael Rabin
Schwartz, Boris Great Masters of the Violin(1983) Robert Hale London pages 566 - 568. photo page 564 A profile of Michael Rabin
Michael Rabin - The Articles
Profile - December 1950 Strad Magazine
The Making of a Violinist - as told to Rose Heylbut - Etude Magazine August 1952
Obituary - (3 lines) - March 1972 Strad Magazine page 535
Michael Rabin Remembered - Henry Roth May 1986 Strad Magazine pages 44-47
Michael Rabin Story - Time Magazine (date unknown)
Michael Rabin - The World Wide Web Pages
Michael Rabin Collection in University of Mishigan Library This site contains detailed information of its holdings of personal papers belonging to the late Michael Rabin together with music scores annotated by both Michael Rabin and his teacher Ivan Galamian
Some Interesting recordings An alphabetical list of recordings(incomplete)
Michael Rabin Home Page Some interesting information
Michael Rabin - The Devotees
Michael Rabin Yahoo GroupThis group although small at the moment, is run by a very enthusiastic young man Scott Bosley. It was because of this group and its activities that I was motivated to compile this web page.
My eternal thanks to Jack Bell of Chicago and William Palmer for taking the time to proof read
this page and suggest corrections.
If you have any additional information about Michael Rabin please e-mail me from this page Cheniston K Roland I would be delighted to credit you with your entry.Cheniston K Roland O.L. (Violin Historian) Copyright August 2000
Corrections & new information added 29 August 2006
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