Carl Flesch plays Haëndel sonata

Carl Flesch (1873-1944) plays Haëndel : Sonata in A major, op. 1-14
Recorded 1936
Carl Flesch was a violinist and teacher
Born in Moson in Hungary, Flesch began playing the violin at six years of age. At 10, he was taken to Vienna, and began to study with Jakob Grün. At 17, he left for Paris, and joined the Paris Conservatoire. He later settled in Berlin, and as well as being known for his solo performances in a very wide range of repertoire (from Baroque music to contemporary), gained fame as a chamber music performer and as a violin pedagogue. He published a number of instructional books, including Die Kunst des Violin-Spiels (1923) in which he advocated the concept of the violinist as an artist, rather than merely a virtuoso. Among his pupils were Ida Haendel, Henryk Szeryng, Josef Hassid, Yfrah Neaman, and Eric Rosenblith all of whom achieved considerable fame as both performers and pedagogues. He was consulted by Louis Krasner over technical difficulties in the Violin Concerto by Alban Berg which Krasner was to premiere. Carl Flesch's Scale System is a staple of violin pedagogy.
Flesch owned the Brancaccio Stradivarius, but had to sell it in 1928 after losing all his money on the New York Stock Exchange.
Flesch died in Lucerne.

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[levapk]

Awesome.

[petrof4056]

thanks a lot

[LCLena]

This is wonderful. Carl Flesch is my great grandfather, and my 9-year-old daughter has just started to learn how to play the violin. Remarkably, she is likely the first descendant of Carl Flesch to play the violin! Thank you so much for posting.

[mightysmeagol]

thank you so much to share this old recording of a master long time paased away.

Greetz smeagol

[bummy33]

I wish I could handle phrases like him.... maybe then I would enjoy Beethoven/Handel/Bach more lol

[TheRandomm1]

thank you for this, needed a recording for my violin!! YES! THANK YOU!

[AntonPolezhayev]

@1perryg

nice :)

I've been practicing his scale book daily for about an hour for the last I'd say 15 years...

[MusicalSurgeon]

Lovely. Who was the accompanist?

[scrabman2121]

wonderful sounds. Thanks a lot

[arglborps]

And its Händel, not Haëndel.

[1perryg]

I am the great grandson of carl flesch - live in london uk

never met him but love his music

[ipmoic]

He has such an open, warm and seductive tone--a testament to his studies which have been the bible of many great violinists.

Instructive and fascinating.

As always petrof4056, many thanks!