by Ben Hogwood Photo credit: Otto Kaiser

Earlier today we learned of the sad passing of Hungarian violinist György Pauk, at the age of 88. A fitting tribute can be found on the Daily Telegraph website

As that obituary indicates, Pauk was a specialist in the music of fellow-countryman Béla Bartók, whose violin works he recorded for Naxos. The playlist below includes a couple of those recordings, put in context of works by Schubert, Tippett (the Triple Concerto) and Brahms, whose piano trios he recorded for EMI with his regular collaborators, pianist Peter Frankl and cellist Ralph Kirshbaum. You can listen to these recordings below:

Published post no.2,367 – Tuesday 19 November 2024