Philippe Hirshhorn playing Lekeu Sonata II Mov Part.1

[buxter]

One of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.

[ilnvita]

Special soul..

[yuehchopin]

sehr sehr gut, danke!

[violinpluspiano]

Reminds me of Josef Hassid, also, sadly taken away far too soon. Lekeu's Sonata reminds me of the music of Faure`, but not as 'complicated'. Let me humbly join my fellow co-admirers in saying, indeed, his playing is simply 'angelic', though he is with the angels now & no longer with us.

[glantz91]

Yes, Faure indeed! With the never "ostinato" harmonies, always shifting... (:

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Best recording of this piece ever

[alexandrakuhl]

Bellissima, stunning, he's flying up there with the angels...if anyone has more videos or audio to post here, please do!

[calloffthedogs]

maybe he made the gods jealous.

[paulostroff99]

Stunning! Bravo! TY.

[michaelhegeman]

Beautiful!

[heifetzcollection]

Hello everybody.

The sonata was recorded with the pianist Jean-Claude VANDEN EYNDEN, in December 1991, at the Conservatoire Royal, Liege (Belgium).

It appeared on a CD Ricercar Secondo, reference RIS 104091.

Their playing of this sonata is simply miraculous.

By the way, I collect rare Heifetz recordings- I would be glad to trade with other Heifetz fans!

[henze11]

thank you very much .. I did not know that record ..

Unfortunately, there are only 2 drives him .. one of which is devoted to concert of Queen Elizabeth ..

I love what this musician .. I think it was very far and very high .. French, it is said popularly, "tutoyer les anges" ( close angels ).. perhaps, a little higher yet ..

[Erebuni2010]

This man knew what the real peace in mind is. Such wise playing - BEAUTIFUL!!

[violin03]

Thanks.

[violin03]

Do you have the whole thing?

[tz712]

Sadly, the fact is the slow movement is the only part of the piece came to me by accident.

[muse1971]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful music.

I have a few recordings of him but this is so beautiful. His sound seems not from this world.

It is from heaven.

[muse1971]

Do you know when and where this was recorded?

He was my teacher for very short time.

unfortunately he passed away when I got there to study with him.

But he is always in my mind.

I am still listening his recordings.

And this recording is heart breaking!

[electriscape]

How did you get to study with him? I heard about a violin academy in Belgium(is it in Belgium?) that is under his name, but I've had a hard time trying to find anything about him. I adore his playing (so magical and heartfelt!) and would love to find out more about him. I would also really like to see more videos of him if you know where I could find them.

[muse1971]

I got to study with him in Utrecht, Holland. I think he hold the position as a professor both at Utecht consevatory and in Belgum at the same time. I remember seeing his documentary on TV after he passed away.

Some of my friends had that whole video.

Probably Belgian TV(do not know exact name) has a lot of his recordings and video.