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George Enescu

Peeter Margus, violin

Lukas Gedvilas, piano

George Enescu                    Sonata for violin and piano Nr.1 Op. 2 (1897)

1881-1955                

                                    I Allegro vivo

                                    II Quasi adagio

                                    III Allegro

                                   

                                                           

                                    Sonata for violin and piano Nr.3 Op. 25 (1933)

                                    „dans le caractère populaire roumain”

                                   

                                    I Moderato malinconio

                                    II Andante sostenuto e misterioso

                                    III Allegro con brio ma non troppo mosso

Pablo Casals described Enescu as "the greatest musical phenomenon since Mozart" and "one of the greatest geniuses of modern music". 

Queen Marie of Romania wrote in her memoirs that "in George Enescu was real gold".  

Yehudi Menuhin, Enescu's most famous pupil, once said about his teacher: "He will remain for me the absoluteness through which I judge others", and "Enescu gave me the light that has guided my entire existence." He also considered Enescu "the most extraordinary human being, the greatest musician and the most formative influence" he had ever experienced. 

Vincent d'Indy claimed that if Beethoven's works were destroyed, they could be all reconstructed from memory by George Enescu. 

Alfred Cortot, one of the greatest pianists of all time, once said that Enescu, though primarily a violinist, had better piano technique than his own.