Description

• Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
• Editor: Peter Jost
• Fingering: Augustin Hadelich
• Instrumentation (this edition): Piano Reduction, Violin
• Originally for: Violin, Orchestra
• Work: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28
• Binding:
• ISMN: 9790201812380
• Size: 9.3 x 12.2 inches
• Pages: 39
• Urtext / Critical Edition

Description

This highly virtuosic concert piece, composed in 1863, is one of the works that Saint-Saëns wrote especially for his friend Pablo de Sarasate. The great violin virtuosos of the 19th century delighted their audiences with it – first the dedicatee himself, then later, most notably, Eugène Ysaÿe. “It’s a kind of fantasy waltz in the Spanish manner, enchanting in its effect”, wrote a music critic back in 1876. Today, this work is in the repertoire of all the great violinists.