The Devil's Trill

[pweg]

Hi all

i was wondering if i could ask the community if there were any really good versions of The Devil's Trill i should seek out?

I'm currently listening to this version which i love.

 

[astrotoy]

The brilliant young Japanese violinist Tatsuki Narita has the Tartini Devil's Trill on a very fine album, only available on tape, through UltraAnalogue tapes in Canada. The tape (15ips 2 track) is amazing sounding and also includes Kreisler Prelude and Allegro and the Sarasate Carmen Fantasy. The pianist is Yun-Yang Lee. Highly recommended if you have the ability to play 15ips 2 track tape.

Larry

 

[pweg]

The brilliant young Japanese violinist Tatsuki Narita has the Tartini Devil's Trill on a very fine album, only available on tape, through UltraAnalogue tapes in Canada. The tape (15ips 2 track) is amazing sounding and also includes Kreisler Prelude and Allegro and the Sarasate Carmen Fantasy. The pianist is Yun-Yang Lee. Highly recommended if you have the ability to play 15ips 2 track tape.

Larry

thx Larry

at this stage, no tape

 

[Edward Pong]

Hi all

i was wondering if i could ask the community if there were any really good versions of The Devil's Trill i should seek out?

I'm currently listening to this version which i love.

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Interesingly, I came across your post on the Devil's Trill... I'm happy to tell you I've just released the tape Larry's talking about on Digital Download along with Tatsuki's 24 Paganini Caprices recordings...

In 2016 he played a live concert of the 24 Caprices of Paganini... with 2 intermissions, it was an unbelievable feat, never played in a live concert...

That video us here:

. He's playing gut strings in these recordings, true to Paganini's time...

We also made a "studio" recording of the 24 Caprices, which has a slightly softer, more musical sound...it is these studio recordings in the downloads.

The 4 downloads are:
1) Paganini Caprices No.1-8
2) Paganini Caprices No.9-18
3) Paganini Caprices No.19-24, Sarasate - Habanera
4) Violin Favourites: Kreisler - Prelude & Allegro, Tartini - Devil's Trill, Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy

Violin Favourites was also played on gut strings... amazing performances!

Please have a look: https://ultraanaloguerecordings.com/new/shop-digital-downloads/

Ed

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[bonzo75]

Hi all

i was wondering if i could ask the community if there were any really good versions of The Devil's Trill i should seek out?

I'm currently listening to this version which i love.

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You have to get the Oistrakh original, only available in mono, for over a 1000. It is absolutely brilliant. Everything else pales to it.

 

[asiufy]

I like this piece a lot, and of course, I like Oistrakh... @bonzo75 do you have a catalog # for this version?
And @pweg, can I get a catalog # for yours too?

Thanks,
Alex

 

[bonzo75]

I like this piece a lot, and of course, I like Oistrakh... @bonzo75 do you have a catalog # for this version?
And @pweg, can I get a catalog # for yours too?

Thanks,
Alex

https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/4143844?ev=rb&sort=condition%2Cdesc

The NM on this link is listed at 1400 GBP. you will need a mono cart like Miya Zero/Infinity to get the best out of it.

Here is the YT of the warner reissue (not as good) second movement.

 

[jhaleyesq]

I have collected quite a few recordings of the Devil's Trill sonata, which I love. We usually find it with the piano accompaniment (a realization from figured bass) done by Kreisler, but in a very authentic way, without his usual 20th century re-harmonizations. Oistrakh 's recordings are very well done and beautiful. Other standouts are Szeryng's recording (it appeared as a filler on the RCA Victrola LP of his fine Tchaikovsky violin concerto with Munch/BSO), and especially Ricardo Odnoposoff's fantastic one, which I have on a CD collection of his recordings. Sorry to do this, but the very best one I have ever heard is a totally spectacular unreleased live recording by the great virtuoso Henri Temianka, which is also the only recording I know which is accompanied by Kreisler's excellent orchestration of the accompaniment. I have the original tape and will be releasing it on HDTT before long.

 

[zerostargeneral]

The Temianka is supreme but this:

 

[bonzo75]

 

[bonzo75]

 

[adrianywu]

Here is another one worth considering. Early stereo. The original release is less expensive than the Oistrakh. I read Milstein's autobiography. He had the same teacher as Oistrakh in Odessa, and performed together in some classes even though he was four years older.